As social workers, which of the following statements about the strengths perspective are we most likely to agree?
a. It does not require accurate accounting of resources that exist within and around our client systems.
b. It requires suspending judgments about the meaning of clients’ behaviors we draw from the empowerment theory.
c. It does not require that we carefully examine our agency bureaucratic structures and organizational dynamics.
d. It requires that we examine our own professional
language and the metaphorical devices.
Ans: D
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)