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

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.