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A "Snapshot" of Current Practices: How Are Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Displaying Self-Determination
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Martin Agran; Bethany McKissick; Sarah Vach; Fred Spooner; Ashley Voggt – Inclusion, 2024
Although self-determination has received increased attention as a critical component in quality education programs, there is limited current research about how and in what way students are displaying self-determined behaviors. To that end, a 29-item questionnaire was developed and 118 school system personnel reported how a sample of students with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Self Determination
Postsecondary Success Stories: Perspectives of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
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Katherine R. Brendli; Lindsay Kozachuk – Inclusion, 2022
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 highlights the need for special education and related personnel to prepare youth with disabilities for adulthood, particularly in the areas of postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. In accordance with this policy, our study used qualitative case reporting to…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Special Education
Promoting Self-Determination in Community Contexts: Experiences with Implementing the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction
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Evan E. Dean; Mayumi Hagiwara; Jennifer Jones; Kami Gallus; Karrie A. Shogren – Inclusion, 2022
This article describes a pilot project focused on creating opportunities for self-determination to enhance the community participation outcomes of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities using the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI). The pilot project grew out of a partnership between researchers at a university…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
I'm Trying to Make Myself Happy: Black Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Families on Promoting Self-Determination during Transition
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LaRon A. Scott; Colleen A. Thoma; Tonya Gokita; Lauren Bruno; Amber Brown Ruiz; Katherine Brendli; Joshua P. Taylor; Vivian Vitullo – Inclusion, 2021
Promoting self-determination for students with disabilities has proven to be a critical component of effective transition planning. However, researchers seldom consider race when promoting self-determination for people with disabilities. The purpose of the current phenomenological research investigation was to explore how Black youth with…
Descriptors: African American Students, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities
Reflecting on the Education Position Statement of AAIDD and the Arc
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Anthony M. Rodriguez; Debbie Taub; LaRon Scott; Susan R. Copeland; Kendra Williams-Diehm; Leena Jo Landmark; Tracy E. Sinclair; Rhonda S. Black; Susan B. Palmer; Colleen A. Thoma – Inclusion, 2020
This article expands on 10 critical actions within the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) and The Arc's 2018 joint position statement on the right of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to have a free and appropriate public education (FAPE): (a) zero reject; (b) nondiscriminatory…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Access to Education
Ensuring Quality Education to Promote Transition: A Summary of Existing Studies
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Martin Agran; Fred Spooner; Colleen Robertson – Inclusion, 2018
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) hosted the National Goals in Research, Policy, and Practice working meeting in August, 2015, to identify key national policies, priorities, and practices to serve and support students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) at the secondary level. The…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities