Resources (conference plenary: Hidden in plain sight: The scourge of the human service practice of restraint) (8 May 2025)
Ferleger, D. (2008). Human services restraint: Its past and future. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 46(2), 154-165.
Massarelli, J. (2023). The prophetic voice of Wolf Wolfensberger: His faith in light of his teaching on personalism and deathmaking. In Ray Lemay, Guy Caruso and Susan Thomas (eds.), Wolf Wolfensberger–The Influence of the Person and His Ideas Today. A Festschrift (pp. 269-288). Plantagenet ON: Valor Press.
O’Brien, J. & Wolfensberger, W. (1979). Standards for citizen advocacy program evaluation (CAPE). Toronto, Canada: National Institute on Mental Retardation.
Osburn, J. (2006). An overview of Social Role Valorization theory. The SRV Journal, 1(1), 4–13.
Thomas, S., Osburn, J. & Hartfiel, S. (2016). Strengths and constraints of Social Role Valorization as a framework for addressing the wound of deathmaking. The SRV Journal, 11(1), 6–29.
Tumeinski, M. (2005). Problems associated with use of physical and mechanical restraints in contemporary human services. Mental Retardation, 43(1), 43-47.
Tumeinski, M. (2019). Hurting or helping? A Catholic ethical analysis of the practice of physical and mechanical restraints by human services. Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly, 41(4), 435-448.
Tumeinski, M. (2023). The ongoing legacy of Wolf Wolfensberger: ‘But where are moral services to come from?’. In Ray Lemay, Guy Caruso and Susan Thomas (eds.), Wolf Wolfensberger–The Influence of the Person and His Ideas Today. A Festschrift (pp. 297-336). Plantagenet ON: Valor Press.
Tumeinski, M. (2025). Model Coherency: Its structure, roots, evolution, and potential. SRV News & Reviews, No. 4, 7-23.
Wolfensberger, W. (1980). Our moral responsibilities as providers or utilizers of human services. The Bulletin (Publication of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies), 6(4), 6-8.
Wolfensberger, W. (1998). A brief introduction to Social Role Valorization: A high-order concept for addressing the plight of societally devalued people, and for structuring human services (3rd revised ed.). Syracuse, NY: Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership and Change Agentry (Syracuse University).
Wolfensberger, W. (2004). Reply To Levitas, McCandleless, Elenewski and Sobel. SRV-VRS: The International Social Role Valorization Journal, 5(1&2), 42-66.
Wolfensberger, W. (2007). Similarities and differences between peace-making and nonviolence and their relevance to services to people who are mentally retarded. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 45, 278-286.
Wolfensberger, W. (2012). Advanced issues in Social Role Valorization theory. Plantagenet, Ontario, Canada: Valor Press.
Wolfensberger, W. (2013). A brief introduction to Social Role Valorization: A high-order concept for addressing the plight of societally devalued people, and for structuring human services (4th ed.). Plantagenet, Ontario, Canada: Valor Press.
Wolfensberger, W. (2021). Model Coherency: The key to human service quality (Vols. 1-3). Rockland ON: Valor Press.
Wolfensberger, W. (2022). Do societally devalued people enjoy being restrained or even abused? SRV News & Reviews, No. 1, 7-8.
Wolfensberger, W. & Thomas. S. (No date.) A critique of the contemporary training of human service workers on how to prevent violence by clients, defend themselves against clients, and disarm clients. [Unpublished manuscript]
Wolfensberger, W. & Thomas, S. (2007). PASSING: A tool for analyzing service quality according to Social Role Valorization criteria. Ratings manual (3rd rev. ed.). Syracuse, NY: Training Institute for Human Service Planning, Leadership & Change Agentry (Syracuse University).
Wolfensberger, W., Thomas, S. & Caruso, G. (1996). Some of the universal “good things of life” which the implementation of Social Role Valorization can be expected to make more accessible to devalued people. SRV/VRS: The International Social Role Valorization Journal/La Revue Internationale de la Valorisation des Rôles Sociaux, 2(2), 12-14.
Wolfensberger, W. & Zauha, H. (Eds.). (1973). Citizen Advocacy and protective services for the impaired and handicapped. Toronto, Canada: National Institute on Mental Retardation.