List three assumptions about the integration of diversity into social work practice.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: First, changing practice behaviors, as well as adding new practice behaviors (thinking, awareness, and reflection are included here as behavior) are essential to ethical practice. Second, inclusion or omission of diversity perspectives respectively reduces or supports discrimination experienced by our clients in our professional relationships. Here, in the realm of diversity, the feminist adage “the personal is political” frames the importance of diversity in social work practice. Third, our growth as professionals is directly related to our progress in dealing with our own personal worldviews which are shaped by the “isms” embedded in our own personal narratives. Therefore, our personal growth directly interacts with our professional growth.
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