Social Workers’ Strategies for Supporting Career Transition for Disadvantaged Girls with SEN: A Hong Kong Case Study of a Class in Digital Drawing

Victor C W Wong*, Toby C Y Yip

*Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    By discovering the strengths of students with special educational needs (SEN), we can develop better ways of helping them gain self-esteem and empowerment. This chapter contests the notion of being ‘learning-disabled’ by indicating how students with SEN are actually ‘differently-enabled’ when career practitioners adopt a neurodiversity perspective. We provide a case study to illustrate how Hong Kong social workers in a community-based career development project supported three disadvantaged girls with SEN to consider their options more positively when making the transition from school to work. It represents an example of a ‘strengths-based’ and ‘empowerment-oriented’ approach that builds on the girls’ deep interest in digital drawing to pursue a meaningful learning process in career path exploration.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCareers for Students with Special Educational Needs
    Subtitle of host publicationPerspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region
    EditorsMantak Yuen, Wendi Beamish, V. Scott H. Solberg
    Place of PublicationSingapore
    PublisherSpringer Singapore
    Chapter8
    Pages115-125
    Number of pages11
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9789811544439
    ISBN (Print)9789811544453, 9789811544422
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 Jun 2020

    Publication series

    NameAdvancing Inclusive and Special Education in the Asia-Pacific
    ISSN (Print)2524-8219
    ISSN (Electronic)2524-8227

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Career and life development
    • Digital drawing
    • Dyslexia
    • Leisure pursuits
    • Transition

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