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50 Years of ERIC
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A Social-Ecological Analysis of the Self-Determination Literature
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Shogren, Karrie A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This paper uses a social-ecological lens to examine self-determination research, attempting to organize what is known (and unknown) about contextual factors that have the potential to impact the development and expression of self-determined behavior in people with disabilities across multiple ecological systems. Identifying and categorizing the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Self Determination, Context Effect
Considering Context: An Integrative Concept for Promoting Outcomes in the Intellectual Disability Field
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Shogren, Karrie A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
In light of the rapid evolution of research, policy, and practice in the intellectual disability (ID) field resulting from shifts in our conceptualization of disability and in frameworks for the diagnosis and classification of ID, systematic consideration of the multiple, interrelated contextual factors that impact research, policy, and practice…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Context Effect, Research, Policy
Transition Planning for Students with Intellectual Disability, Autism, or Other Disabilities: Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Plotner, Anthony J. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
To compare the status of transition planning for students with intellectual disability, autism, or other disabilities, we used data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, a federally funded, national study of the secondary and postschool experiences of students with disabilities. Results show that although transition planning had been…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Transitional Programs, Planning
Exploring the Perceptions of Self-Determination of Individuals with Intellectual Disability
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Broussard, Ricky – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Interviews were conducted with 17 individuals who had intellectual disability to expand our understanding of the impact of self-determination in their life. Themes emerging from the interviews were grouped into three categories: meaning of self-determination, learning about self-determination, and dreams for the future. Participants described…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Mental Retardation, Attitude Measures, Interviews
The Renaming of "Mental Retardation": Understanding the Change to the Term "Intellectual Disability"
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Schalock, Robert L.; Luckasson, Ruth A.; Shogren, Karrie A. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The purpose of this article is to clarify the shift to the term "intellectual disability." At the heart of that shift is the understanding that this term covers the same population of individuals who were diagnosed previously with mental retardation in number, kind, level, type, and duration of the disability and the need of people with this…
Descriptors: Identification, Mental Retardation, Definitions
Intellectual Disability: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports. Eleventh Edition
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Schalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual Disability:…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions