Teaching Self Determination To Students With Disabilities

Author : Michael L. Wehmeyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Self-determination to Students with Disabilities written by Michael L. Wehmeyer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This teacher-friendly resource offers a variety of instructional strategies for teaching students the specific skills they need for more satisfactory, self-directed lives--skills like: - assertiveness - goal setting - self-advocacy - self-management - decision making - problem solving - self-awareness Practicing and prospective educators will find objectives and key terms at the beginning of each chapter and vignettes and case studies sprinkled throughout, making the book an ideal text. This is an invaluable resource for meeting IDEA 1997 requirements while motivating high school students with disabilities to prepare for successful transitions to adulthood.

Author : Michael L. Wehmeyer
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1452293430
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Self-Determination written by Michael L. Wehmeyer and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2007-01-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is not available a more comprehensive book in the area of self-determination." —Melinda Pierson, Department of Special Education California State University, Fullerton "Unique because it provides direction for teaching and supporting self-determined behavior across all age groups and also within the general education classroom and curricula." —Marianne Mooney, Senior Research Associate TransCen, Inc., Post-Secondary Learning and Careers Give students with disabilities powerful tools for success in school and in life! Michael Wehmeyer and Sharon Field present research-proven instructional strategies that empower special needs students at all grade levels to make their own decisions. Self-Determination offers detailed and current practitioner-oriented approaches in combination with extensive teacher reproducibles—all within the context of inclusion, standards-based reform, and access to the general curriculum. Linked to the IDEA requirement for individualized transition plans, this user-friendly resource assists practitioners in teaching the skills necessary for making decisions about employment, job skills, further schooling, and independent living. Educators will discover how to: Encourage students to become their own advocates by practicing assertive behavior Use needs-assessment techniques to determine the level of instruction required for each student Teach effective choice making, problem solving, and goal setting Support both families and fellow educators in their efforts to teach self-determination skills Special education teachers, general educators, and administrators will find this handbook an invaluable guide for helping students establish their own goals and plan for a strong and healthy future!

Author : Michael L. Wehmeyer
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1593854609
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Promoting Self-determination in Students with Developmental Disabilities written by Michael L. Wehmeyer and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2007-04-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Affordable and complete, this book provides evidence-based strategies to promote self-determination, and is the first volume to combine both theory and practice in this area. Because self-determination is a key issue for students with moderate and severe disabilities, this is an ideal resource for middle and secondary special educators, school psychologists, and other school practitioners.

Author : Sharon Field
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Practical Guide for Teaching Self-determination written by Sharon Field and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Targeted at special education teachers/special population instructors, work experience coordinators, vocational assessment personnel, and guidance counselors, this guide examines the relationships among career development, transition, and self-determination for students with disabilities. The guide uses a question-and-answer format to identify and respond to key topics that practitioners need to address to promote student self-determination in their service settings, and provides detailed reviews of over 30 curriculum materials and assessment tools in the area of self-determination. Specific chapters address: (1) the importance of self-determination and school and family-based interventions to support the development of self-determination; (2) student involvement in the Individualized Education Program and transition process and specific strategies to prepare students for participation and to increase student participation; (3) assessment of self-determination; (4) instructional practices that promote self-determination and family and school administrator roles in promoting self-determination in students; (5) self-determination instructional materials review; and (6) key issues and future directions in self-determination. Curriculum and assessment resources available to educators and service providers are described throughout the guide along with appropriate contact information. In addition, an appendix includes an annotated bibliography of recent articles and books written on the topic of self-determination. (Each chapter contains references.) (CR)

Author : Audryn Damron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Self-determination Skills to Middle School Students with Specific Learning Disabilities written by Audryn Damron and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of explicitly teaching self-advocacy skills to three middle school students with mild/moderate disabilities by having them memorize a script and request accommodations in a training and generalization setting. The intervention components included 16 lessons comprising discussion and reflections about their disabilities and educational rights under IDEA, a four-part script and a promoting procedure. The script included (a) greeting teacher and asking if it's a good time to talk, (b) expressing concern with assignment, (c) asking for accommodation, and (d) thanking teacher. The dependent variables were (a) frequency, measured by the number of cumulative requests made over the course of the study, and (b) accuracy, measured by number of steps aligning with the pre-rehearsed script. Results, evaluated between the intervention and the dependent variables. Results suggest that special education teachers can effectively teach self-determination skills, allowing students with disabilities to self-advocate for accommodations in the general education setting. Further research is needed to confirm current findings.

