KEY SOCIAL ROLE VALORISATION ARTICLES The following readings were and are critical for the transformation journey of Home Support and Community Services. They are written by International and Australian leaders in the community services field witH expertise in Social Role Valorisation. Title Author Summary Some of the Universal “Good Things of Life” Which the Wolf Wolfensberger, Susan People who fill roles that are valued in their society are Implementation of Social Role Valorization Can be Expected to Thomas and Guy Caruso apt to have access to these 17 good things, which are Make More Accessible to Devalued People likely to be valued in any culture Almost everyone would agree that the 17 listed are a big part of the good things in life that everyone would like for him or herself SRV Handbook – A Brief Overview of Social Role Valorisation Wolf Wolfensberger Implementation Of Normalization Goals: Environmental Summarized from Wolfensburger, Manipulations Designed to Achieve Normalization Wolf and Thomas, Susan, 1983: Program Analysis of Service Systems' Implementation of Normalization Goals (PASSING) published by the National Institute on Mental Retardation) Guidelines of what are essential points for coverage in short The Training Institute for Human Reproduced from Training Institute materials. presentations of Social Role Valorization Service Planning, Leadership and Change Agentry Syracuse, NY The Application of Social Role Valorization in Supporting People John Armstrong with an Intellectual Disability – An Overview http://www.socialrolevalorization.com/articles/armstrong/applicatio n-of-srv-in-supporting-people-with-an-intellectual-disability.pdf Re-Thinking Respite John Armstrong & Lynda Shevellar SRV provides a framework for upgrading the social http://www.google.com.au/url?url=http://www.socialrolevalorizatio status of people at risk of devaluation and even those n.com/articles/armstrong/rethinking- already devalued. The article examines one particular respite.pdf&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ved=0CDcQFjAAahUKEwj7n service model – the traditional respite service model – to OLWipbHAhVmJaYKHaxzDqI&usg=AFQjCNG1PMghTvK1JBkYX assess the ways the potential for valued roles is jQfertkw26shQ spite facilitated or impeded, and what steps might be taken to increase the chances that the person being cared for and family might receive the benefits that valued social roles may bring Title Author Summary The Ways That People Can Make A Difference Michael Kendrick http://www.cheshire.ie/docs/reportsandpublications/People%20M ake%20A%20Difference.pdf On Being Somewhat “Person Centered” Michael Kendrick http://www.socialrolevalorization.com/articles/kendrick/being- somewhat-person-centered.pdf Examples of Some Successful Strategies in Empowering Those Michael Kendrick Discusses some of the factors that can contribute to Who Utilize Services disempowerment Sketch of approaches to empowerment that, taken together, offer realistic hope for some measure of improvement. Exploring Whether There Is An Optimal Relationship Between Michael Kendricki Public Bureaucracies And Communities http://www.google.com.au/url?url=http://www.socialrolevalorizatio n.com/articles/kendrick/community-and- bureacracy.pdf&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&sa=U&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKE wjNyNK_i5bHAhWhnqYKHc- xDUQ&usg=AFQjCNHIWrUX5aPqO5Tr8ga-WyOufeIc2Q Pathways to Inclusion – Building a New Story for People and John Lord Description of the power relationships between service Communities Peggy Hutchison staff and people supported and how to empower people http://books.google.com.au/books?id=r6awEsmJ7xsC&pg=PA78 to take control of their lives &lpg=PA78&dq=Pathways+to+Inclusion+%E2%80%93+Building+ a+New+Story+with+People&source=bl&ots=3dQobfsaZw&sig=y3 mPDHfIhZa6SWLwTv6ZoL_37S4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8Kf6Uq3oGs y7kQWA8ICYCw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Pathway s%20to%20Inclusion%20%E2%80%93%20Building%20a%20Ne w%20Story%20with%20People&f=false A positive approach to risk requires person centred thinking Helen Sanderson Discusses the question of risk in the lives of people who Lori Erwin are supported by human services. It responds to the way in which risk, as it has traditionally been approached by these services, imposes a barrier to social inclusion and to an interesting and productive life. The article proposes an alternative Person-centred risk process. By beginning with a focus on who the person is, their gifts and skills, and offering a positive vision of success, it could be possible to avoid the implied aversion to any form of risk embedded in the traditional approaches and attitudes. Title Author Summary “… to integrate with non-disabled persons to the fullest extent John O’Brien Covers SRV, social capital & positive psychology as possible.” Perspectives On “Most Integrated” Services for People important to integration with Developmental Disabilities SSR: Supporting Social Roles. A Second Bottom Line for John O’Brien Services to People with Developmental Disabilities A person centred response: keeping Nan at the centre of her life. Jane Sherwin A personal description by Jane Sherwin of what it took http://www.sherwinconsulting.com.au/articles-by-jane.html for her grandmother to stay in her own home, and a comparison between a service-centred response and a person-centred one ‘The Desire for Friendship Comes Quickly, Friendship Does Not’: Jane Sherwin An Exploration of Valued Roles & Relationships http://www.sherwinconsulting.com.au/articles-by-jane.html Right relationship and person centred approaches Jane Sherwin A paper presented to a group of older people and http://www.sherwinconsulting.com.au/articles-by-jane.html workers in agencies that support older people about the link between the nature of the relationship between worker and person, and person centred approaches Ageing and SRV-- A challenge for the future Ronda A. Schultz http://www.ijdcr.ca/VOL03_01_CAN/articles/schultz.shtml The Art of Asking Ric Thompson – CRU Community The article explains why, when it comes to asking http://www.inclusionwa.org.au/download/theartofasking.pdf Resource Unit members of the community to stand alongside and with individuals with a disability and their families we enter a period of silence and apprehension. This happens because the pursuit of community inclusion seems to be within the domain of human services rather than society. This is challenged; and it is explained why asking the community is very important and gives tips on how to ask for the involvement of community .