ERIC Number: EJ938934
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0741-9325
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Developing Skills in Everyday Activities and Self-Determination in Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Sheppard, Loretta; Unsworth, Carolyn
Remedial and Special Education, v32 n5 p393-405 Sep-Oct 2011
Autonomous functioning, an essential characteristic of self-determined people, has been categorized behaviorally according to everyday activities in Self & Family Care (SFC), Life Management (LM), Recreation/Leisure (RL), and Social/Vocational (SV) skills. The effectiveness of a short-term (8-10 weeks) educational residential program to improve skills in these categories of everyday activities in adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities was examined, and the effect on participant self-determination was also measured. Results from this single-group, quasi-experimental research with three data collection points (n = 31 from five cohorts over an 18-month period) found that participants' skills in SFC/LM and RL had improved significantly with large effect sizes at postprogram and 3-month follow-up. Skills needed for SV activities did not show the same level of improvement, but participant-rated self-determination scores (as measured by the AIR Self-Determination Scales) improved significantly with small effect size at postprogram and moderate effect size at follow-up. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Adolescents, Effect Size, Self Determination, Skill Development, Program Effectiveness, Social Development, Job Skills, Recreational Activities, Leisure Time, Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Special Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Goal Attainment Scale; Social Skills Rating System
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