The NY Times Magazine (7 July 2024) included a long essay by a daughter about her father who had developed dementia. One relatively brief section of the essay included a description of a human service… Read More »Easy Street and Town Square
We will use this blog to regularly post news, analyses, videos and links, training updates, resources for further learning, questions, and so on, relevant to Social Role Valorization (SRV). We encourage you to subscribe to… Read More »All things SRV
A 29 June 2024 article in the Boston Globe entitled ‘A Massachusetts town is divided after a closed state prison reopened as an emergency shelter for migrant families’ by Madison Hahamy and Shannon Larson describes “the reopening… Read More »article ‘‘A Massachusetts town is divided after a closed state prison reopened as an emergency shelter for migrant families’article ‘
CELEBRATING OVER HALF A CENTURY OF NORMALIZATION AND SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION: THE GOOD THINGS OF LIFE AT HOME, SCHOOL, WORK, AND BEYOND The 8th International Social Role Valorization Conference will be held in Halifax, Nova… Read More »8th International Social Role Valorization Conference
This 2024 article references aspects of Wolfensberger’s work, among other conceptual frameworks, as a way of promoting a fuller welcome and integration of disciples with physical and intellectual impairments into the life of the Church.… Read More »article ‘Left Behind: Catholic Social Teaching and Justice for People with Intellectual Disabilities’ by James Gould
A 29 March 2024 Times article describes a photography firm, hired to take photos at a UK primary school, which sent an email to all parents offering “a choice of class photograph, some of which… Read More »The Times article ‘Parents condemn offer of class photo without complex needs pupils’
One of the clear indicators of Wolfensberger’s ongoing influence can be seen in contemporary references to his writings. Researchers in many domains are still citing his work. I see this as a powerful sign of… Read More »publications referencing Wolfensberger’s work