Often the best examples of people with disabilities accessing and contributing to the good things in life, in ordinary but powerful ways that show possibility, take place in a family context. I have found it to be powerful, effective and often life-changing to bring the theory and framework of SRV to the attention of families. …

This series is intended for the motivated learner who wants to understand some of the ways that big ideas influence our service to others. What we hold in our minds about the people we serve and the world in which we live, will inevitably be expressed in our actions. The series is equipped to help …

  Course Overview and Objectives:   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 …

Join for a viewing of the documentary Valuing Lives : Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization, followed by a panel discussion with Guy Caruso, Jack Yates, and Jerry Smith.

Join for a viewing of the documentary Valuing Lives : Wolf Wolfensberger and the Principle of Normalization, followed by a panel discussion with Guy Caruso, Jack Yates, and Jerry Smith.

This series is intended for the motivated learner who wants to understand some of the ways that big ideas influence our service to others. What we hold in our minds about the people we serve and the world in which we live, will inevitably be expressed in our actions. The series is equipped to help …

  Course Overview and Objectives:   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 …

This series is intended for the motivated learner who wants to understand some of the ways that big ideas influence our service to others. What we hold in our minds about the people we serve and the world in which we live, will inevitably be expressed in our actions. The series is equipped to help …

Valued Lives is being offered as a Residential Certificate Course to select thought leaders and emerging influencers of practice from across India. This body of knowledge was offered in India for the first time in 2016, and the impact was immense. “SRV” theory is influencing the development of inclusive lives for people with disability in …

Direct service work is where “the rubber meets the road”; where the needs of people who receive various types of human services are addressed. However, good direct service work can get lost in all the other things that surround and impinge on it, such as laws and regulations, union rules, family concerns and demands, etc. …