Photos from 2015 SRV conference

Thanks to our conference photographer Thomas Neuville

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plenary by Darcy Elks

What makes us stick with SRV?

Presentation by Darcy Elks

https://srvconference.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/elkssrvplenary.pdf

 

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John Armstrong plenary

What ‘world pictures’ do we bring to understanding, teaching and applying SRV?

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SRV conference sessions~part 4

At the SRV conference, several sessions deal directly with questions around imagery and image enhancement, including: An SRV perspective on advertisements, and Flying Ladies.

Several sessions deal with online media and technology, such as: Navigating SRV Implementation in this digital age, and Teaching SRV electronically: Implications.

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SRVconference2015 sessions~part 3

Many concurrent sessions address the topic of SRV training, and ways of learning, studying and teaching SRV theory and implementation. These include:

 

• Learning the core: The role of SRV study groups in building depth and competence

 

• Using SRV in an agency training course focused on implementation

 

• After the workshop, what next?

 

• Teaching SRV concepts in a university setting (PANEL)

 

• Teaching SRV electronically: Implications

 

• Looking back, looking ahead: The perspectives of people who have attended a Social Role Valorization workshop

 

• SRV study group: A model for deepening an understanding of SRV theory

 

• SRV 101

 

Two sessions relate SRV and medicine:

 

• SRV principles applied in situations of high medical vulnerability: A 12-year socio-medical initiative

 

• An application of Social Role Valorization to home-based nursing and medical services

 

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SRVconference2015 sessions~part 2

Continuing from the previous post about sessions at the upcoming SRV conference in June in Providence, we have 1 plenary and 3 concurrent sessions on Citizen Advocacy topics, plus an informal discussion on Wednesday evening focused on Citizen Advocacy.

Several sessions center around families, such as From high chair to high table: Life before and after SRV, Using an SRV framework to walk with families down the road less travelled, One by One, and SRV implementation as a means of addressing common fears of parents. Another informal discussion on Wednesday evening is focused on families and family support.

To be continued…

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plenary presentations at the 2015 SRV conference

I am pleased to announce the following plenary speakers and topics at SRVconference2015!

 

John Armstrong, Sources of influence: The relationship between our values and what we take notice of when applying SRV

 

Darcy Elks, SRV: Reflections on taking the road less traveled

 

Mary Kealy, Cultivating values based leadership to enable citizens to enjoy the ‘good things of life’

 

Jo Massarelli, On being helpful: What makes for excellent service

 

Mitchel Peters, The importance of the Citizen Advocacy scheme in facilitating valued roles for, and the valuation of, vulnerable people

 

Susan Thomas, The importance and the benefits of being personally connected and engaged with devalued people, and its relevance to Social Role Valorization

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SRV and leadership development

Yesterday I attended the final session of a six month ‘leadership development series.’ The participants in this training series included human service workers and family members of people with impairments. Over the six months, they attended approximately 14 days of various trainings. The training that began the series, and that helped to set the overarching context for it, was a four day leadership level SRV workshop. Participants had to apply and be interviewed for acceptance into this program. It was funded by a regional office of the state Department of Developmental Services. Each participant was assigned a mentor, typically someone who had graduated from the series in previous years.

During this final ‘capstone’ session, series participants were invited to reflect for 5 minutes or so on their experience in the series, what was most important to them, how did they grow and change through the process, examples of change efforts, and so on.

Of the 21 presentations, 17 mentioned studying SRV as one of the most important parts of the series. The most common SRV ideas that were mentioned included the explanation of societal devaluation, the framework of social roles, greater access to the ‘good things of life,’ consciousness raising, and image enhancement. I heard several examples of support for valued roles and the positive changes that the roles made in someone’s life.

This was a great illustration of the ongoing relevance, power and utility of SRV theory–in this case, for human service workers and family members. It is also a great example of structural support for SRV training and implementation.

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Guardian article: ‘Secrecy surrounds Texas prisoner transfers in wake of rioting’

This 2015 newspaper article is relevant to the process of societal devaluation and resultant wounding taught in leadership level Social Role Valorization workshops. The key focus of the title and article has to do with distantiation, particularly removing prisoners to unknown locations. However, the entire article bears analysis from an SRV perspective.

Marc Tumeinski

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NY Times article: ‘Hand of a Superhero’

An article to read and discuss from an SRV perspective.

What valued social roles might this open the door to, and thus increase the probability of greater access to the good things of life? (Note the reference to a role in the 4th paragraph, but what other roles are mentioned and/or could be envisioned?) Use the different role domains (e.g., work, home, school, civic, leisure and sports, relationships, culture) as a way to brainstorm possible roles (SRV monograph, 3rd (rev) ed., p. 30).

For crafting valued social roles, the two major avenues are image enhancement and competency enhancement.

1. Consider image enhancement, and what images and messages might be communicated.

2. How about competency enhancement (e.g., activities, rhythms and schedules, possessions, etc.)?

Marc Tumeinski

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