Author(s)

Jiang Xueyan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

Corresponding Author

Jiang Xueyan

ABSTRACT

Because of the influence of traditional deficit mode, most people only view autism spectrum disorder from the perspective of defects. In practice, it also focuses on dealing with defects, such as poor performance, social emotional difficulties and so on. The long-term focus on defects will lead to negative labels, which have limited effect on solving the growing plight of ASD children. This thesis compares how to treat ASD from the traditional deficit perspective and the Strength-based perspective, and discusses the theoretical basis of the strength-based approach to demonstrate the rationality of the strength-based approach, and analyzes the Chinese background. Hope to guide more attention to the strengths of ASD children in future practice.

KEYWORDS

Deficit view, Relationship strength, Resiliency, Strengths perspective, Positive psychology

CITE THIS PAPER

Jiang Xueyan. Strength-Based Approach to Support Children with ASD. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 1-7. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030301.

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