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Article History

Received: 7 February 2022

Accepted: 29 June 2022

First Online: 16 July 2022

Declarations

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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants are in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.All Institutional Review Boards (UCLA, UC Davis, University of Rochester, University of Kansas, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and University of Washington) approved this study; MTG Protocol #20–001403; RR Protocol #20–001993; SDLMI Protocol #20–002001). Informed consent will be obtained for each participant as follows: Recruitment for MTG in agencies and RR and SDMLI in schools will include an informational email and video about the study and respective intervention and UNITED implementation strategy. If agencies/schools are interested, we then meet with agency leaders/directors or school administrators via videoconference to inform them about the study, participation requirements, and answer any questions (approximately 30 min). Following approval by the agency lead/director or school administrator, we will meet with agency staff or teachers/school staff to obtain their consent to participate in the study. Subsequently, we will ask agency staff or teachers/school staff from each respective intervention to send recruitment materials home to parents/caregivers of autistic individuals under 16 years of age. Recruitment materials explain what is expected of research participants and detail all research activities. If interested, parents/caregivers contact the research team to complete informed consent.

: Not applicable.

: All authors declare that they have no competing interests.