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The current influences on human services include a strong movement toward recognition of choice, empowerment, and personal growth of individuals served by habilitation programs. Choice plays an extremely important role in personal growth. The process of a person’s growth is a never-ending series of choice situations in which one must choose between security and risk taking, dependence and independence, regression and progression, and immaturity and maturity.
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Schalock, R.L., Kiernan, W.E. (1990). Personal Growth Within Life Activities. In: Habilitation Planning for Adults with Disabilities. Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3372-5_9
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