T-TAP: Self Determination: The Most Natural Support

Dr. Wehmeyer is an internationally recognized expert on self-determination for individuals with severe and developmental disabilities. He has published more than 150 journal articles and book chapters, many of them on self-determination and access to the general curriculum, and is the co-editor or co-author of 15 books on these and other subjects. In addition, Dr. Wehmeyer has served as the primary investigator for multiple research projects on transition to adulthood, self-determination, technology use, and access to the general curriculum for individuals with developmental disabilities. In addition to his role in the Beach Center , Dr. Wehmeyer is associate professor of special education at KU and director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities.

Here is also a link to more articles done by him online:
Dr. Wehmeyer's Publications

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Self Determination: The Most Natural Support (30 min)

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Resources

Self-Determination Bibliography (PDF)

Self-Determination Self-Advocacy Web Resources (PDF)

Self-Determination and the Education of Students with Disabilities (HTML)

Websites:

University of Kansas, Beach Center on Disability

Home page of OSEP-funded Self-Determination Synthesis Project at University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Oregon Health Sciences University Center on Self-Determination

http://www.pbrookes.com/ - Has several resources on self-determination, including Teaching Self-Determinatino to Students with Disabilities (Wehmeyer, Agran, & Hughes, 1998) and More Than a Job (Wehman & Kregel, 1998).

http://www.cec.sped.org/ - Council for Exceptional Children, includes several publications on self-determination, including A Practical Guide for Teaching Self-Determination (Field, Martin, Miller, Ward, & Wehmeyer, 1998).

T-TAP - Training and Technical Assistance for Providers website

Worksupport.com

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