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Self-Determination
Person Centered Planning Education Site
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/pcp/
Person-centered planning involves the development of a “toolbox” of methods
and resources that enable people with disability labels to choose their
own paths to success; the planners simply help them to figure out where
they want to go and how best to get there. Part of the Program on Employment
and Disability (PED) at Cornell.
Enhancing self-determination through
group action planning. A holistic emphasis.
http://www.beachcenter.org/Research/FullArticles/PDF/
PCPF1C_EnhancingSDThroughGAP.pdf
This article argues that the concept of self-determination is not just the
skills that students need to be taught, but it also includes motivation
and a responsive context. It goes on to describe how individuals that care
about students with disabilities can use a group process model to facilitate
a responsive context for self-determination.
From Research to Practice: Lesson
Plans for Promoting Self-Determination
http://www.uncc.edu/sdsp/resource_list/sd_lesson_plans.asp
This resource includes a collection of self-determination lesson plans from
research on self-determination. There are a number of topics, including
self-advocacy, self-scheduling, problem solving, self-awareness, teaching
students to participate in their IEP, and person-centered planning.
Taking Charge: Stories of Success
and Self-Determination (Video-17 minutes)
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Video/taking_charge.html
This videotape synthesizes the advice of successful young people and adults
with disabilities about how to succeed.
National Program on Self-determination
http://www.self-determination.org/index.htm
This site includes publications, a discussion forum, and a newsletter surrounding
the issue of self-determination for individuals with disabilities. This
program is connected to the Institute on Disability in New Hampshire.
NEXT S.T.E.P. Curriculum
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/sped/tri/nextstep.htm
At this site, you will find a description and history of the NEXT S.T.E.P.
program and links to related projects. This site is part of the Secondary
Special Education and Transition Programs at the University of Oregon.
OHSU Center On Self-Determination/Oregon
Institute on Disability and Development
http://www.ohsu.edu/oidd/CSD/
The mission of the OHSU Center on Self-determination is to identify, develop,
validate, and communicate policies and practices that promote the self-determination
of people with and without disabilities. This site includes publications,
projects, workshops, and technical assistance.
Parenting Post-Secondary Students
with Disabilities: Becoming the Mentor, Advocate, and Guide Your Young Adult
Needs
http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=208
This parent brief, developed collaboratively by PACER Center and NCSET,
discusses the important issues that parents face when their adult child
with a disability is moving on to postsecondary education.
Self-Determination Synthesis Project
http://www.uncc.edu/sdsp/
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is conducting a review and
synthesis of the knowledge base and best practices related to self-determination
and self-advocacy interventions in order to improve, expand, and accelerate
the use of this knowledge by the professionals who serve children and youth
with disabilities, and the parents who rear, educate, and support their
children with disabilities.
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The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition is funded by and is a partner with the US Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, cooperative agreement # H326J000005. |
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