Social Role Valorization teaches us to consider the image messages sent by certain practices, including how we name our services and programs. We should consider for example: Do service names send messages that the people… Read More »Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Thanks to Bill Forman for bringing this article to my attention. This NY Times article would be a good basis for an instructive exercise on valued and devalued roles, imagery, language, competency or heightened vulnerability,… Read More »What about George?
Occasionally I will post regarding an online resource relevant to Social Role Valorization. Here is a link to the Alberta Safeguards Foundation, a group that sponsors SRV workshops as well as workshops by Dr. Wolfensberger.
Occasionally, we will post a question/reflection on social roles. Roles are obviously a fulcrum point for understanding, teaching and applying Social Role Valorization. It can be helpful to think about one’s own roles as a… Read More »Reflect on roles: access to the good things of life
Occasionally we will post about a book relevant to Social Role Valorization–sometimes a new book, sometimes an older and still relevant one. If you have suggestions for such items or comments on the titles we… Read More »Book notice #1
Thanks to Guy Caruso for sending me notice of this link to the text and video of a speech given by Dr. Burton Blatt in 1984 in Pittsburgh. It is 6 parts, so you have… Read More »video of speech by Dr. Burton Blatt