John Armstrong has updated his Social Role Valorization website. Check it out! I know that he will be adding new material over the coming weeks… Also check it regularly for information about the SRV International… Read More »online resource: updated Social Role Valorization website
A good article for those teaching and implementing SRV, especially given the influence which SRV and normalization have had on deinstitutionalization efforts in North America: Deinstitutionalization of People With Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the… Read More »Deinstitutionalization of People With Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
Thanks to Guy Caruso for sending me the link to this article about a proposal to build a Halloween haunted house attraction on the former grounds of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Pennsylvania,… Read More »Menace role and Pennhurst
The NY Times ran a column on August 22 in an ongoing series of columns entitled ‘Modern Love.’ This particular column was by a sister describing her brother with Down’s syndrome. * Reflect on how… Read More »NY Times article: ‘My Brother’s Keeper (Assembly Required)’
Our next ‘watching’ suggestion is from Zana Lutfiyya who teaches SRV and related ideas at the University of Manitoba. See Zana’s suggestion below. Send us your suggestions! “The documentary ‘Including Samuel‘ is an excellent resource… Read More »What are you reading (or watching or listening to)? #2
In SRV workshops, we begin by teaching about the most common wounds of societally devalued people. One of the most common forms of wounding is rejection. We talk about rejection as a hinge wound, in… Read More »Deportation of the Roma from France