The December 2011 issue of The SRV Journal is finished and in the process of being mailed/emailed. If you are not yet a subscriber, you can easily become one on our website. Keep an eye… Read More »December 2011 issue of The SRV Journal
Following my last post, on the theme of the heightened vulnerability of elderly persons, I return to the concept of heightened vulnerability as it is also a very real concern for intellectually disabled people, especially… Read More »SRV in the News: Heightened Vulnerability and Economic Hard-Ship
“The basic premise of SRV is that people are much more likely to experience the ‘good things in life’ (Wolfensberger, Thomas, & Caruso, 1996) if they hold valued social roles than if they do not.… Read More »What is Social Role Valorization about?
If you have not done so before or recently, I recommend accessing Robert Perske’s website. It contains many of his published and unpublished writings. Perske writes compellingly of the vulnerability of impaired people. His chapter… Read More »Robert Perske
This is the first of what I hope will be a regular column dedicated to “SRV in the News”. At SRV workshops we often give examples from the media; some of these are current, while… Read More »SRV in the News
I am pleased to announce that Steve Tiffany will be joining us as a regular blogger. We have had several excellent guest posts from Steve in the past and look forward to his more regular… Read More »New blogger