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.

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Integrates research, theory, and practice in supported decision-making and describes implications for supports provision in the disability field.

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This volume integrates cutting-edge research, theory, and practice in supported decision-making. Emerging work from legal, psychology, education, and health fields are described, and applications for supports provision in the disability field are highlighted with a specific focus on promoting valued outcomes, including self-determination and quality of life.

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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.