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A 3 page article analysis that examines "The strengths perspective in social work practice: extensions and cautions" (Saleebey, 1996). The writer argues that this article provides a comprehensive overview of the strengths perspective theoretical framework and how it impacts social work practice. This summary suggests the practicality of this model for social intervention. No additional sources cited.
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In his article "The strengths perspective in social work practice: extensions and cautions," Saleebey (1996) provides a comprehensive overview of this theoretical framework and how it impacts social work
practice. The following summary suggests the practicality of this model for social intervention. The strengths perspective approach makes sense of human behavior and development in the social environment by
offering a paradigm change that is radically different from the emphasis on pathology that has characterized social work in recent decades. In a chart provided by Saleebey, he contrasts and
compares the "pathology" model of social work against the "strengths" model. In the pathology model, the client is defined as a "case," with symptoms that are dealt with as one
would a "diagnosis." The strengths model, on the other hand, defines individuals according to their traits and talents, which are interpreted as resources that "add up to strengths" (Saleebey, 1996,
p. 298). Within the pathology model, "Therapy is a problem focused," which compares to the strengths perspective which states that therapy is "possibility focused" (p. 298). As these examples
suggest -- to draw from the old clich? about optimists and pessimists --the strengths perspective see the glass as "half full" while the pathology perspective sees it as "half empty."
Nevertheless, Saleebey emphasizes that the strengths perspective does not endorse taking a "Pollyanna" approach to social problems. The problems of schizophrenia, child abuse, and traumatic disease, plus a plethora
of others, are very real. The strengths perspective does not deny the reality of social problems, that is, how problems such as addiction can drain the spirit and destroy
lives. However, what this approach to social work does deny is the prevalence of psychopathology in regards to how these problems are regarded both from a civil and moral point
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