“Occupations that offer strong social roles, such as teaching, appear to protect against suicide.” The above is a quote from an article sent to me by Ray Lemay. The article describes research on connections between… Read More »Social roles and suicide risk
In Social Role Valorization (SRV), one of the points we make in teaching about social roles is that a valued role can be protective, even when someone ends up with a significant impairment after acquiring… Read More »Dr. Elaine Smokewood
Thinking about our own roles can deepen our understanding of how to help socially devalued people to get and hold onto valued roles, and to help vulnerable people to keep and shore up their valued… Read More »Reflect on roles: role domains
Reference to social roles on a world history website. Note the links to SRV material under ‘Related resources.’
A 14 June 2009 NY Times article entitled ‘For Dementia’s Restless Minds, Therapy From Dusk to Dawn’ described a human service program at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale (NY, US). From the article: The patients… Read More »‘Therapy from dusk to dawn’
Wolfensberger’s April 2010 article (and recent workshops being taught in Massachusetts and Ontario) on how services should function in times of shrinking financial resources is generating lots of comments. This blog has several lengthy posts… Read More »Another blog posting about Wolfensberger’s article on shrinking financial resources