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A Two-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis of "The Arc's Self-Determination Scale" with Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders or Learning Disabilities
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Seo, Hyojeong; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Little, Todd D. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2015
Given the emphasis on promoting self-determination in the field of special education and the corresponding use of scales to measure self-determination in research and practice, it is important to examine whether widely used self-determination assessments measure the same constructs among and between students from different disability categories.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Self Determination, Special Education, Measures (Individuals)
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 Multiple-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Self-Determination between Groups of Adolescents with Intellectual Disability or Learning Disabilities
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Seong, Youjin; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Little, Todd D. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2015
Promoting self-determination has been identified as an important practice for the successful transition of youth and young adults with disabilities, and numerous studies have examined the relationship between levels of self-determination and transition-related and postsecondary outcomes. Only a few such studies, however, have examined the global…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Adolescents, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities
Preliminary Validity and Reliability of Scores on the "Self-Determination Inventory": Student Report Version
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Little, Todd D.; Forber-Pratt, Anjali J.; Palmer, Susan B.; Seo, Hyojeong – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
The purpose of this article is to describe preliminary psychometric characteristics of a student self-report measure of self-determination, the "Self-Determination Inventory: Student Report" version (SDI-SR), designed for youth with and without disabilities. We administered the draft assessment to 311 youth and examined item functioning…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Test Reliability, Scores, Psychometrics
Relationships between Self-Determination and Postschool Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Rifenbark, Graham G.; Little, Todd D. – Journal of Special Education, 2015
This article reports the results of a follow-up analysis of 779 students with disabilities who participated in group-randomized, control group studies designed to examine the efficacy of self-determination interventions in secondary school to examine the relationship between self-determination status when exiting high school and adult outcomes 1…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Youth Opportunities, Disabilities, Followup Studies
Establishing a Causal Relationship between Intervention to Promote Self-Determination and Enhanced Student Self-Determination
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Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Shogren, Karrie; Williams-Diehm, Kendra; Soukup, Jane H. – Journal of Special Education, 2013
Promoting the self-determination of adolescents with disabilities has become best practice in secondary education and transition services, but to date there have been no studies establishing a causal relationship between efforts to promote self-determination and enhancement of the self-determination of youth with disabilities. This article reports…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intervention, Control Groups, Best Practices
Understanding the Construct of Self-Determination: Examining the Relationship between the Arc's Self-Determination Scale and the American Institutes for Research Self-Determination Scale
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Soukup, Jane Helen; Little, Todd D.; Garner, Nancy; Lawrence, Margaret – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2008
Since the early 1990s, attention has been focused on the importance of self-determination in the education of students with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to further our understanding of the construct of self-determination by examining the relationship between the "Arc's Self-Determination Scale" and the "American…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Structural Equation Models, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Measures (Individuals)