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Pascale Dubois; Frédéric Guay; Marie-Catherine St-Pierre – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2023
Background & aims: Youth with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk of experiencing challenges during their job search. It is thus crucial to promote efficient job search behaviors in terms of effort, intensity, and self-regulation. Based on self-determination theory (SDT), we verified the role of autonomous and controlled…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Job Search Methods, Motivation
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Field, Sharon; Hoffman, Alan – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1999
Defines the concept of self-determination and discusses the importance of family involvement in affecting the development and expression of self-determination in adolescents with autism and other developmental disabilities. Strategies to promote and support parental involvement in self-determination instruction are discussed. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Empowerment
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Clark, Elaine; Olympia, Daniel E.; Jensen, Jenise; Heathfield, Lora Tuesday; Jenson, William R. – Psychology in the Schools, 2004
The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with an orientation to the concepts and principles of autonomy and self-determination and the application of those concepts and principles to working with children and adolescents who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/DD), including autism. Self-determination is essentially…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Self Determination, Developmental Disabilities, Mental Retardation