How can professionals use self-determination practices to help clients solve work-related problems?
Effective on-the-job problem solving requires honest and consistent performance feedback. All too often, individuals with disabilities become involved in a situation where they receive weeks and weeks of positive evaluations, and then when the termination notice comes, everyone is taken by surprise. Honest feedback from the start of a job will empower the individual to change performance as needed to meet supervisor expectations. The feedback needs to go from the job-site supervisor directly to the worker in a format the worker understands. The worker then must compare their supervisor’s feedback to their own self-evaluation. Many times the match process just by itself improves performance. If not, the individual will need to implement a self-directed change process. Q: How can schools, employment programs, and agencies make the transition to using self-determination practices? A: This shift first begins with recognition that individuals with disabilities need the opportunity to make t
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