Introduction to PASSING
2024-10-21 - 2024-10-25 | Courtyard By Marriot Boston Raynham, 37 Paramount Drive, Raynham, MA, 02767, United States
Introduction to PASSING

This five-day workshop is for those who are interested in deepening their knowledge about the principles of Social Role Valorization. This workshop involves learning to use the PASSING assessment tool, which looks at the realities of Social Role Valorization in practice. It emphasizes the impact of services on the lives of the people being served and provides an opportunity to craft a vision of a good service and the foundation from which to design relevant and effective support, service, advocacy, and assess service quality. The work of PASSING is done in teams, visiting a residential and a “day” service, meeting the people being served, and conducting interviews with service administrators. The workshop involves extensive personal reflection and analysis, group conciliation, and thought-provoking discussion. The week’s work is conducted under the guidance of an experienced team leader.
Prior attendance at a three- or four-day Introduction to a full Social Role Valorization theory course, either online or in-person, is required to register for this event.
This workshop includes long days and late nights. Participants may check in after 3:00 pm on October 20, 2024.
Venue
Courtyard By Marriot Boston Raynham
37 Paramount Drive
Raynham, MA 02767 United States
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PASSING Faculty
Marc Tumeinski, PhD
Marc Tumeinski, PhD, is coordinator of the SRV Implementation Project. He teaches workshops based in Social Role Valorization. As a service worker, he supported children and adults with mental disorders, as well as physical and intellectual impairments, to have valued social roles at home, school and work. Marc has evaluated a variety of human service programs in North America, including several Citizen Advocacy programs. He has worked with families and agency staff to think about what might be ideal for someone receiving services, and has led planning sessions on how to move towards that ideal. Marc has a strong interest in analyzing the problem of violence in services, and he has written articles critiquing the use of restrictive practices and restraint. He has presented on these topics in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. Marc’s current work with SRV focuses on PASSING and on Model Coherency. He is the founding Editor of The SRV Journal, and of the later supplement SRV News and Reviews, which contains original articles, vignettes, book and film reviews on topics related to Social Role Valorization and PASSING. He is a member of the North American SRV Training, Development and Safeguarding Council, and meets with other SRV teachers from across North America twice a year. He also belongs to the study groups surrounding Wolfensberger’s advanced topics. Marc has presented at several international SRV conferences. He and his wife Jo Massarelli offer their home in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts (US) providing hospitality for poor and homeless people.
Erica Baker-Tinsley
Erica Baker-Tinsley is a Professor and Coordinator of the Developmental Services Worker Program at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Before beginning her teaching career, she worked as a Family Support Coordinator providing support to people with intellectual disabilities and their families. It was through that work that Erica was first introduced to Social Role Valorization. Over the past 25 years, she has been involved in teaching SRV to service workers, administrators, families, and students at both high school and post-secondary levels. In addition to SRV, Erica is passionate about community development approaches that build strong communities where all members are welcomed and supported. Through her involvement in various non-profit organizations, Erica has engaged in advocacy work promoting education, food security, and affordable, secure housing. Erica has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Disability Studies from Ryerson University and a Master of Arts Degree in Community Development from the University of Victoria. She is currently a Board Director of the Southern Ontario Training Group, and a member of the Social Role Valorization Development, Training and Safeguarding Council.
Pam Seetoo
Pam Seetoo has worked to assist people to live rich, full community lives since 1990. Over the course of her life’s work, she has assisted people to leave institutions and establish themselves in their communities, supported children and families within foster care and host home programs, provided service leadership, and focused on values-based education and facilitation.
Throughout her career, Pam has worked to educate others about the effects of social devaluation of vulnerable populations. She facilitates many presentations at a variety of Social Role Valorization (SRV) and related workshops, leads small group learning and has been a team leader at PASSING events. She develops and organizes an extraordinary employee development program for the Keystone Institute and serves as a mentor and role model to many others. She has a strong interest in preserving and safeguarding the personal histories of people with disability and has developed workshops around this topic. Pam has been accredited as an SRV teacher by the North American Social Role Valorization Council.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Neuville
Elizabeth “Betsy” Neuville serves dual roles as Executive Director of the Keystone Institute and Director of Keystone Institute India. She has over 30 years of experience as a human service worker, administrator, agency director, evaluator, educator, and personal advocate, as well as extensive experience in designing and developing supports for people with disability, meaningful quality measurements, and extraordinary employee development programs.
She began her work with people with disability in 1986 as a support worker in a small community home for three men who had recently left an institution, and has continued her commitment to personal human service ever since. In 1988, she was hired by Keystone Human Services to help 20 people leave institutions and establish themselves in their home communities in Pennsylvania, US. She spent her first year with those 20 people and their families planning and envisioning new lives outside the institution, and she continue to walk alongside them as they entered their new lives and created a positive future.
Betsy served as Executive Director for KHS’s office in Lancaster, PA for many years, designing and directing supports for adults and children with developmental disabilities and/or mental disorders. She has assisted hundreds of people to leave institutions and begin lives as valued and contributing members of their communities. Equally important, she has been involved with the closure of several large governmental institutions, and she established the use of person-directed processes to assist people to envision full, rich community lives. She played an important role in building KHS’s reputation as an organization that will successfully support people whom others have given up on. She has mentored a great number of passionate change agents to carry on this work.
Betsy has worked extensively with the ideas of Normalization and Social Role Valorization (SRV) and provides training and consultation both nationally and internationally. She is fully accredited by the North American Social Role Valorization Council as a senior trainer of SRV. She has taught SRV and PASSING in Canada, across the United States, Ireland, the UK, Holland, Turkey, India, Azerbaijan, Romania, and the Republic of Moldova. She studied under the mentorship of Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, the developer and foremost proponent of Social Role Valorization, and has, in turn, mentored and supported a generation of people committed to personal human service to others. She remains closely connected to people with disability, and holds particular interest in the historical treatment of people with disabilities.
She began using the tools and techniques of Person Directed Planning in 1992 to help people move toward better lives, and has extensively studied and used the work of Beth Mount in Personal Futures Planning and Jack Pearpoint in PATH and MAPS. She has taught Person Directed Planning techniques across North America, and in deinstitutionalization projects in Romania, the Republic of Moldova, and Azerbaijan. She has developed techniques which merge traditional Person Directed Planning with Social Role Valorization and Model Coherency, increasing the likelihood that such processes will identify and meet true needs, as well as incorporate valued social roles. In 2013, she co-wrote the implementation plan for best practice in Person Directed Planning and positive behavior support for the class action settlement agreement Jensen v State of Minnesota, and has extensively evaluated current practice in this area for the federal court monitor.
She also develops material and teaches on many topics beyond SRV and Person Directed Planning, including Hospitality, American Eugenics, Moral Treatment, Organizational Values in Action, and many other areas. She leads the Keystone Institute in their work of developing top quality workshops and events relating to not only what their work is all about, but why it really matters.
Betsy divides her time equally between India and the US.
Karin Bonesteel
Karin Bonesteel currently works as the Director of Community Living for The Nemasket Group, Inc., in Fairhaven, Massachusetts (US). Karin has a BA in Psychology and an MA in Social Work. Karin began her work in human services as a direct care worker in northern New York at an Intermediate Care Facility for 12 people. She moved on to work at Rensselaer County ARC in 1986; first as a direct support worker and then as a case manager. It was there that she first began to study the principles of normalization and attended a PASS workshop. She started teaching Wolfensberger’s work while in New York, and is currently recognized by the North American SRV Council as a Social Role Valorization teacher.
Karin moved to Massachusetts in 1992 where she went to work for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation as a Program Director, directly involved in the closing of the Dever Developmental Center and the building of the community system. Karin has studied Citizen Advocacy in depth and was involved with a group of citizens on Cape Cod trying to start a Citizen Advocacy Program. Karin coordinates and teaches workshops for families, direct support staff and other concerned parties on how to help vulnerable people to have socially valued roles.
Since beginning at The Nemasket Group in 2012, Karin has worked to help the people she oversees supports for to have valued social roles and to embed the practice, language, and principles of SRV within the day-to-day operational culture of the organization.

