Workshop Descriptions
Part 1: Introduction to SRV
This workshop introduces the learner to
Social Role Valorization (SRV) developed by Dr. W. Wolfensberger,
one of the most influential thinkers in the field of intellectual impairment. Dr. Wolfensberger's work helped lay the foundation
for many current human service trends, including integration,
safeguarding of individual rights, and the deinstitutionalization
movement. A central goal of SRV is to enable socially
devalued people to attain culturally valued roles
with an eye towards having a typical life. SRV will
be reviewed with the implications of its positive assumptions
about the worth of all persons and their place in our
communities. Participants are encouraged to reflect
on the typical life experiences of socially devalued people,
with an eye towards deep identification with the people
they serve. A past participant said of this workshop
“my eyes have been opened to things I didn't realize before.”
This workshop is taught at a leadership level, for the
serious student.
Part 2: SRV Practicum with PASSING
The PASSING (Program Analysis of Service Systems' Implementation
of Normalization Goals) workshop completes the learning
of the
Part I: Introduction to SRV course. The PASSING workshop
emphasizes the impact of services on the lives of their
recipients. This workshop is an opportunity to work with
the ideas of SRV to craft a vision of good service, and
is particularly helpful for those designing services
and/or assessing service quality. The work of this
course is done in teams; each team will visit a residential
and a ‘day’ service,
meeting service recipients and conducting interviews
with staff and administrators. The event involves extensive
personal reflection and analysis, group conciliation,
and thought provoking discussion. A past participant said
after this workshop “when I go back to work, I won't
be the same.”
Persons attending PASSING must have first attended
an SRV course. To create a focused, reflective atmosphere,
this workshop is intentionally designed to be an intensive
experience, with both long days and nighttime work.
You can expect to work well past dinner each night.
Description of PASSING workshop: PDF (4
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