title: Perceptions of self-determination by special education and rehabilitation practitioners based on viewing a self-directed IEP versus an external-directed IEP meeting.
abstract: This study investigated perception of self-determination by special education and rehabilitation practitioners following their exposure to a videotaped simulation of a self-directed IEP meeting and an external-directed IEP meeting involving an adolescent with mild mental retardation. Groups of special education practitioners and rehabilitation practitioners did not differ from each other in their perceptions of self-determination before or after viewing either the self-directed or external-directed IEP meeting simulation. However, both groups of respondents had higher perceptions of the self-determination capability of the confederate student when they viewed her in a self-directed meeting. In addition, respondents consistently rated the self-directed meeting simulation as being of higher overall quality than the external-directed meeting. Results are discussed in relation to practitioner recommendations and future research in regard to the development and enabling of self-determination skills involving persons with disabilities.
authors.affiliation: Resource One Company, Inc. Kewadin, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Branding
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Miner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004519:Education, Special / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010465:Perception; D026684:Personal Autonomy