Supported Decision-Making

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.

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.