Comprehensive Individualized Curriculum and Instructional Design

develop: (a) causal agency (an individual’s control of events), (b) proxy agency (provision of supports and assistance allowing the individual to control events), and (c) opportunities to act upon the environment. These dimensions and specific skills are displayed in Figure 1 below. Figure 1. Framework of Self-determination Dimensions and Skills/Conditions (from Loman et al., 2010) Preference Assessments . During the assessment process, self-determination can be promoted through the use of preference assessments. Preference 5