Self-Determination

What is self-determination?

• The process of controlling your own life.

• Making decisions for other people.

• Allowing others to make life decisions for you based on their own beliefs of what they feel is best for you.

• Not gathering information to make strong, good decisions for your own life.

True or False:

In order to have full independence over your life, it's important to understand all the responsisblities that go along with that.

• False

• True

Some personal responsibilities include:

• Physical and financial responsibilities

• Time management and social responsibilities

• School and or job responsibilities

• Home, apartment or room responsibilities

• All the above

Why do you need self-motivation to control your own life?

• It allows you to complete tasks and to achieve goals.

• Self-motivation helps you to be more successful in accomplishing things you need or want to do.

• All of the above

• None of the above

Self-determination requires:

• Understanding your responsibilities, solving problems

• being motivated, self-advocating, having self-control

• None of these

• All of these

Self-determination also requires:

• Knowing how to make good, and/or difficult decisions

• Self-awareness of own strengths and abilities

• All of these

• None of these

True or False

The bigger the consequence, the more difficult the decision.

• True

• False

Somethings that can influence your decisions are:

• Peer pressure and parents

• Opinions of those you respect

• Consequences, time and money

• None of these

• All of these

When making a decision, you should NOT :

• Identify the problem and gather information

• Make a quick decision based on what ever you feel like in that moment

• Identify all possible options to a solution

• Weigh the pros and cons before making your choice

True or False

When solving problems, it's helpful to complain and blame others instead of trying to be responsible and develop some solutions in order to move forward.

• True

• False