Despite increasing enrollment percentages from earlier years, online courses continue to
show receding student retention rates. To reduce attrition and ensure continual growth in …

Promoting the self-determination of adolescents and adults with intellectual disability has
emerged as a best practice in special education and related fields for multiple reasons …

Abstract Causal Agency Theory is an extension of the Functional Theory of Self-
Determination; both theories describe how one becomes self-determined. These theories …

Although some progress has been made, the belief that students with severe cognitive and
multiple disabilities will not or cannot become self-determined remains a barrier for many …

Promoting the self-determination of adolescents with disabilities has become best practice in
secondary education and transition services, but to date there have been no studies …

Background The international literature has documented that self‐determination is impacted
by environmental factors, including living or work settings; and by intraindividual factors …

This study examined differences in self-determination among students with autism spectrum
disorders (ASD), students with intellectual disability (ID), and students with learning …

" There is not available a more comprehensive book in the area of self-determination."—
Melinda Pierson, Department of Special Education California State University, Fullerton" …

Positive psychology has begun to foster change in the study of adolescence by directing
increased attention to the importance of building on adolescents' strengths and abilities as a …

This paper proposes that the convergence of pressures exercised by the world efforts to
reform schools, research advances, practices related to self-determination, student-oriented …