Self-Determination Among Transition-Age Youth With Autism or Intellectual Disability: Parent Perspectives
| Autor: | Katherine Weir, Kathleen Lynne Lane, Wendy Machalicek, Erik W. Carter, Molly Cooney, Colleen K. Moss |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Social Psychology
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| Zdroj: | Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities. 38:129-138 |
| ISSN: | 0274-9483 |
| DOI: | 10.2511/027494813809330234 |
| Popis: | This study examined 68 parents' views of the self-determination skills and capacities of their young adult children with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability (ages 19–21 years). Results indicated parents placed a high value on the importance of all seven component skills (i.e., choice-making skills, decision-making skills, goal-setting skills, problem-solving skills, self-advocacy and leadership skills, self-awareness and self-knowledge, and self-management and self-regulation skills) associated with enhanced self-determination. Yet, parents indicated their young adult children did not often perform these skills well. Effect sizes suggested high-magnitude differences between parents' ratings of the importance and their child's performance for each self-determination skill evaluated. Furthermore, regression analyses indicated parents' perceptions of the severity of their child's disability accounted for a significant portion of the variance in the overall ratings of their child's performan... |
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