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Welcome to SRVIP

The Social Role Valorization Implementation Project (SRVIP) is a human service training, evaluation and consultation effort aimed at addressing the social devaluation of impaired and other vulnerable people in contemporary society. Social Role Valorization (SRV), as articulated by Wolf Wolfensberger, PhD, is our theoretical base. It posits that people who hold socially valued roles generally have easy access to the ‘good things of life’ that society has to offer. The main approach of SRV is to safeguard and maintain any valued roles which people hold, and to develop new valued roles for those who lack them.

TableTalks!

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, August, and December, from noon to 1PM Eastern US time. Sign up by emailing info@srvip.org and request to be on the mailing list. Bring your lunch! All are welcome, and it is free of charge.

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virtual trainings

We offer a number of courses online by means of video conferencing on topics such as an Introduction to SRV, Medical Safeguarding, and Life Threatening Public Policy.
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WHAT IS SOCIAL ROLE VALORIZATION?

Read this informative article by Joe Osburn that gives a basic introduction to the theory of Social Role Valorization (SRV).

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Upcoming Events

Leadership-Level SRV Workshop Nine-Part Series

  • Remote via Zoom: Every Monday and Thursday from April 23, 2026 to May 21, 2026 (9:00am to 1:00 pm Eastern US Time)
  • Remote via Zoom: Every Monday and Thursday from August 27, 2026 to September 28, 2026 (3:00pm to 7:00 pm Eastern US Time)

Medical Safeguarding Conference

This conference will provide a deep understanding of what people we serve require from all of us to protect their lives and to ensure their health and well being. Speakers include administrators, service providers and clinicians with decades of experience in medical safeguarding.

  • Thursday, March 26, 2026 (8:30am to 3:30 pm Eastern US Time) in Wareham, MA | Download Brochure >>

Summer Institute on Moral Issues

Each year we strive to offer a workshop by a group of associates of Dr. Wolfensberger’s whom he trained in threats to the lives of devalued people and how to take a coherent stance in opposition to it. Workshops are held in venues which allow for inexpensive accommodations and meals.

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