Author : Michael Wehmeyer
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416628967
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Students to Become Self-Determined Learners written by Michael Wehmeyer and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children are born learning machines who want to learn and can organize and manage their own learning. Unfortunately, today children have little choice over what they do in school and how and when they do it. Children prepared in this "other-determined" manner will be poorly equipped to navigate an adult world requiring that they act autonomously and self-direct learning to acquire skills in rapidly changing environments. In Teaching Students to Become Self-Determined Learners, Michael Wehmeyer and Yong Zhao explore the how and why of self-determined learning—which emphasizes autonomy and choice, turning over ownership for learning to students by supporting them in engaging in activities that are of personal value to them, thus enabling them to act volitionally. You'll learn * How to promote self-determined learning in your classroom or school * The importance of autonomy supports, competence supports, and relatedness supports * Conditions that enable self-determined learning * Teaching strategies for self-determined learning * Assessment strategies in self-determined learning * The role of technology in self-determined living The practical strategies, case studies, advice, and resources here will help you help your students to motivate themselves and become self-determined learners

Author : Martin Agran
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Student-directed Learning written by Martin Agran and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing a topic that has received much recent professional interest, Student-Directed Learning: Teaching Self-Determination Skills provides clear, step-by-step instruction on how to teach students with disabilities to manage and assume responsibility for their own learning. Up-to-date and comprehensive, this book is one of the first to address the programmatic shift in special education from dependence to independence. The authors go beyond definitions and provide a detailed and systematic means of teaching self-management and self-determination - skills that are essential when teaching people with disabilities to manage and chart their own behavior.

Author : Michael L. Wehmeyer
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 : 0398083584
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THEORY IN SELF-DETERMINATION written by Michael L. Wehmeyer and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive overview of three theoretical perspectives proposed during the past decade addressing the self-determination construct as it applies to the field of special education. The three models were selected primarily because they have focused on defining and categorizing self-determination for all students with disabilities, including students with mental retardation and other cognitive disabilities. These models are intended to provide students and practitioners a solid grounding in self-determination theory. All models have been evaluated among students with cognitive disabilities but are applicable to all students with or without disabilities. The authors research each model and have applied their own theoretical framework to special education, ensuring that interventions to promote skills like problem solving, goal setting, decision making, and self-advocacy are in place for all students. By reading this text, the reader will gain a solid, theoretically based foundation in understanding the self-determination construct which ultimately supports the development of instructional interventions that enable students with disabilities to become self-determined. It will be useful as a text in upper undergraduate and graduate courses in special education, psychology, social work/welfare, general education, vocational rehabilitation and disability studies.

Author : Martin Agran
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780534340698
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Student-Directed Learning written by Martin Agran and published by . This book was released on 1996-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical text (written by Martin Agran with original chapters contributed by a number of experts in the field) provides an in-depth focus on strategies classroom teachers can use to help students with mild to severe disabilities learn how to manage their own behavior in the classroom. Agrans approach is based on current research that shows that self-management can be as, if not more, effective as teacher-directed instruction because it empowers students by allowing them to be actively involved in their own instruction and educational decision making. At the same time, it can reduce hostility and conflict between teacher and child. Self-determination or student-directed learning is one of the major paradigmatic shifts in special education, and this book is one of the first to advance this change.

Author : Kimberly Hearn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Self-determination to Students with Severe Disabilities written by Kimberly Hearn and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: