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Social role valorization (SRV) is a method for improving the lives of people who are of low status in society. (In countries of the British commonwealth, [1] the third word in the term is usually spelled valorisation, but the abbreviation is the same.) SRV is applicable to people who for any reason are disadvantaged, discriminated against ...
Wolf Peregrin Joachim Wolfensberger, Ph.D. (1934–2011) [1] was a German American academic who influenced disability policy and practice through his development of North American Normalization and social role valorization (SRV). SRV extended the work of his colleague Bengt Nirje in Europe on the normalization of people with disabilities.
John O'Brien speaking in Chorley in 2007 [1] John O'Brien is a leading thinker who has written widely in the field of disability. [2][3] He is a pioneer and lifelong advocate of Person Centred Planning. [4] To this end, he was co-developer of two models for person centred planning, namely the McGill Action Planning System (MAPS) [5] and ...
The theory of social role valorization is closely related to the principle of normalization [7] having been developed with normalization as a foundation. [8] This theory retains most aspects of normalization concentrating on socially valued roles and means, in socially valued contexts to achieve integration and other core quality of life values.
Positive behavior support (PBS) uses tools from applied behaviour analysis and values of normalisation and social role valorisation theory to improve quality of life, usually in schools. PBS uses functional analysis to understand what maintains an individual's challenging behavior and how to support the individual to get these needs met in more ...
The social model of disability identifies systemic barriers, derogatory attitudes, and social exclusion (intentional or inadvertent), which make it difficult or impossible for disabled people to attain their valued functionings. The social model of disability diverges from the dominant medical model of disability, which is a functional analysis ...
Person-centred planning (PCP) is a set of approaches designed to assist an individual to plan their life and supports. [1] It is most often used for life planning with people with learning and developmental disabilities, though recently it has been advocated as a method of planning personalised support with many other sections of society who find themselves disempowered by traditional methods ...
"Supported employment" was based upon principles of community integration and the site location termed an "integrated setting" was a core component of the applied and theoretical models (e.g., community integration theories, social role valorization, normalization, independent living theories, universal design).