The All‐India SRV Network Charter 6.12.2020 Our purpose is to provide national leadership for the teaching, study and use of Social Role Valorization as a unifying idea set among stakeholders across India who are seeking a more just and unified society for all people, particularly people experiencing disability. What is Social Role Valorization? Social Role Valorization, or SRV for short, is a dynamic set of ideas useful for making positive change in the lives of people disadvantaged because of their status in society. SRV is utilized mainly in service to children and adults with disability as well as elders, but it can be helpful to uplift the social situation of any person or group. A basic tenet of role‐valorizing efforts is the notion that the good things any society has to offer are more easily accessible to people who have valued social roles. Conversely, people who have devalued social roles, or very few or marginally valued ones, have a much harder time obtaining the good things of life available to those with valued social status. Therefore valued social roles and the positive status that typically attends them are a key to obtaining the benefits inherent in any given culture. SRV, although a high level meta‐theory, is quite accessible and often compelling to all sorts of people, whether community members, activists, people with lived experience of disability and their families, professionals and those focused on creating a more just society, It has many action implications on all levels of society – individual, family, communal, and societal, and a study of SRV often compels one to deepens understanding of human difference and how society reacts to it, and how the good things of life can be made available to people by way of holding valued roles within a full, rich, meaningful included life. Our group is formed by people who are committed to learning about and exploring these ideas, and putting them to use for the benefit of all. Our Membership All of those people from India and neighboring south Asian countries who have completed advanced training courses in Social Role Valorization(of at least 28 hours duration)in India taught by a senior trainer are considered members of AISRV Network. Active members will have many ways to interact and participate with the Network. Others may simply keep informed of what is happening across India and contribute as they can. Many members have a particular interest in the well‐being and uplifting of people with developmental and psycho‐social disability, but we welcome SRV graduates who are focused on cross‐disability issues and other marginalized peoples. What We Do We serve as the core team of SRV Leadership across India and her neighboring countries in south Asia We share information across our network about upcoming events and opportunities We “talent‐spot” for emerging and promising new leaders We structure opportunities to take on activities including o
Writing and research about SRV and its use