Alternating-treatments self-determination intervention for middle school students with intellectual disabilities¶

Design · All designs
Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description¶

This intervention taught self-determination skills to middle school students with intellectual disabilities using an alternating-treatments design: "middle school students with intellectual disabilities alternately learned problem-solving and study planning skills linked to language arts, science, and social studies standards." Each intervention condition was compared against an alternating control group within the same students. Both intervention groups showed significantly more capacity on the targeted skill than the control condition, and all students achieved goals at better than average levels.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

An alternating control condition against which each intervention condition is compared

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

middle school students with intellectual disabilities

Learning Goals¶

problem-solving
study planning
goal attainment in standards-linked academic work

Claims¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Palmer, Susan B.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Gipson, Krista; Agran, Martin. (2004). Promoting access to the general curriculum by teaching self-determination skills. Exceptional Children, 70(4), 427-439. https://hdl.handle.net/1808/10978

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`type`	`design`
`id`	`alternating-treatments-self-determination-intervention`
`title`	`Alternating-treatments self-determination intervention for middle school students with intellectual disabilities`
`description`	`This intervention taught self-determination skills to middle school students with intellectual disabilities using an alternating-treatments design: "middle school students with intellectual disabilities alternately le...`
`status`	`review`
`generated`	by `process:settle-candidates` on `2026-10-16`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	1 — `palmer-2004`

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