Self-Determination in the Classroom
Self-determination is “acting based on one’s own mind or free will, without external compulsion” (Wehmeyer et al., 2017). Teaching self-determination skills to all students is important because self-determined individuals report better post-school outcomes (White et al., 2018). Unfortunately, students with disabilities, including students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), have lower self-determination skills than students without disabilities and are given less opportunities to learn and practice these skills (Shogren et al., 2018). With this in mind, we created a training for educators to learn how to improve self-determination skills in students with ASD.
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