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  • Social Role Valorization and The English Experience

    This book presents the first considered full-length account of Wolfensberger's Social Role Valorisation (SRV) theory, with specific reference to the English context. It clearly demonstrates that the concept of social role valorization is directly relevant to individuals and organisations working with vulnerable groups.

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  • When I'm Gone

    This 'user-friendly' book is has been written for parents who wish to tailor their will to provide for their son or daughter's future.

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  • What Restraints Teach

    In this article Pat Amos uses examples to explain how behavioural restraints instil fear and distrust rather than achieving co-operation. She offers five negative lessons that restraints teach, saying behavioural restraint is a quick fix rather than a solution.

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  • A Quarter-Century of Normalization and Social Role Valorization: Evolution and Impact

    This book is unique in tracing the evolution and impact of Normalisation and SRV over the last quarter-century, with many of the chapter authors personally involved in a still-evolving international movement.

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  • Your Say

    Many issues around disability are carried by the media, including talkback radio. While talkback radio can be used to misinform people, including the decision makers - equally it can be used to inform people.

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  • Advocacy

    This chapter from 'Include Me In' identifies the need for advocacy if the rights of people with disability and their families are to be respected, honoured and protected. It covers what advocacy is (and is not) and outlines forms of advocacy.

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  • Creating a Video Resume or Video Profile

    How can a parent describe their son or daughter to a potential employer or service provider? While personal contact is best, a making home video is a way of helping others to learn more about a person with developmental disabilities, that is, by creating a short video resume/profile.

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  • 1993 Yungaburra Deakin Oration

    This oration, delivered in Victoria, Australia, looks at ways of supporting families who have a child with a disability, whether it be through supporting the family to keep their child at home or through finding and supporting foster families.

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  • According to Their Peers: Inclusion as High School Students See It

    This article examines research conducted into the perspectives on inclusive education held by 257 high school students attending an inclusive high school and who themselves had no disability. The results indicate that these students were supportive of inclusive education and recommended the practice.

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  • Positive Behavioral Support

    This person- and family-centred book features compelling case studies, research-based strategies, and thoughtful discussion pieces written by leaders in behavioural intervention.

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