The Power of Roles
2024-11-05 13:00 - 2024-11-11 16:30 (America/New_York) | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
11/5 and 11/11 Registration
Day 1: November 5, 2024 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST
Day 2: November 11, 2024 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST

SRV Reading Circle: Native American Boarding School System
2024-11-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
SRV Reading Circle: Native American Boarding School System

Join the Keystone Institute and KHS SRV Leadership members and facilitators as we delve into a book and mine it for lessons and learning as part of our SRV Reading Circle Study Group Series. All registrants will be provided with the book and will have ample time to read it before joining together on November 12 for discussion and exploration of SRV-related themes.
Due to the in-depth knowledge of Social Role Valorization that is required for this discussion, prior attendance at a full 28-hour in-person or 32-hour online SRV theory course is necessary to attend this event.
More information and registration will be available at a later date.

The Power of Roles
2024-11-14 09:00 - 2024-11-18 12:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
11/14 and 11/18 Registration
Day 1: November 14, 2024 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Day 2: November 18, 2024 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

SRV Refresher Course
2024-12-02 09:00 - 2024-12-03 13:30 | Online
SRV Refresher Course
Haven’t been to SRV for a while and are looking for a refresher course? Join us as we review the themes of Social Role Valorization and discuss how we have used these ideas over our years of serving others. A series of short presentations will be followed by chances to illustrate, discuss, and share ideas and struggles. Join us to learn about the several new themes of SRV, sharpen your grasp of the principles, recommit to using and teaching the ideas, and do it all in a relaxed atmosphere.
Prior attendance at a 3- or 4-day Introduction to Social Role Valorization workshop is required to register for this event.
This workshop will take place virtually on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom link in the confirmation email close to the date of the workshop.
12/2 and 12/3 Registration
Day 1 December 2, 2024 9:00 am – 1:30 pm EST
Day 2 December 3, 2024 9:00 am – 1:30 pm EST

Understanding Poverty: An Experiential Learning Event for Gaining Insight and Creating Change
2024-12-04 09:00 - 13:30 | TBD, Lancaster, PA, United States
Understanding Poverty: An Experiential Learning Event for Gaining Insight and Creating Change

Over 11% of Americans live in poverty and it’s a reality for many people with disability supported by human service organizations. Poverty is a wound that is often exacted upon people, that they are even thrust into, against their will and as a result of being devalued. While it is often viewed as a stand-alone problem, it is in fact a complex issue that affects people’s physical and mental well-being, their relationships and social isolation, cognitive development in children, the risk of homelessness and violence, and much more.
This simulation allows participants to walk a month in the shoes of someone who is facing poverty and to realize how complex and interconnected issues of poverty really are; it’s a powerful opportunity to gain insight and seek change. Join the Keystone Institute as we welcome Rhiannon Noecker, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Community Action Partnerships Lancaster for this participatory workshop, as we examine the harsh realities of poverty and talk about how communities can address the problem and how each one of us can be moved to make a difference.
Contact Matt Nguyen at mnuygen@khs.org for more information.
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SRV Reading Circle: Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger Festschrift and Pennhurst and the Struggle for Disability Rights
2024-12-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
SRV Reading Circle: Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger Festschrift and Pennhurst and the Struggle for Disability Rights

Join the Keystone Institute and KHS SRV Leadership members and facilitators as we delve into the Festschrift for Dr. Wolfensberger and Pennhurst and the Struggle for Disability Rights as part of our SRV Reading Circle Study Group Series. The Keystone Institute will provide you with a copy of both books. You will have ample time to read them before joining together on December 10 for discussion and exploration of SRV-related themes.
Due to the in-depth knowledge of Social Role Valorization that is required for this discussion, prior attendance at a full 28-hour in-person or 32-hour online SRV theory course is necessary to attend this event.
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The Power of Roles
2024-12-11 13:00 - 2024-12-18 16:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
12/11 and 12/18 Registration
Day 1: December 11, 2024 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST
Day 2: December 18, 2024 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST

Ideas That Matter
2025-01-03 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-10 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-01-25 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-07 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-02-14 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-07 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-14 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-03-29 09:00 - 12:00 and 3 more dates | Online
Ideas That Matter
Ideas that Matter is a half-day workshop aimed at offering a very brief look into some of Keystone Human Services’ foundational principles. We begin by exploring the history of disability, including how people with disabilities have been treated and thought about throughout history. We will take time to consider the threads and consequences of historical mindsets on the treatment of people today.
Looking forward, we discuss KHS’s vision statement in a small group format, sharing insights into how it resonates with and impacts our work individually and collectively. The session ends with a glimpse into the ideas of Social Role Valorization, a powerful framework for assisting people we serve to gain access to the good things of life.
Part of the New Employee Orientation process, all Keystone Human Services employees are required to attend this core developmental course. Employees should sign up through Relias.

The Power of Roles
2025-01-08 09:00 - 2025-01-13 12:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
1/8 and 1/13 Registration
Day 1: January 8, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Day 2: January 13, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

The Power of Roles
2025-01-22 13:00 - 2025-01-28 16:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
1/22 and 1/28 Registration
Day 1: January 22, 2025 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST
Day 2: January 28, 2025 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST

The Power of Roles
2025-02-05 09:00 - 2025-02-11 12:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
2/5 and 2/11 Registration
Day 1: February 5, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST
Day 2: February 11, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EST

Distance Introduction to Social Role Valorization
2025-02-18 09:00 - 2025-02-27 16:00 | Online
Distance Introduction to Social Role Valorization
The Introduction to Social Role Valorization is an intensive workshop which presents the idea of assisting people with disabilities and other devalued conditions to have positive social roles as a productive and helpful response to wounding life experiences. Social Role Valorization is a comprehensive theory which provides insights as to why certain groups of people become devalued in society, what life experiences are likely to befall people once they have become devalued in the eyes of others, why valued social roles are a powerful response in combatting the negative life experiences, and ten essential themes which can guide implementers in pursuing valued social roles by, with, and for those practitioners desire to serve.
This foundational material is essential to those wishing to serve others in meaningful ways, and who are impassioned to make a difference in the lives of others. Many participants experience the learning within this event as the most helpful, inspiring, and clarifying body of knowledge they have been exposed to in their professional development, and it assists in long-term understanding and focus on being of service to others in ways that matter.
The workshop includes pre-recorded as well as live presentations, small and large group live reflection and discussion, online forums and resource materials. Participants should be prepared for significant presentations.
Course Schedule:
Week 1
Day 1: Tuesday, February 18, 2025: 9:00 am to 12:45 pm Live session with 2 additional hours of independent assignments
Day 2: Wednesday, February 19, 2025: 10:00 am to 2:15 pm with 30 additional minutes of independent assignments
Day 3: Thursday, February 20, 2025: 10:00 am to 4:15 pm A combination of live session and independent assignments
Week 2
Day 4: Tuesday, February 25, 2025: 3 hours of independent assignments prior to logging on for the live session from 12:00 pm to 3:15 pm
Day 5: Wednesday, February 26, 2025: 9:00 am to 2:30 pm Live session with 1-hour independent assignments
Day 6: Thursday, February 27, 2025: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm A combination of live sessions and independent assignments
*This course will take place entirely online. Participants must attend every session in order to receive credit for the workshop.*
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The Power of Roles
2025-03-05 13:00 - 2025-03-11 16:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
3/5 and 3/11 Registration
Day 1: March 5, 2025 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST
Day 2: March 5, 2025 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST

The Road Most Traveled: Using the Culturally Valued Analogue as Your Guide
2025-03-27 09:00 - 13:00 | Online
The Road Most Traveled: Using the Culturally Valued Analogue as Your Guide

Mapping out a vision of a big, full life for vulnerable people can be full of road bumps. Sometimes we don’t know people very well, sometimes people are uncertain themselves about their identity, gifts, talents and what their future could hold; and sometimes we are so lost in “human service land” that we lose sight of the typical pathways of life and all they have to offer people. But when we are stuck while developing roles, designing services or even planning a house warming party for someone, using the culturally valued analogue (CVA) can provide us some tried and true guidance to get started, by reminding us to consider “What happens for people with a valued status?”
Join us to learn more about using the CVA to keep us moving in the right direction as we walk with vulnerable people.
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SRV Study Group: Better Off Dead
2025-03-28 10:00 - 12:30 | Zoom Online Platform
SRV Study Group: Better Off Dead

In recent years and in many places, euthanasia laws have become increasingly permissible, quite often as they relate to people who are marginalized. Laws include broader and broader definitions of who medical assistance in dying can be applied to and eradicate more and more safeguards, all posing a serious threat to people with disabilities when making the most profound and irreversible decision a person can make. Consider this alongside the countless studies that have consistently revealed that health care providers hold negative views of people with disabilities that too frequently translates to failures to equitably protect, serve, or support disabled people and the results are devastating.
Please join the Keystone Institute, along with the SRV Leadership team, to watch the thought provoking and prescient documentary Better Off Dead, which explores this topic from the perspective of people living with disabilities. Following the online screening of the documentary we will use SRV to guide our discussion of these life and death issues. Registration for this event is open to those who have completed a full 28-hour in-person or 32-hour online SRV workshop.
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The Power of Roles
2025-04-03 09:00 - 2025-04-08 12:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
4/3 and 4/8 Registration
Day 1: April 3, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Day 2: April 8, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT

The Power of Roles
2025-04-24 13:00 - 2025-04-28 16:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
4/24 and 4/28 Registration
Day 1: April 24, 2025 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT
Day 2: April 28, 2025 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT

8th International Social Role Valorization Conference
2025-05-05 - 2025-05-09 | Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J
8th International Social Role Valorization Conference

The Good Things of Life at Home, School, Work, and Beyond
Celebrating over 50 years of Normalization and Social Role Valorization!
This conference is an exciting opportunity to meet and hear from people from around the world who are using SRV to support others to create better lives for themselves.
Social Role Valorization (SRV) and its predecessor, Normalization, have been very powerful ideas in assisting people with disabilities and other devalued conditions to have positive social roles as a productive and helpful response to wounding life experiences. SRV is a comprehensive theory which provides insights as to why certain groups of people become devalued in society, what life experiences are likely to befall people once they have become devalued in the eyes of others, why valued social roles are a powerful response in combatting the negative life experiences, and ten essential themes which can guide implementers in pursuing valued social roles by, with, and for those practitioners desire to serve.
Dates
Pre-conference events: May 5-6, 2025
Conference: May 7-9, 2025
Cost
Early Bird (ends October 18): $760 CAD
Regular: $875 CAD
More details and registration

The Power of Roles
2025-05-08 09:00 - 2025-05-13 12:30 | Online
The Power of Roles
This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization. Through a combination of multimedia presentation and small group discussion, participants will learn about the phenomenon of social devaluation. This event includes discussion of how people with disabilities and other devalued groups have been systematically hurt and harmed by society, and what the impact of that devaluation has been. Participants will also learn about ways to help people have better lives by supporting them to achieve positive valued social roles. We will discuss practical strategies to make this a reality for the people you support.
*This workshop takes place in two parts over two separate days via Zoom. It is necessary to attend both parts to receive credit for this workshop. KHS employees should register for this workshop through Relias.*
5/8 and 5/13 Registration
Day 1: May 8, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
Day 2: May 13, 2025 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT
