Teaching Self-Determination to Students with Disabilities

A two-day workshop, introductory level, for school personnel. Participants will:

Define self-determination and identify components.
Learn about ways to assess and promote self-determination, including research-based curricula, evidence-based practices and web-based resources.

This is course two in the Transition Planning series.

Materials

Recording of September 20, 2016 webinar. Webinar is 1 hour 45 minutes long.
Course pre-work questions
PowerPoint with presenter notes slides 1-22, Slides 23-51 – includes presenter notes and timing for each slide
PowerPoint slides handout, PDF, 9 pages – prints all slides, six to a page
Pre-test, MSWord, 1 page
Self-determination mapping and action planning tool, MSWord, 2 pages
AIR Self-Determination Scale, PDF, 8 pages
Strafford Learning Center (SLC) transition planning worksheet, MSWord, 4 pages
Parent Information Center (PIC) workshops brochure, PDF, 2 pages
Post-test
Answer key

Course outline

The activities in this course are designed for a team. You won’t need as much time if you are working through it as an individual.

Topic	Time	Handouts
One week prior to the training, provide the pre-work questions to all participants.	1 week prior	Course pre-work
Introductions, pre-test, review agenda, review Next Steps project Slides 1-10, recording 0:00 to 8:30-minutes	10 min	Slides handout Pre-test
The Birthday Party Slide 11, recording 8:30 to 11:45-minutes	5 min
Definition and components of self-determination Slides 12-18, recording 11:45 to 33:45-minutes Activity: Identify and record responses to pre-work questions on mapping and part 1 of action planning tool (7 min)	20 min	Self-determination mapping and action planning tool
Assessing self-determination skills Slides 19-22, recording 33:45 to 44:56-minutes	15 min	AIR Self-Determination Scale
Proven approaches to promote self-determination Slides 23-35, recording 44:56 – 1:10:20-minutes Activity: Record responses and discussion to questions on slide 35 and part 2 of mapping and action planning tool (5 min)	25 min	SLC transition planning worksheet Self-determination mapping and action planning tool
Research-based curricula in self-determination Slides 36-45, recording 1:10:20 to 1:21:54-minutes	15 min	PIC workshops brochure
Example of a student-led IEP meeting Embedded PowerPoint on Slide 46 Recording 1:21:54 to 1:24:28-minutes	5 min
Ideas for implementation With your facilitator, use slides 47 and 48 for some ideas for what to do with what you’ve learned. (Recording 1:24:28 to 1:45:22, several minutes of quiet for team planning time) Activity: Develop 1-2 goals for increasing self-determination practices or activities. Develop action steps for part 3 of the self-determination mapping and action planning tool (15 min) Post-test	25 min	Self-determination mapping and action planning tool Post-test and evaluation

Teaching Self-Determination to Students with Disabilities

Materials

Course outline

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