The 18-19 June 2016 Wall Street Journal article ‘A small fix in mind-set to keep students in school’ is relevant to the Social Role Valorization theme of mind-sets and expectancies. It describes two different studies… Read More »WSJ article: ‘A small fix in mind-set to keep students in school’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fSoI_HksoU Think about the points made in this 4 minute video in terms of what Social Role Valorization (SRV) teaches about unconsciousness/lack of awareness about the social processes of devaluation. Can you make any points… Read More »brief video on unconsciousness/selective awareness
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’
Thanks to Guy Caruso for sending me the link to this article about a proposal to build a Halloween haunted house attraction on the former grounds of the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Pennsylvania,… Read More »Menace role and Pennhurst
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)’
In SRV workshops, we begin by teaching about the most common wounds of societally devalued people. One of the most common forms of wounding is rejection. We talk about rejection as a hinge wound, in… Read More »Deportation of the Roma from France