I am reading through the volume of papers from the May 2023 festschrift honoring the life and work of Dr. Wolfensberger, which is now available for purchase from Valor Press. Chapter six on the Pennsylvania… Read More »The Training Institute’s Pennsylvania Evaluation Project – Joe Osburn
This 2014 op ed in the NY Times relates to the Social Role Valorization (SRV) theme of competency enhancement, in this case, as related to the role of student. It examines ways that group size… Read More »Group size matters
According to a recent BBC news item, young men and women jailed in Senegal are taking classes in fencing once a week. BBC news CNN news Many elements of this story illustrate aspects of Social… Read More »Fencers
Both the PASSING tool (manual) and the PASSING workshop are high quality resources that can help to make SRV theory concrete, practical and ‘implementable.’ For example, the PASSING tool (manual) includes 42 distinct ratings, and… Read More »From study to implementation: SRV and PASSING (tip #1)
The 2 January 2016 NY Times article entitled ‘In school for the sake of keeping the mind stimulated’ describes a program model that would be interesting to analyze from an SRV and PASSING perspective, including… Read More »article ‘In school for the sake of keeping the mind stimulated’
Guy Caruso sent me a link to the following 5 minute video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nike-flyease-shoe-technology_55a3eec6e4b0b8145f731bde It would be worth watching and analyzing from a Social Role Valorization and PASSING perspective, including in terms of personal possessions, language… Read More »video: ‘Nike Launches Flyease, Changing The Game For People With Disabilities’