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The document discusses strategies and approaches for community development programs. It outlines several approaches including the blank slate approach, problem-oriented approach, and learning process approach. The blank slate approach involves starting planning with a completely clean slate while the problem-oriented approach usually starts in response to a specific problem in the community. The learning process approach focuses on gathering data to understand community issues and potential solutions. The document recommends applying various approaches such as participatory, asset-based, and rights-based to address different community needs and elements in a holistic manner.

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Strategies For Community Development

The document discusses strategies and approaches for community development programs. It outlines several approaches including the blank slate approach, problem-oriented approach, and learning process approach. The blank slate approach involves starting planning with a completely clean slate while the problem-oriented approach usually starts in response to a specific problem in the community. The learning process approach focuses on gathering data to understand community issues and potential solutions. The document recommends applying various approaches such as participatory, asset-based, and rights-based to address different community needs and elements in a holistic manner.

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Strategies/Approaches for Community Development Program

I. Introduction

The NSTP-CWTS strategies follow an integrative approach to community

development, which unites the people, local officials, civic leaders, and non-

governmental organizations. NSTP-CWTS includes the topic of Community

Development Planning. This topic is a significant topic and capability for students to

understand in order to properly apply their Community Development and Community

Organizing abilities.

II. Discussion

Under chapter 6: Project Management and Development NSTP-CWTS module,

the planning process, particularly in community development, has a variety of

approaches. They vary according to the issues that the community want to address.

They also require for varying degrees of professional skill and civic involvement. The

figure below depicts the various techniques to planning that you can take. The Blank

Slate Approach Planning as a Learning Process One way to think about planning is as a

learning process in which the community learns as much as possible about what is

going on in the community and why it is happening. Members in the community also

learn what they can do to influence future developments. A key goal of this strategy is to

gather as much data and information as possible, as well as to gain a full understanding

of a wide range of substantive issues and themes. Collecting data and information and

analyzing what that data means is a useful strategy to figure out what problems and

concerns need to be addressed. The Problem-Oriented Approach The "blank slate"

paradigm of planning is sometimes held up as the optimum method to approach

planning. Nonetheless, in practice, communities rarely start planning with a completely

blank slate. It's also rare for someone to decide to make a strategy "on the spur of the
moment." Planning is a time-consuming process. It takes time and effort, as well as

money. As a result, when a community decides to develop a plan, they usually do so for

a specific reason.

III. Conclusion/Recommendations/Implication

Conclusion

The community development process entails more than just a community

deciding on a goal and then carrying it out; nothing is ever as simple as that. The
process has a logic and methodology that has been tried and tested for decades and is

designed to help it succeed. Specific strategies and approaches will generate concrete

outcomes, and communities want to ensure that they are employing the appropriate

ones to achieve their goals.  Disregarding or dismissing tried and true community

development approaches due to arrogance or overconfidence is a recipe for disaster.

Even communities that want to take a more experimental approach will want to use

established methods as the foundation of the process.

Recommendation

The community development approach is a method of organizing and setting

agendas with communities and people. It is a long-term value–based process that

seeks to address structural inequalities and implement change based on social justice,

equality, and incorporation. It is essential to apply the demonstarte the various

approaches that includes participatory approach, asset-based approach, community-

based approach, area-based approach, community economic development, welfare

approach, spiritual-psychosocial approach, and rights-based approach.

Each one focuses on the elements and areas that a community may need to

address, such as asset collection and processing. What every approach entails, any

strengths and weaknesses, and what actions communities can take. It should be noted
that these are not the only approaches available, nor will they necessitate that

communities strictly adhere to them. More approaches are being used and more are

being developed, so communities at the beginning of the development process are

encouraged to investigate the available options as part of the planning stage.

References

https://gobgr.org/5-strategies-for-community-development/ "5 Strategies for Community

Development"

https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/promotion-strategies/overview/main

" Strategies for Community Change and Improvement"

https://academic.oup.com/cdj/article-abstract/30/1/2/379071 "Six strategies of

community change"

http://studylecturenotes.com/approaches-of-community-development/

"Approaches of Community Development"

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