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. …

We often pronounce service practices overwhelmingly “good” or “bad,” yet the reality is more complex as any practice may offer both advantages and pitfalls for vulnerable people. SRV gives us a unique way to assess impact: spotting what helps people access the good things of life, while revealing risks and shortcomings that could cause harm. …

About this Workshop: Learn a framework that helps give meaning and depth and helps to make the most of contemporary opportunities! This workshop explores how getting valued roles can lead to changed societal perceptions and strengthen the likelihood that people with a devalued status will get a better life. The core themes and principles of SRV will be …

Trauma informed care has been one of those frequently discussed idea sets that has been widely adopted by entire service systems as being important and worthy of investment. It has been seen as concordant with Social Role Valorization, antagonistic to it, and even equated with it. For this study session, let's learn together a bit …

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 …

This workshop will explore a 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 socially …

Let's talk about leadership and SRV- Join us for a presentation on the history of Community Living Welland Pelham's journey with Social Role Valorization (SRV) with a focus on the Board of Director's critical role in nurturing and sustaining its principles. A recent strategic planning process will also be reviewed, demonstrating the agency's resolve to …

This workshop provides an introduction to Social Role Valorization (SRV) using the 10 core themes, developed by Dr. W. Wolfensberger. Dr. Wolfensberger's work helped lay the foundation for many current human service trends, including integration, safeguarding of rights, and the deinstitutionalization movement. SRV is a systematic and universally applicable concept for structuring human services is anchored …

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 …

As Social Role Valorization (SRV) teaching and writing emphasizes,  people who want to implement SRV must draw on beliefs, values, and  ideologies that go beyond SRV--that are much deeper than SRV. One  body of thought that is a rich source of ideas that can provide motive  and guidance for implementing SRV is called "Personalism". It was  very influential to Dr. …

Dr. Wolfensberger collected postcards as artifacts depicting various types of institutions, human services and the imaging of societally esteemed people. They inform the viewer of trends in service provision, and societal perceptions of people in need of assistance. The postcards also reveal certain aspects within the broader society, and specifically within human services, that prevail …