Self-Determination: What Is It? Why Is It Beneficial? How Is It Best Taught?

by Sharon Field

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Web Links

Self-Determination Web Sites and Downloads

Real Life Examples page of the Center on Self-Determination and Transition,
Wayne State University

Center for Self-Determination

Self-Determination Synthesis Project,
University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Self-Determination for Middle and High School Students,
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota

Self-Determination for Postsecondary Students
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota

Michigan Special Education Web Sites

Center for Educational Networking

Michigan Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Early Intervention Services

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