| Sort of Need | problem-oriented approach | SFA |
| Comparative need | Social workers assume general need from support experience. | Social workers assume general need from support experience. |
| Normative need | Social workers express question about the need of persons with disabilities. | Social workers ask questions instead of not expressing normative need (one down position). |
| Felt need | Felt need of persons with disabilities are driven by questions of normative need. | Persons with disabilities think about their own felt need from an unpredictable state. |
| Expressed need | Express need that meet the role expectations of social workers. | Persons with disabilities express need with their own words. |