Mapping out a vision of a big, full, inclusive life for vulnerable people can be full of road bumps. Sometimes we don’t know people very well, sometimes people are uncertain themselves about their identity, gifts, talents and what their future could hold; and sometimes we are so lost in “human service land” that we lose …

"SRV leaders from across India will gather together in person to strengthen ourselves and each other, to envision ways to bring the powerful ideas we share forward, and to build our change movement. We will rely on our gathered group with our experience, passion, and sense of community to set direction for the upcoming few …

Across India, change leaders committed to better lives for people with developmental and psychosocial disability are talking and learning about Social Role Valorization, a powerful set of ideas about how to assist people to have full, rich, meaningful lives. SRV provides a high-order framework for understanding the society in which we live, and the place …

Training Description: "Model Coherency: An SRV-Based Framework for Designing and Evaluating Services   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"" …

The 8th International Social Role Valorization (SRV) Conference will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada May 7-9, 2025. Pre-conference events will take place May 5 and 6. SRV theory, derived from the principle of normalization, was first defined by Wolf Wolfensberger in 1983. Over the past 40 plus years, many have used SRV theory …

This 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. People wishing to understand the life experiences of people they support, the implications of those life experiences, and are committed to the …

Workshop Description: PASSING workshops are designed to enable participants with previous Social Role Valorization (SRV) training to gain a deeper understanding of devaluation and of how the promotion of valued social roles may enable people who are devalued to experience "the good thing of life". The workshop is directed at anyone who is interested in …

Training Description: Across India, change leaders committed to better lives for people with developmental and psychosocial disability are talking and learning about Social Role Valorization, a powerful set of ideas about how to assist people to have full, rich, meaningful lives. SRV provides a high-order framework for understanding the society in which we live, and …

“The ache for home lives in all of us.  The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”  Maya Angelou This half-day of reflection, discussion, and discovery will focus on the concept of home: What is the importance and meaning of home? What does it mean to have one’s own …