{"product_id":"character-strengths-and-abilities-within-disabilities-advances-in-science-and-practice-9783031362934","title":"Character Strengths and Abilities Within Disabilities: Advances in Science and Practice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines the science and practice of character strengths as the backbone for understanding, studying, and applying positive interventions across a wide range of disabilities. It explores character strengths as positive personality qualities most central to an individual's identity that create positive outcomes for building well-being and managing adversities and contribute to the collective good. The book recognizes disability as a part of the human experience that can emerge for anyone and the necessity for examining and applying strengths-based approaches. It explores what is known about character strengths and various disabilities from a science and practice perspective. The book reviews research on the assessment, correlations, concepts, populations, and applications of character strengths across disabilities. It disseminates disparate research and little-known best practices and hypothetical practices, along with multiple case examples, in the effort to advance the science and practice, bring a balanced approach to the field, and contribute to human flourishing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKey topics of coverage include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAttention-deficit\/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and character strengths.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntellectual and physical disabilities, medical illness and character strengths.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMental and emotional disorders (e.g., trauma) and character strengths.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharacter strengths and disability across special issues including justice, inclusion, dual-diagnosis, and spirituality.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstanding character strengths as internal capacities and abilities across disabilities, problems, and suffering. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharacter Strengths - the Abilities Within Disabilities \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential and valuable resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, practitioners, and therapists as well as graduate students in the fields of developmental and positive psychology, rehabilitation, social work, special education, occupational, speech and language therapy, public health, and healthcare policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan M. Niemiec, Psy.D.\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading international figure in character strengths that are found in all human beings. As a scientist, educator, and practitioner, Ryan is Chief Science \u0026amp; Education Officer of the renown VIA Institute on Character, a nonprofit organization in Cincinnati, Ohio, that leads the global advancement of the science of character strengths. Ryan is an award-winning psychologist, annual instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of 14 books and over 100 academic papers. His books include the bestselling consumer book, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of Character Strengths\u003c\/i\u003e and two leading practitioner - \u003ci\u003eCharacter Strengths Interventions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMindfulness and Character Strengths\u003c\/i\u003e. The latter book contains the evidenced-based program he founded, Mindfulness-Based Strengths Practice (MBSP), used by practitioners and researchers across the globe. Ryan collaborates with multiple research groups across the globe, spanning hundreds of thousands of participants. His research areas include character strengths, MBSP, positive interventions, peace psychology, nature\/environment connection, spirituality, life meaning, disability, and positive health. He is Fellow of the International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA) and co-founder and president of the Spirituality\/Meaning Division of IPPA.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Tomasulo, Ph.D., \u003c\/b\u003e is the Academic Director and core faculty member at the Spirituality Mind Body Institute (SMBI), Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology, an MFA in writing, and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been a teaching fellow at Princeton University. Sharecare honors Dr. Tomasulo as one of the top ten online influencers on the issue of depression. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eLearned Hopefulness, The Power of Positivity To Overcome Depression, \u003c\/i\u003eis hailed as: \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e...the perfect recipe for fulfillment, joy, peace, andexpansion of awareness\", by\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eDeepak Chopra, M.D. and Martin Seligman, Ph.D. His award-winning memoir, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Snake Pit\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), tells of the first experimental group home releasing inmates from America's most notorious asylum, Willowbrook. Dr Tomasulo coauthored the American Psychological Association's first book on psychotherapy for people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities and published numerous articles on innovations in delivering mental health and well-being services. Dr. Tomasulo was the lead author for the first \u003ci\u003eDiagnostic Manual - Intellectual Disability (DM-ID), \u003c\/i\u003e identifying the criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with intellectual disabilities. He has been elected to fellow of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy\/Psychodrama and served as a board member for this organization and the National Association for Dually Diagnosed (NADD). The International Positive Psychology Association has presented Dr. Tomasulo the Avant-Garde Clinical Intervention award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50398628708626,"sku":"9783031362934","price":158.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29dd89e5-1e37-483b-8c3f-c052391c487a.jpg?v=1729075347","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/character-strengths-and-abilities-within-disabilities-advances-in-science-and-practice-9783031362934","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}