Supported Decision-Making - Theory, Research, Practice to Enhance Self Determination Quality of

Integrates research, theory, and practice in supported decision-making and describes implications for supports provision in the disability field.

List of contents

Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction to supported decision-making and its emergence in the disability; Part II. Strengths-Based Frameworks for Understanding Disability and Support Needs: 2. Social ecological models of disability; 3. Strengths-based approaches - positive psychology and disability; 4. Causal agency theory - self-determination and disability; Part III. Theory Underpinning Supported Decision-Making: 5. Social-ecological framework for supported decision-making; 6. Decision-making capacity in law and practice; 7. Environmental demands for decision-making; 8. Decision-making skills and support needs for decision-making; Part IV. Applications of a Social-Ecological Framework for Supported Decision-Making: 9. Supported decision-making and self-determination research; 10. Assessment and intervention in supported decision-making; 11. Building systems of supports for supported decision-making; 12. Implications for future theory, research, and practice.

About the author

Karrie A. Shogren is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Kansas.Michael L. Wehmeyer is the Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor in Special Education and Chair of the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas.Jonathan Martinis is Director for Law and Policy in the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, New York.Peter Blanck is University Professor and Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, New York.

Summary

This volume integrates cutting-edge research, theory, and practice in supported decision-making. Emerging work from legal, psychology, education, and health fields are described, and applications for supports provision in the disability field are highlighted with a specific focus on promoting valued outcomes, including self-determination and quality of life.

Product details

• Authors: Peter (Syracuse University Blanck, Blanck Peter, Jonathan Martinis, Jonathan (Syracuse University Martinis, Karrie A. Shogren, Karrie A. (University of Kansas) Shogren, Karrie A. (University of Kansas) Wehmeyer Shogren, Shogren Karrie A., Michael L. Wehmeyer, Michael L. (University of Kansas) Wehmeyer, Wehmeyer Michael L.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781108475648
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47564-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series; Cambridge Disability Law and P; Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, Human rights & civil liberties law, Disability: social aspects, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Disability & The Law, Disability and the law