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Self-Determination among Transition-Age Youth with Autism or Intellectual Disability: Parent Perspectives

Self-Determination among Transition-Age Youth with Autism or Intellectual Disability: Parent... 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 performance of these seven skills (26%) and overall self-determination capacity (27%). Parents who described their children's disabilities as being less severe rated their children as having higher performance levels on both measures of self-determination. Educational implications are presented along with recommendations for future research. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities SAGE

Self-Determination among Transition-Age Youth with Autism or Intellectual Disability: Parent Perspectives

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SAGE
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© 2013 TASH
ISSN
1540-7969
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2169-2408
DOI
10.1177/154079691303800301
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Abstract

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 performance of these seven skills (26%) and overall self-determination capacity (27%). Parents who described their children's disabilities as being less severe rated their children as having higher performance levels on both measures of self-determination. Educational implications are presented along with recommendations for future research.

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Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities – SAGE

Published: Sep 1, 2013

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