A good article for those teaching and implementing SRV, especially given the influence which SRV and normalization have had on deinstitutionalization efforts in North America: Deinstitutionalization of People With Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the… Read More »Deinstitutionalization of People With Developmental Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
The NY Times ran a column on August 22 in an ongoing series of columns entitled ‘Modern Love.’ This particular column was by a sister describing her brother with Down’s syndrome. * Reflect on how… Read More »NY Times article: ‘My Brother’s Keeper (Assembly Required)’
The role communicators give us a good and practical tool to analyze, evaluate and plan for (valued) social roles. What are the role communicators? • physical setting • personal presentation and appearance • social juxtapositions,… Read More »Training idea #1
Some roles are function-contingent, in that they depend on someone being able to do something (e.g., like the worker role). Some roles are more ascribed, in that they are attributed to a person essentially without… Read More »Reflect on roles: ascribed and function-contingent
“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