This workshop presents a way of understanding the lives of marginalized people. By examining social devaluation, participants will learn about the impact of wounding experiences on people with intellectual and physical impairments, mental disorders, poverty, and other conditions. To address this social devaluation, the workshop will present ways to help participants to start to think about how to assist people to gain socially valued roles and have some of the good things in life that most of us take for granted. The concepts introduced in this workshop are part of Social Role Valorization, developed by Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger, a prominent thinker and leader in human services. These Zoom sessions can be thought of as a preliminary introduction to Social Role Valorization (SRV). A more comprehensive introduction to SRV theory is provided through an intensive four day inperson workshop which the Southern Ontario Training Group will be offering again when it is safe to do so.