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Handbook of Positive Psychology in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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Practices in career development are changing in response to shifting economic conditions, and young people with and without disabilities increasingly require new skills and different competencies to navigate this changing work and life world. Such career and life development efforts need to begin earlier to enable youth to become self-determined and take on present and future challenges that lead to a better quality of life. This view is supported by recent models of positive career development proposed by international organizations that promote integration between individual strengths and contextual resources and, ultimately, a Life Design approach to career and life planning. Recent studies in career development concerning children, preadolescents, and adolescents, both with and without disabilities, are summarized in this chapter. Although studies involving people with disability are limited, research findings from childhood to adolescence provide clear evidence of the importance of shifting to the strength-based, Life Design models.

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Nota, L., Ferrari, L., Sgaramella, T.M., Soresi, S. (2017). Career Development and Career Design. 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_21

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