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  • Teaching Students to Become Self-Determined Learners

    by Michael Wehmeyer, Yong Zhao ...
    Children are born learning machines who want to learn and can organize and manage their own learning. Unfortunately, today children have little choice over what they do in school and how and when they do it. Children prepared in this "other-determined" manner will be poorly equipped to navigate an adult world requiring that they act autonomously and self-direct learning to acquire skills in ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities

    Beyond Special Education

    by Michael L. Wehmeyer ...
    Michael Wehmeyer, a leading scholar with over four decades of experience as a teacher, teacher educator, researcher, and advocate, provides a cogent but accessible account of the evolution of special education. Offering a compelling vision of where the field should be headed in the next decade, he notes how the digital revolution has made it possible for all learners to gain access to content and ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Curriculum Planning and Strategies

    by Dianne Zager, Michael Wehmeyer ...
    Teaching Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder supports teachers in preparing secondary students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to succeed in school, work and beyond.Focused on enabling students to successfully pursue further education and meaningful career paths, chapters incorporate person-centered, student-directed planning into instructional programming throughout the ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Inclusive Education in a Strengths-Based Era

    Mapping the Future of the Field

    by Jennifer Kurth, Michael L. Wehmeyer ...
    Series series The Norton Series on Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities
    It’s time to focus on what students can do, rather than what they can’t.In this inaugural book in their Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities series, Michael L. Wehmeyer and Jennifer A. Kurth explore central, defining questions for the field of special and inclusive education: who, what, and where do we teach; what works in inclusive education; and where does inclusive education go ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Self-Determination

    Instructional and Assessment Strategies

    by Sharon Field, Michael L. Wehmeyer ...
    "There is not available a more comprehensive book in the area of self-determination."—Melinda Pierson, Department of Special EducationCalifornia State University, Fullerton"Unique because it provides direction for teaching and supporting self-determined behavior across all age groups and also within the general education classroom and curricula."—Marianne Mooney, Senior Research AssociateTransCen, ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Handbook of Adolescent Transition Education for Youth with Disabilities

    Edited by Karrie A. Shogren, Michael L. Wehmeyer ...
    Now in a thoroughly revised and updated second edition, this handbook provides a comprehensive resource for those who facilitate the complex transitions to adulthood for adolescents with disabilities. Building on the previous edition, the text includes recent advances in the field of adolescent transition education, with a focus on innovation in assessment, intervention, and supports for the ... Read more

    $179.99 USD

  • The Praeger International Handbook of Special Education

    [3 volumes]

    Edited by Michael L. Wehmeyer, James R. Patton ...
    This handbook provides a concise overview of special education services in countries across the world, using the Article on Education in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as the analytical frame.The Praeger International Handbook of Special Education presents a concise and clear overview of special education services in more than 70 countries across the world ... Read more

    $151.89 USD

  • Educating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Research-Based Principles and Practices

    Edited by Dianne Zager, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Richard L. Simpson ...
    Similar to a handbook in its comprehensive description of the theory and research supporting current practices in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders, this interdisciplinary text shows how the existing knowledge base can be used to explore promising new possibilities related to the field’s many unanswered questions. Key features include the following:Comprehensive – This is the first book ... Read more

    $100.99 USD

  • Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

    Translating Research into Practice

    Edited by Karrie A. Shogren, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Nirbhay N. Singh ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This handbook examines the wide-ranging applications of positive psychology in the field of intellectual and developmental disabilities. It discusses the change in perceptions of disability and the shifting use of traditional deficit-based treatments. It presents evidence-based approaches and strategies that promote individuals’ strengths and capacities and as well as provide supports and services ... Read more

    $440.09 USD

  • Supported Decision-Making

    Theory, Research, and Practice to Enhance Self-Determination and Quality of Life

    by Karrie A. Shogren, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Jonathan Martinis, Peter Blanck ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) recognized that people with disabilities should have the right to exercise their legal capacity and identified 'supported decision-making' as a means by which people with disabilities can be directly involved in decisions that impact their lives. Offering an overview of its emergence in the disability field and ... Read more

    $118.89 USD

  • Choice, Preference, and Disability

    Promoting Self-Determination Across the Lifespan

    Edited by Roger J. Stancliffe, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Karrie A. Shogren, Brian H. Abery ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book examines choice and preference in the lives of people with disability, focusing on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It provides an overview of choice and examines foundational concepts related to choice and preference, including self-determination and supported decision making. Chapters examine a range of critical service and policy issues, such as guardianship, ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Development of Self-Determination Through the Life-Course

    Edited by Michael L. Wehmeyer, Karrie A. Shogren, Todd D. Little, Shane J. Lopez ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This volume examines the developmental aspects of the general psychological construct of self-determination. The term refers to self- (vs. other-) caused action—to people acting volitionally—as based on their own will. Research conducted in the fields of psychology and education shows the importance of self-determination to adolescent development and positive adult outcomes. The first part of this ... Read more

    $170.09 USD