About the Editors

Contributors

Foreword

Michael J. Ward

Foreword

Frank R. Rusch

Preface

Acknowledgments

I Involving Students with Disabilities in the Education Process: An Overview of the Impetus for Benefits from Student Involvement

1 Student Involvement in Education Planning, Decision Making, and Instruction: An Idea Whose Time Has Arrived

Michael L. Wehmeyer

2 Factors Contributing to and Implications for Student Involvement in Transition-Related Planning, Decision Making, and Instruction

Deanna J. Sands

Diane S. Bassett

Jean Lehmann

Karen C. Spencer

3 Student Involvement in Goal Setting and Educational Decision Making: Foundations for Effective Instruction

Beth Doll

Deanna J. Sands

4 Transition Assessment: Methods and Processes to Determine Student Needs, Preferences, and Interests

Patricia L. Sitlington

Debra A. Neubert

5 Participation in the Education Process: Students with Severe Disabilities

Carole R. Gothelf

Fredda Brown

6 The View from the Student's Side of the Table

Cecelia Ann Pauley

II Promoting Student Involvement in the Education-Planning and Decision-Making Process

7 Self-Advocacy Strategy Instruction: Enhancing Student Motivation, Self-Determination, and Responsibility in the Learning Process

Anthony K. Van Reusen

8 Whose Future Is it Anyway? A Student-Directed Transition-Planning Program

Michael L. Wehmeyer

9 Next S.T.E.P.: Student Transition and Educational Planning

Andrew S. Halpern

10 TAKE CHARGE for the Future: A Student-Directed Approach to Transition Planning

Laurie E. Powers

Alison Turner

Dean H. Westwood

Constance Loesch

Anne Brown

Charity Rowland

11 ChoiceMaker: Choosing, Planning, and Taking Action

James E. Martin

Laura Huber Marshall

12 It's My Life: Preference-Based Planning for Self-Directed Goals

Emilee Curtis

13 Become Your Own Expert! A Self-Advocacy Curriculum for Secondary School-Age Students with Learning Disabilities

Winnelle D. Carpenter

14 Putting Feet on My Dreams: Involving Students with Autism in Life Planning

Ann Fullerton

III Student Involvement in Program Implementation and Evaluation

15 The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction: Engaging Students to Solve Their Learning Problems

Dennis E. Mithaug

Michael L. Wehmeyer

Martin Agran

James E. Martin

Susan Palmer

16 Self-Management and Self-Instruction: The Benefits of Student Involvement in Individualized Education Program Implementation

Carolyn Hughes

Judith A. Presley

17 Student-Directed Learning Strategies

Martin Agran

IV Summary

18 Future Directions in Student Involvement: Education Planning, Decision Making, and Instruction

Michael L. Wehmeyer

Deanna J. Sands

Index