The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice Edited by Dennis Saleebey Second Edition& chapter 13 Community Development, Group Empowerment, and Individual Resilience Dennis Saleebey The profession of socal work has gradualy win much of it interest in phasis on, community develope andl comm exgniation as eas of Some 25 years ago, aey every school of focal Goveed to commurity ongtizion. Roda, fe significant importance for the profession—in the resto- around community and the extension of the strengths First, in a vasiety of fields outside of social work, there seems to be renewed community development (Hanna & Robinson, 1994; Kretmann & McKni ; 1995; Specht & Courtney, munity fas brought refinements in thinking and ac- direction of the profession in the future. In addi- lich t address the ‘Second, there has been a virtual explosion of knowledge in the field of individ- ‘and community resilience (see chapters 2, 4, 11). Like the strengths© days by so many groups an be pa COMMUNTTY DEVELOPMENT. EMERGING IDEAS AND PRACTICES es (Lind, 199 vis joning about sy and about § ynamic whote that emerges when