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A History of Human Services,
Universal Lessons, and Future Implications
Presented by Wolf Wolfensberger, Ph.D. and Susan Thomas, Training Coordinator

In September 1998, Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger (along with Susan Thomas) presented this two-day lecture at Millersville University, Lyte Auditorium, Millersville, PA. The Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities is pleased to present this nearly eleven-hour video series of that presentation.

Day 1: An Interpreted Pictorial Presentation on the History of Human Services
With Emphasis on the Origins of Some of Our Major Contemporary Service Patterns and Some Universal Lessons for Planning and Structuring of Services Which Can Be Learned from This History.

Day 2: Reflections on a Lifetime in Human Services
From Prior to the Reforms of the 1950s-70s to the Present, with Implications for the Future: What Has Gotten Better, What Has Gotten Worse, What Is the Same, and What Lies Ahead.

 Wolf Wolfensberger
Dr. Wolf Wolfensberger

"No one in the Twentieth Century has had such a profound impact on the language, content, imagery, integrity, cadre training efforts or literature in the field of developmental disabilities as Wolf Wolfensberger... Wolf Wolfensberger has no peer gathering and offering this cultural and historical story and its challenges. This encyclopedic set of timeless lectures and inspired teaching will change your fundamental understanding of how things really are and work in society...and will change your life if you are willing to use the X–ray vision he bestows on us."
     William Bronston, MD

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