Jane Sherwin wrote this insightful article telling a story about her grandmother, and what a difference thinking about valued roles makes in terms of how we perceive others and what good things of life we… Read More »“Keeping Nan at the centre of her life”
In a debate about adding attacks against homeless people under existing hate crime legislation, Rep. Paige Kreegle, R-Punta Gorda (Florida, US) referred to homeless people as ‘bums.’ From the article: Kreegle then noted that he… Read More »Language/imagery: ‘homeless bums’
Social Role Valorization teaches us to consider the image messages sent by certain practices, including how we name our services and programs. We should consider for example: Do service names send messages that the people… Read More »Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Thanks to Bill Forman for bringing this article to my attention. This NY Times article would be a good basis for an instructive exercise on valued and devalued roles, imagery, language, competency or heightened vulnerability,… Read More »What about George?
Occasionally I will post regarding an online resource relevant to Social Role Valorization. Here is a link to the Alberta Safeguards Foundation, a group that sponsors SRV workshops as well as workshops by Dr. Wolfensberger.
Occasionally, we will post a question/reflection on social roles. Roles are obviously a fulcrum point for understanding, teaching and applying Social Role Valorization. It can be helpful to think about one’s own roles as a… Read More »Reflect on roles: access to the good things of life