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Usability Testing for Impact: How Caribbean-American Educators Shaped Our Digital Platform Design 

Building culturally responsive technology requires authentic community input. Here’s what we learned from our comprehensive UX testing with Caribbean-American educators.  In a project designed to create culturally responsive evidence-based sexual health education for Caribbean youth in the U.S., dfusion has reimagined how to bridge the successful FOY-C program implemented in Caribbean schools and the unique […]

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Building Better Support: How Stakeholder Research Shapes SkillFlix’s Autism-Informed Substance Use Treatment Resources 

At dfusion, we believe that truly effective training resources can only emerge from authentic collaboration . That’s why formative research with stakeholders sits at the heart of our SkillFlix approach—particularly when developing video libraries for complex, underserved populations like autistic individuals seeking treatment for substance use.  The Foundation: Listen FirstWhen we set out to create

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Measuring Real Change: How We’re Using Recorded Conversations and Detailed Coding to Study Parent-Teen Communication Skills 

When parents of autistic teens have conversations about sensitive topics like sexual health, how do we know if the parents getting better at communicating? How can researchers capture the nuanced improvements in communication skills that happen over time?  We’ve developed a unique approach that goes beyond self-report surveys to measure real communication change through evaluating

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The Power of Co-Creating with Autistic Young Adults 

dfusion is thrilled to share our latest published research article: “Designing and Pilot Testing SkillFlix for Autistic Young Adults: A Communication and Healthy Relationship Skills Video Library” – now published in Autism in Adulthood!  Working closely with autistic young adults and autism experts, we developed and tested SkillFlix AYA – a video library of 20

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Learnings about Black and Latina Women Owned Small Businesses

dfusion was honored to be chosen to provide research to the National Women’s Business Council. The National Women’s Business Council is a non-partisan federal advisory committee serving as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, the U.S. Congress, and to the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration on issues of

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Research Learnings on Recruitment Strategies for dfusion’s SkillFlix Study for Parents of Youth on the Autism Spectrum

Listen to the project team of SkillFlix for Parents of Youth on the Autism Spectrum talk about the recruitment process for parent-child dyads, including how they avoid scammers and guide participants through the 6-month research study using innovative technology. https://vimeo.com/1000466832/e5087f61dd?share=copy If you’re a parent or guardian of an autistic teen or young adult, click here

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An Ultramarathon: Creating a Library of Skill Videos for Parents of Youth on the Autism Spectrum

I remember calling my mom in tears when my sons were in elementary school, saying, “I feel like I have to throw out everything I know about being a good parent to Copeland to be a good parent to Quincy. How can my kids be so different?” My mom laughed. She said, “You are one

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