Promoting Self-Determination in Students with Developmental Disabilities.

By: Wehmeyer, Michael LMaterial type: TextTextSeries: What Works for Special-Needs Learners SerPublisher: New York : Guilford Publications, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781593857394Subject(s): Decision making in adolescence | Decision making in children | Determination (Personality trait) in children | Learning disabled children -- Education | Learning disabled youth -- EducationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Promoting Self-Determination in Students with Developmental DisabilitiesDDC classification: 371.9 LOC classification: LC4704.W425 2007Online resources: Click to View
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Preliminaries -- 10 Technology and Universal Design.
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 enhance students' involvement in educational planning and support them in meeting their goals in school, the workplace, and the community.
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Preliminaries -- 10 Technology and Universal Design.

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 enhance students' involvement in educational planning and support them in meeting their goals in school, the workplace, and the community.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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