Choice, Preference, and Disability / Positive Psychology and Disability Series (PDF)

Education, Senior Scientist in the Life Span Institute, and Director of the Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Shogren's research focuses on self-determination and systems of support for people with disabilities and she has a specific interest in the multiple, nested contextual factors that impact outcomes. Dr. Shogren has published over 130 articles in peer-reviewed journals, is the author or co-author of 10 books, and is one of the co-authors of Intellectual Disability: Definition, Classification, and Systems of Support, the 11th Edition of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities' seminal definition of intellectual disability as well as the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's and Adult Version. Dr. Shogren is also the lead author of the Self-Determination Inventory System, a newly development measurement system for self-determination. Dr. Shogrenhas received grant funding from several sources, including the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR). Dr. Shogren is co-Editor of Remedial and Special Education.

Brian Abery, PhD is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Minnesota's Institute on Community Integration as well as an adjunct faculty member within the Special Education Program. He serves as the Co-director of the Institute's Research and Training Center on HCBS Outcome Measurement and Global Disability Rights and Inclusion Program. Dr. Abery holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology and has been a Principal Investigator and Director of numerous government and foundation funded projects designed to promote the self-determination, health care coordination, social inclusion, and quality of life of persons with disabilities. He has published journal articles, technical reports, and products on self-determination, inclusive education, and residential services, as well as presented at numerous national and international conferences. He is co-author of the tripartite ecological model of self-determination as well as several instruments designed to assess the self-determination of children, youth, and adults with disabilities.