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Effects of the Self-Directed Individualized Education Program on Self-Determination and Transition of Adolescents with Disabilities
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Seong, Youjin; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Little, Todd D. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
The 1990 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) reauthorization introduced transition mandates that included a "student involvement in transition planning" requirement, creating an emphasis on promoting such involvement so as to enhance the self-determination of students with disabilities and positive transition-related…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Adolescents, Self Determination, Transitional Programs
A Functional Model of Self-Determination: Describing Development and Implementing Instruction.
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Wehmeyer, Michael L. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Describes a functional model of self-determination as a dispositional characteristic of individuals. The model has been used to conduct research to examine the effect of self-determination on the lives of people with disabilities, to describe the development of self-determination, and to design interventions to promote self-determination.…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Disabilities, Empowerment
Assessment of Self-Determination--Negotiating the Minefield: A Response to Baker et al.
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Wehmeyer, Michael L. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2000
This response to a previous article (EC 625 845) on the needs and challenges related to the assessment of self-determination in the field of developmental disability, identifies issues related to the use and abuse of assessing self-determination and suggests an empowerment evaluation approach to these efforts. (Contains four references.)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adults, Children, Disabilities
Assessment in Self-Determination: Guiding Instruction and Transition Planning.
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Wehmeyer, Michael L. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
Self-determination is an important component of transition services and prompting this outcome requires that educators use assessment both to design instruction and provide information about instructional effectiveness. This article introduces self-determination as a critical transition outcome, examines assessment issues, and overviews practices,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness