Keystone Institute

This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of 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.

This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization.

Mapping out a vision of a big, full, inclusive 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?”

This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization.

This workshop gives participants a practical introduction to the principles of Social Role Valorization.