T HIS WORKSHOP PROVIDES an introduction to Social Role Valorization (SRV), developed by Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger. His 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 a systematic, universally applicable framework for structuring human services, applicable to administration, …

T HIS WORKSHOP PROVIDES an introduction to Social Role Valorization (SRV), developed by Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger. His 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 a systematic, universally applicable framework for structuring human services, applicable to administration, …

Training Description: "IASRV Members unite! We are thrilled to call together all Grads from 1.0 – 5.0 for building our fellowship, strengthening our community of practice, and remembering the ideas that both power us up and shake us up. You are invited to the 2023 SRV Rally, a three-hour session on Zoom, with plenty of …

This workshop will present a new way of understanding the lives of marginalized people. Social devaluation is presented as a crucial problem that can lead to many negative life experiences for devalued people. Participants will learn about the impact of such experiences and some ways to address social devaluation, namely assisting marginalized people to gain …

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 wounding life experiences. Social Role Valorization is a comprehensive theory which provides insights as to why certain groups of people …

For those with some knowledge of Social Role Valorization principles, and who are hungry for how to help people move into valued roles, this workshop is for you. How do you identify roles people might be interested in? Once you have a role in mind, how might you help a person enter that role? How …

Much can be learned about human effort, societal forces of oppression and marginalization, and the possibilities for change by studying the rise and fall of “The Great Institutions.” This presentation will describe the founding of such institutions, with lofty and earnest aspirations, through the vast growth of segregation and congregation fed by eugenics ideology, and …

SRV theory has been introduced in India with a deep impact over the past years - it is a social theory which provides a solid framework for understanding social devaluation of vulnerable people and proposes powerful ways to open possibilities for people to experience the good things of life. SRV has implications on the personal, …

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION The PASSING workshop builds upon the Introduction to SRV course by providing a hands-on experience with an actual human service program. The workshop emphasizes the impact of services on the lives of their recipients. Workshop participants are invited to see services "through the eyes" of its recipients. This is an opportunity to work …