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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778257403321

Autore

Wehmeyer Michael L

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-12430-3

9786611124304

1-59385-739-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

What works for special needs learners

Disciplina

371.9

Soggetti

Learning disabled children - Education

Learning disabled youth - Education

Decision making in children

Decision making in adolescence

Determination (Personality trait) in children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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