| Mission and principles of Foundations
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A person becomes
perceived as ‘deviant’:-
- by being different to others
- in one or more ways
- that are seen as significant by the ruling
sector of society
- who value these differences negatively
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Social Devaluation/Devalued:-
- Systematic Social Devaluation happens to the
person or group who is perceived as deviant
- They will be subjected to a range of hurtful,
discriminatory, rejecting experiences throughout
their lives
- They will be negatively stereotyped and have
negative expectations imposed on them
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| Social Role
Valorisation (SRV):- The theory of Social Role
Valorisation was formulated in 1983 by Dr Wolf
Wolfensberger as the successor to his earlier
formulation of the Principle of Normalization.
Normalisation states that everyone should have
available to them the ordinary patterns of everyday
life that are usual in their culture.
Wolfensberger's most recent (1995) definition of SRV
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| "The application of what
science can tell us about the enablement,
establishment, enhancement, maintenance, and/or
defence of valued social roles for people" |
| This definition recognises that, in
order to improve the lives of disadvantaged and
marginalised devalued people, we need
to create or support socially valued roles. This is
because, when a person holds valued social roles,
they are more likely to have access to the good
things in life. |
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