“…However, Schalock (2004) identified positive psychology as a component of the ''emerging disability paradigm'' (p. 204) because of its implications for organizing conceptions of personal well-being in people with intellectual disabilities. And the growing body of research on promoting strengths in adolescents with disabilities (Clark, Olympia, Jensen, Heathfield, & Jenson, 2004;Grant, Ramcharan, & Goward, 2003;McCullough & Huebner, 2003) suggests that the positive psychology movement has brought increased attention to the importance of building on positive characteristics as a means to promote valued outcomes in adolescents both with and without disabilities. Positive psychology research, however, is still in its infancy and, to some degree, still occurs in relative isolation.…”