Promoting self-determination in students with developmental disabilities / Michael L. Wehmeyer ; with Martin Agran ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wehmeyer, Michael L.

Series:

What works for special needs learners.

What works for special needs learners

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabled children--Education.

Learning disabled children.

Learning disabled youth--Education.

Learning disabled youth.

Decision making in children.

Decision making in adolescence.

Determination (Personality trait) in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c2007.

Summary:

Growing evidence suggests that self-determination is a significant factor in improving educational and transition outcomes in students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This volume reviews the breadth of available methods for teaching components of self-determination--including choice making, problem solving, decision making, goal setting, self-advocacy, and self-regulated learning--and provides best-practice recommendations that teachers can put to immediate use in the classroom. Grounded in theory and research, the strategies presented here have been shown to enhanc

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Overview of Self Determination and Self Determined Learning; 2 Assessing Preferences and Promoting Choice Making; 3 Teaching Problem Solving and Decision Making; 4 Teaching Goal Setting and Attainment; 5 Teaching Self Advocacy; 6 Antecedent Event Regulation; 7 Consequent Event Regulation; 8 Self Instruction; 9 The Self Determined Learning Model of Instruction; 10 Technology and Universal Design; 11 Student Involvement in Educational Planning; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-12430-3

9786611124304

1-59385-739-X

OCLC:

476117905