We know that societal devaluation of a particular group of people can span the centuries. A recent book review in the NY Times Book Review (14 Feb 2010) looked at a book entitled The Devil… Read More »Social devaluation spanning the centuries
Get a PASSING manual. Pick one rating. Read and study it, especially the general statement of the issue and the Normalization/SRV requirements. Close the book. Write in your own words a description of the issue… Read More »SRV study tip #1
This Globe and Mail article describes the heightened vulnerability faced by native peoples in Canada: A new federal report reveals the TB rate among status Indians to be 31 times higher than that of non-aboriginal… Read More »Heightened vulnerability: greater risk of tuberculosis
2010 is the European year for combating poverty and social exclusion. From a 16 February 2010 news item: Social exclusion refers to those who don’t enjoy levels of participation that most of society takes for… Read More »European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
According to our local paper, our former School Superintendent last year gave his office manager a highly paid job as a special education teacher, though she lacked state certification as well as teaching experience. This… Read More »‘special education’ ‘teacher’
A recent study in Sweden found links between social exclusion (segregation) at a young age and greater risk of suicide. A quote from the study relevant to the wound of impoverishment of experience, as well… Read More »Swedish study links suicide and social exclusion (segregation)