This workshop provides an introduction to Social Role Valorization (SRV), developed by Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, one of the most influential thinkers in the field of human services worldwide. Wolfensberger's work helped lay the foundation for many current human service trends, including the development of community services, integration, self-determination and rights, and person-centered planning. SRV is …

This intensive workshop presents the idea of assisting people with disabilities and other devalued conditions to have positive social roles, which serves as a productive and helpful response to wounding life experiences. People wishing to understand the life experiences of people they support and the implications of those life experiences, and those who are committed …

The concept of model coherency is one of the themes of and for Social Role Valorization (SRV) theory. Yet another fabulous "gem" of SRV, this concept is so helpful when both designing and evaluating a service. How well a service "hangs together" in every way is the big idea behind Model Coherency. This workshop is …

PASSING workshops are designed to enabled participants who have previously attended a four-day Social Role Valorization (SRV) workshop to gain a deeper understanding of devaluation and of how the promotion of valued social roles may enable people who are disabled and/or devalued to experience "the good thing of life".  The workshop is directed at anyone …

Buffet: how a variety of roles can help attain the good things of life with Bill Forman TableTalks! Is the lunchtime presentation and discussion series hosted by SRVIP over zoom. Topics have something to do with implementing the ideas embodied in Social Role Valorization. We meet the third Friday of every month except for July, …

2026 Wolf Wolfensberger Summer Institute on Moral Issues -  a 2-day Workshop on Threats to the Lives of Devalued People, and an Invitation to Take a Coherent Stance in Opposition to It  This two day workshop presents:  The reasons behind the deathmaking of devalued people, along with the personal and societal dynamics that fuel it. …

Presented in nine parts over Zoom | August & September 2026  

Distance Introduction to Social Role Valorization September 15, 2026 @ 9:00 AM – September 24 2026 @ 12:30 PM EDT The Introduction to Social Role Valorization is an intensive workshop which presents the idea of assisting people with disabilities and other devalued conditions to have positive social roles as a productive and helpful response to …

This five-day workshop is for those who are interested in deepening their knowledge about the principles of Social Role Valorization. This workshop involves learning to use the PASSING assessment tool, which looks at the realities of Social Role Valorization in practice. It emphasizes the impact of services on the lives of the people being served …