Short description:

This book introduces Casual Agency Theory as a framework for defining self-determination and describing its development and essential characteristics. It synthesizes the research on promoting and enhancing self-determination and explores implications for practice in a disability context across the life course. The book also highlights future directions for theory, research, and practice in areas of positive psychology and disability.

 Key areas of coverage include:

Theoretical basis of the development of self-determination as well as research findings and implications for practice across the life course.
• Issues relating to the implementation of evidence-based practices to promote self-determination in a disability context.
• Potential strategies for overcoming barriers to self-determination through research-based practices.
• Future directions for further integrating Casual Agency Theory into positive psychology interventions and the systems ofsupports in the disability field.

Self-Determination and Causal Agency Theory is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in the fields of developmental and positive psychology, educational policy and practice, special education, social work, occupational, speech, and language therapy, public health, and healthcare policy.

Long description:

This book introduces Casual Agency Theory as a framework for defining self-determination and describing its development and essential characteristics. It synthesizes the research on promoting and enhancing self-determination and explores implications for practice in a disability context across the life course. The book also highlights future directions for theory, research, and practice in areas of positive psychology and disability.

 Key areas of coverage include:

Self-Determination and Causal Agency Theory is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, therapists, and other professionals in the fields of developmental and positive psychology, educational policy and practice, special education, social work, occupational, speech, and language therapy, public health, and healthcare policy.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Overview and Introduction.- Chapter 1. Positive Psychology and Disability: Creating a Context for Self-Determination.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Underpinnings and Approaches to Self-Determination.- Section II: Foundations of Casual Agency Theory.- Chapter 3. Casual Agency Theory: A Framework for Understanding Self-Determination.- Chapter 4. Casual Agency Theory: Defining the Essential Characteristics of Self-Determination.- Chapter 5. Casual Agency Theory: Autonomy Supportive Environments and Interventions.- Section III: Research on Casual Agency Theory and Its Application.- Chapter 6. Assessment of Self-Determination.- Chapter 7. Autonomy Supportive Environments.- Chapter 8. Autonomy Supportive Interventions.- Chapter 9. Individualizing Supports for Self-Determination.- Section IV: Implications of Casual Agency Theory for Promoting Self-Determination.- Chapter 10. Supporting Self-Determination During Childhood.- Chapter 11. Supporting Self-Determination During Adolescence.- Chapter 12. Supporting Self-Determination During Adulthood.- Section V: Conclusions and Future Directions in Research and Practice.- Chapter 13. Ongoing Research and Theory Development.- Chapter 14. Future Directions in Self-Determination, Casual Agency Theory, and Positive Psychology.