Supported Decision-Making
Theory, Research, and Practice to Enhance Self-Determination and Quality of Life
Published on 24. October 2018
324 pages
978-1-108-60088-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 highlighting emerging research, theory, and practice from legal, psychology, education, and health fields, this volume provides a much-needed theoretical and evidence base for supported decision-making. Evidence and strengths-based frameworks for understanding disability, supports, and their roles in promoting supported decision-making are synthesized. The authors describe the application of a social-ecological approach to supported decision-making, and focus on implications for building systems of supports based on current environmental demands. This volume introduces and explains empirical research on critical elements of supported decision-making and the applications of supported decision-making that enhance outcomes, including self-determination and quality of life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 1 Line drawings, black and white
File size
1,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-60088-0 (9781108600880)
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Karrie A. Shogren | Michael L. Wehmeyer | Jonathan Martinis
Supported Decision-Making
Theory, Research, and Practice to Enhance Self-Determination and Quality of Life
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11/2018
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Karrie A. Shogren is a Professor in the Department of Special Education and Director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities at the University of Kansas. Michael L. Wehmeyer is the Ross and Marianna Beach Distinguished Professor in Special Education and Chair of the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas. Jonathan Martinis is Director for Law and Policy in the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, New York. Peter Blanck is University Professor and Chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, New York.
Content
Part I. Overview: 1. Introduction to supported decision-making and its emergence in the disability; Part II. Strengths-Based Frameworks for Understanding Disability and Support Needs: 2. Social ecological models of disability; 3. Strengths-based approaches - positive psychology and disability; 4. Causal agency theory - self-determination and disability; Part III. Theory Underpinning Supported Decision-Making: 5. Social-ecological framework for supported decision-making; 6. Decision-making capacity in law and practice; 7. Environmental demands for decision-making; 8. Decision-making skills and support needs for decision-making; Part IV. Applications of a Social-Ecological Framework for Supported Decision-Making: 9. Supported decision-making and self-determination research; 10. Assessment and intervention in supported decision-making; 11. Building systems of supports for supported decision-making; 12. Implications for future theory, research, and practice.
