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Self-Determination

  1. Introduction
    1. Relation of Positive Behavioral Support and self-determination
    2. Self-determination and student choice
    3. Self-determination and self-sufficient adults
    4. Lay-out of lesson
      1. What constitutes self-determination
      2. How choices and preferences are related to self-determination
      3. Issues related to self-determination


  2. What constitutes self-determination
    1. Acting as a Causal Agent and making choices
    2. Self-determination principles
      1. Freedom
      2. Authority
      3. Support
      4. Responsibility

    3. Skills needed to act as a causal agent
    4. The Adaptability Instruction Model
      1. Decision making
      2. Independent performance
      3. Self-evaluation
      4. Adjustment skills

    5. The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction
      1. Phases of instruction
        1. What is my goal
        2. What is my plan
        3. What have I learned
      2. Student questions in each phase
        1. Identify the problem
        2. Identify the potential solutions
        3. Identify barriers to solving the problem
        4. Identify the consequences of each solution
      3. Teacher objectives
      4. Educational supports


  3. How choices and preferences are related to self-determination
    1. Distinct components
    2. Seldom included in current practices
    3. Relation to Person-Centered Planning
    4. Positive outcomes
      1. Increases in academic gains
      2. Increases in productivity
      3. Increases in motivation
      4. Decreases in problem behavior


  4. Issues related to self-determination
    1. Limited opportunities to self-determine
    2. Opportunities to generalize knowledge and skills
    3. Opportunities to learn Self-Management and self-instruction
    4. Self-management and increased positive outcomes
    5. Instructional methods and materials to teach self-determination



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