Positive Deviance Approach
A strengths-based approach that looks for people or groups already achieving unusually good outcomes despite facing similar constraints to others.
Source: Positive Deviance Collaborative
Positive Deviance and Strengths-Based Change
Frameworks that start with existing strengths, uncommon success, assets, practical wisdom and what is already working.
How to use this cluster: Treat these frameworks as lenses. Start with the practical question you need to answer, then choose the framework that clarifies the next decision without flattening local context.
Frameworks in this cluster
Asset-Based Community Development
A community development approach that starts with local assets, relationships, capacities and associations rather than deficits alone.
Source: ABCD Institute / DePaul University
Cluster questions
- What problem are we trying to understand more clearly?
- Which people should help interpret this framework in context?
- What would responsible use look like in practice?
- What claims would be too strong for the evidence we currently have?
Use the framework selection tool or return to the full library.