Much thanks to John Armstrong for sharing this update: “Session Three of the 2nd Australian SRVx10 Study Group are meeting in the home of John and Lynne Armstrong for 4 days this week. This… Read More »guest post: most recent update on an SRV-10 study group in Australia
This recent news item has some relevance to what Social Role Valorization (SRV) teaches about the goal and means of image enhancement: to help vulnerable and societally devalued people to have societally valued roles, and… Read More »recent news item relevant to imagery
This New Yorker article is interesting to read and analyze carefully from an SRV perspective, including in terms of: • the developmental model • the pedagogic power of imitation • model coherency (assumptions of the… Read More »article: “The Talking Cure”
This NY Times article would be interesting to read, analyze and discuss from an SRV perspective (e.g., in an SRV study group, university class, etc.). Some angles for analysis and discussion might include: • segregation… Read More »NY Times article: ‘Rikers to Ban Isolation for Inmates 21 and Younger’
A sadly revealing article about the societal devaluation and wounding which too often surrounds mental disorder and poverty. Note the use of ‘dignity of risk’ language, though it hardly seems to reflect what Perske meant,… Read More »Washington Post article: ‘In transition to independent living, the ‘dignity of risk’ for the mentally ill’
Take a look at this recent news item from a Social Role Valorization (SRV) perspective. It could make for a good exercise to read and analyze this from various SRV angles, such as interpersonal identification,… Read More »article: ‘NY dinner puts wealthy and homeless at same tables’