In leadership oriented introductory Social Role Valorization workshops, as originally developed by Wolf Wolfensberger, we cover the following five interrelated parts: 1. Introductory orientation, including a preliminary sketch of SRV and some key concepts 2.… Read More »SRV training: key parts
This essay from the NY Times Sunday Review describes a study which pointed out one of the involuntary physiological reactions we have to being rejected, excluded, cast into societally devalued roles (such as ‘other’): namely,… Read More »Physiological reactions to the wounds of rejection, distantiation
The 2 December 2012 NY Times Magazine article ‘Autism Inc.: How Thorkil Sonne discovered that his son’s disability could be turned into a competitive advantage‘ could make for an interesting read to analyze from a… Read More »NY Times Magazine article: Autism, Inc.
Darene Toal-Sullivan & Peter R. Henderson. (March/April 2004). “Client-Oriented Role Evaluation (CORE): The Development of a Clinical Rehabilitation Instrument to Assess Role Change Associated With Disability.” The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58(2), 211-220. This… Read More »article: Client Oriented Role Evaluation
I recently ran across these online resources which mention SRV: http://www.scoop.it/t/waardevolle-sociale-rollen http://www.scoop.it/t/everything-srv http://www.scoop.it/t/social-role-valorisation Marc Tumeinski
This Globe and Mail article comments on the lack of efficacy of human service programs in Toronto, particularly those aimed at serving poor people. These comments should sound familiar to those who have studied Social… Read More »Globe and Mail article: ‘The awful truth about social programs’