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Susan B. Palmer is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on disability education and employment, with a significant emphasis on family and disability support. Additional thematic areas include inclusion and disability in education and sport, Down syndrome and intellectual disability research, autism spectrum disorder research, collaborative teaching and inclusion, and adolescent and pediatric healthcare.

The scientist's work spans multiple fields of study, predominantly within the social sciences and psychology. Specific subfields include safety research, clinical psychology, education, public health, environmental and occupational health, and sociology and political science.

Susan B. Palmer has contributed to various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Inclusion
  • La Nouvelle revue Éducation et société inclusives
  • American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Intellectual and developmental disabilities

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Palmer feature topics related to self-determination in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, education policies, and family support mechanisms. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Parenting Styles and Practices in Enhancing Self-Determination of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities," 2023, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • "Parental habitus in promoting self-determination of children with/without intellectual and developmental disabilities in Türkiye," 2022, Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • "The Community of Practice for Supporting Families of Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities," 2022, Intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • "Reflecting on the Education Position Statement of AAIDD and The Arc," 2020, Inclusion
  • "The Importance of Elements of Inclusive Education," 2020, Inclusion

Collaborative research has involved frequent co-authors such as Anthony M. Rodriguez, Michael L. Wehmeyer, Anil Bilge Ruh, Engin Yılmaz, and Kendra Williams-Diehm. These partnerships indicate a network of scholars working on overlapping issues in intellectual and developmental disabilities and inclusive education.

Best Publications

  • Adult Outcomes for Students with Cognitive Disabilities Three-Years After High School: The Impact of Self-Determination

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer

  • Promoting Causal Agency: The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Martin Agran;Dennis E. Mithaug

  • Relationships Between Self-Determination and Postschool Outcomes for Youth With Disabilities:

    Karrie A. Shogren;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Graham G. Rifenbark

  • Causal Agency Theory

    Karrie A. Shogren;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer

  • Establishing a Causal Relationship between Interventions to Promote Self-Determination and Enhanced Student Self-Determination.

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Karrie Shogren;Kendra Williams-Diehm

  • The Impact of the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on Student Self-Determination

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Karrie A. Shogren;Susan B. Palmer;Kendra Williams-Diehm

  • Causal Agency Theory: Reconceptualizing a Functional Model of Self-Determination.

    Karrie A. Shogren;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Anjali J. Forber-Pratt

  • Effect of Intervention With the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on Access and Goal Attainment

    Karrie A. Shogren;Susan B. Palmer;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Kendra Williams-Diehm

  • Examining Individual and Ecological Predictors of the Self-Determination of Students with Disabilities

    Karrie A. Shogren;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Jane Helen Soukup

  • Promoting Self-Determination in Early Elementary School: Teaching Self-Regulated Problem-Solving and Goal-Setting Skills

    Susan B. Palmer;Michael L. Wehmeyer

  • Personal Self-Determination and Moderating Variables that Impact Efforts to Promote Self-Determination

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Brian H. Abery;Dalun Zhang;Karen Ward

  • Impact of Curriculum Modifications on Access to the General Education Curriculum for Students with Disabilities

    Suk-Hyang Lee;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Jane Helen Soukup;Susan B. Palmer

  • Self-Determination and Access to the General Education Curriculum

    Suk Hyang Lee;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Jane H. Soukup

  • Promoting access to the general curriculum by teaching self-determination skills

    Susan B. Palmer;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Krista Gipson;Martin Agran

  • A Randomized-Trial Evaluation of the Effect of Whose Future Is It Anyway? On Self-Determination.

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Youngsun Lee;Kendra Williams-Diehm

  • Comparisons of Self-Determination Among Students With Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Learning Disabilities: A Multivariate Analysis:

    Yu-Chi Chou;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Jaehoon Lee

  • The Development of Self‐Determination and Implications for Educational Interventions with Students with Disabilities

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Deanna J. Sands;Beth Doll;Susan Palmer

  • Family members' reports of the technology use of family members with intellectual and developmental disabilities

    S. B. Palmer;M. L. Wehmeyer;D. K. Davies;S. E. Stock

  • Understanding the Construct of Self-Determination Examining the Relationship Between the Arc's Self-Determination Scale and the American Institutes for Research Self-Determination Scale

    Karrie A. Shogren;Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Jane Helen Soukup

  • Technology use by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to support employment activities: A single-subject design meta analysis

    Michael L. Wehmeyer;Susan B. Palmer;Sean Joseph Smith;Wendy Parent

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael L. Wehmeyer
Michael L. Wehmeyer University of Kansas
Karrie A. Shogren
Karrie A. Shogren University of Kansas
Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
Jean Ann Summers
Jean Ann Summers University of Kansas
Karen E. Diamond
Karen E. Diamond Purdue University West Lafayette
Samuel L. Odom
Samuel L. Odom University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ann P. Turnbull
Ann P. Turnbull University of Kansas
Tamar Heller
Tamar Heller University of Illinois at Chicago
Janet Marquis
Janet Marquis University of Kansas
Hill M. Walker
Hill M. Walker University of Oregon

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