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Goal-oriented actions are critical in enabling people to act in a self-determined manner and to be causal agents in their lives. Self-regulation involves, in essence, various processes involved in attaining and maintaining goals. In this chapter, we provide a more in-depth look at self-regulation and goal-directed action using Causal Agency Theory as a framework and then examine what is known about promoting goal setting and attainment activities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Wehmeyer, M.L., Shogren, K.A. (2017). Goal Setting and Attainment and Self-regulation. In: Shogren, K., Wehmeyer, M., Singh, N. (eds) Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Springer Series on Child and Family Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59066-0_16
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