In the Social Work Context, Assertiveness Involves:​

In the social work context, assertiveness involves:​

A) ​negotiating goals to be accomplished in remedying or alleviating problems and formulating a contract.
B) ​assisting a client develop strategies that maintain change and continue growth following the termination of the helping relationship.
C) ​becoming aware of growth-defeating discrepancies in perceptions, feelings, communications, behavior, values, and attitudes.
D) ​dealing tactfully but firmly with problematic behaviors that impinge on the helping relationship or impede progress toward goal attainment.