Denise is a Euro-American social worker who is a former welfare client. A divorcee and mother of four, she succeeded in completing her degree and getting off the system in four years. She is now working in a welfare-towork program and sets similar goals for her multicultural clients. Denise's attitude and actions indicate that she:
a. believes in her client's ability to achieve and live up to her expectations.
b. is well intentioned and willing to challenge her clients.
c. can serve as a model of what her clients can accomplish with their lives--if she could do it, so can her clients.
d. is operating out of the majority value system and presuming that her clients have the same goals.
d
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