Supported Decision-Making Shogren Wehmeyer Martinis Blanck Hardback

Supported Decision-MakingTheory, Research, and Practice to Enhance Self-Determination and Quality of Life\nAuthor(s): Karrie A. Shogren, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Jonathan Martinis, Peter Blanck\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108475648, 978-1108475648\nSynopsis\nThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) recognized that people with disabilities should have the right to exercise their legal capacity and identified 'supported decision-making' as a means by which people with disabilities can be directly involved in decisions that impact their lives. Offering an overview of its emergence in the disability field and highlighting emerging research, theory, and practice from legal, psychology, education, and health fields, this volume provides a much-needed theoretical and evidence base for supported decision-making. Evidence and strengths-based frameworks for underst.