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Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy
October, 2006
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What are Developmental Disabilities ?
• A severe, chronic disability• Attributable to a mental or physical disability
or a combination of mental and physical disabilities
• Is manifested before the person is (18) 22 years of age
• Is likely to be life-long.• Results in substantial functional limitation in
3 or more areas of major life activity(Kleinert, H., presentation, 9-02)
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Developmental Disabilities May Result In Deficits in…
Self-Care, R/E Language, Learning, Mobility, Capacity for
Independent Living, Economic Self-
sufficiency, Self-Direction OR Self-
Determination. (Kleinert, 9-02)
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Developmental Disabilities• “Language and communication
deficits are the most common result of a variety of disorders that affect mental development.”
• (Paul, 2001, p. 97)
• 90% of KY public school SLPS treat students with developmental disabilities
AND• 66% of KY publics school SLPs’
report students with developmental disabilities as one of the two main categories in their caseloads. (Kleinert, 2003)
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Successful Outcomes for Persons with Disabilities Are Characterized
by:• What does the research show?
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Successful Outcomes for Persons with Disabilities Are Characterized
by:• Functional Skills• Strong Social Skills• Verbal Skills• Adequate
Communication Skills
• High Level of Self-Determination
(Heward, 2003; Kleinert et al., 2002; Wehmeyer & Schwarz, 1998)
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What is Self-Determination?• The ability to control the basic
decisions and directions of one’s life• “The freedom to have choices and
personally make decisions is cherished by people in all stages of life, yet it is a freedom that is typically denied to persons with disabilities.”(Falvey, l995, p. 229)
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Self-Determination…• is especially important for students and
youth with significant disabilities because for most of these individuals, their choices have not been made by themselves, but by parents, guardians, teachers, and service providers.
• is not just a matter of lack of opportunity.
(Kleinert & Kearns, 2001)
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Unfortunately• Many students with significant
disabilities do not have the skills and behaviors to assume that control over their lives and few educators and service providers know how to teach the components of self-determination.
(Kleinert & Kearns, 2001)
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THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE CLEARLY Helps to Foster DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF-DETERMINED LIFE
(Light, 2000)
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The Focus of Self-Determination
The focus of self-determination is on a person’s ability to make choices about his/her life, to select goals, and to develop the initiative to go after these goals.
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Skills of Self-Determination• Choice-making• Self-initiation• Self-monitoring• Self-reinforcement• Goal setting• Asking questions• Planning one’s own
schedule
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• Self-regulation• Persistence• Self-awareness(Agran et al., 2003;Kleinert et al., 2001; Wehmeyer, 1998)
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How Is Self-Determination Fostered?
•Opportunities for choice•Functional activities•Experiencing success•Self-advocacy•Making decisions re: their schedules at school, at home, work, leisure, in therapies, etc..
(Proponents include: Wehmeyer, Brown, Field, Falvey, Kleinert and others)
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Skills that contribute to successful outcomes for persons with disabilities include:
Strong communication skills
+Self-determination
FosterSelf-Advocacy
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Educators, Therapists, School Personnel Often Focus on…
Social and Language Skills such as:• requesting • refusing • indicating preferences • Initiating
Executive Functions such as:• Goal Setting, • Planning, • Self-Monitoring, • Problem Solving
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THESE ARE SELF-ADVOCACYSkills !!!!
• We have the knowledge to help our students learn to advocate for themselves, but we need to teach self-advocacy in a systematic, consistent way
• SDLMI provides a sequenced approach to teaching
• We will also have large, group meetings and activities with “mentors” from the community to help our students learn “self-advocacy”
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Self-Advocacy• IMPORTANT AT ALL AGES• Begins with the ability to make choices• Express preferences and dislikes• Realistically identify our own strengths and
needs• Identify Barriers• Problem solve• Self-evaluate our progress • Revise our plans
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Adaptations
Adaptations can be developed for students who have difficulty:
• Expressing themselves• Indicating preferences and dislikes• Making Choices• Self-monitoring• Problem solving