Matthew Smith and Rogério Pinto Receive Grant from National Institute of Mental Health

September 15, 2017

Associate Professors Matthew Smith and Rogério Pinto received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to develop a virtual reality intervention to enhance job interviewing skills for transition-age youth on the autism spectrum.

After the intervention is developed, the project will evaluate the intervention as an addition to school-based transitional services. This initiative builds off of Dr. Smith's prior work using a virtual reality tool to enhance job interviewing skills for adults on the autism spectrum or with severe mental illness.

 

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  • Matthew J. Smith
    Matthew J. Smith
    Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work
  • Rogério Meireles Pinto
    Rogério Meireles Pinto
    University Diversity Social Transformation Professor; Berit Ingersoll-Dayton Collegiate Professor of Social Work; Professor of Theatre and Drama, School of Music, Theatre & Dance