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Francis, Grace L.; Duke, Jodi M.; Fujita, Megan; Raines, Alexandra – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Adolescents with disabilities experience co-occurring mental health needs at higher rates than their peers without disabilities (Blake, 2017; Milligan et al., 2015; Poppen et al., 2016; Thornton et al., 2017). Mental health needs often become more prominent as individuals with disabilities transition from childhood to adolescence (White et al.,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mental Health, Wellness, Comorbidity
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Raley, Sheida K.; Shogren, Karrie A.; McDonald, Annette – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2018
Being self-determined means acting or causing things to happen by setting and taking the steps necessary to achieve one's goals. Teaching self-determination skills has been linked to enhanced academic outcomes, improved transition knowledge and skills, employment, and increased community access. Almost every state or local education agency has…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Self Determination, Study Skills, Skill Development
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Schulze, Margaret A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2016
Self-management is a set of procedures that students can be taught to apply to their own behaviors to change them. In self-management, students are taught to observe, assess, and modify their own behavior. These procedures include such things as self-identifying and observing a target behavior and setting a goal to change it. Self-management…
Descriptors: Self Management, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention