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Asset building: Is it worth the risk??
The asset approach:
40 elements of
healthy development
What children and youth need to succeed…..
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Do you believe that…..
…young people are valuable resources?
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Do you believe that…
…youth today are struggling to find their place in communities?
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Do you believe that…
…youth today are capable of good choices that minimize personal risks?
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A coalition committed to building assets
and promoting the safe and healthy
development of children and youth
from birth to young adulthood.
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Every child and youth,
is safe, healthy,
and valued
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About Search Institute…
Research traditions
www.search-institute.org
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A profile of our youthbased upon research:
Different Levels of Assets
21–30 Assets21–30 Assets
35%35%
31–40 Assets31–40 Assets
9%9%0–10 Assets0–10 Assets
15%15%11–20 Assets11–20 Assets
41%41%
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Why assets are important…
They domake a difference
in the lives of young people
They are the keys to success
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The Power of Assets to Promote
8%
17%
30%
47%
36%
57%
74%
88%
26%
47%
69%
89%
50%
65%
77%
85%
Succeeds inSchool
ValuesDiversity
MaintainsGood Health
ExhibitsLeadership
0–10 Assets
11–20 Assets
21–30 Assets
31–40 Assets
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Thriving behaviours
• Exhibit leadership• Maintain good health• Value diversity• Succeed in school
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The Power of Assets to Protect….
49%
27%
11%
3%
39%
18%
6%1%
32%
21%
11%
3%
61%
38%
19%
7%
ProblemAlcohol Use
Illicit DrugUse
SexualActivity
Violence
0–10 Assets
11–20 Assets
21–30 Assets
31–40 Assets
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High risk behaviours
• Use of alcohol• Violence• Illicit drug use• Sexual activity
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Development
al AssetsTM
Building Blocks of Healthy Development
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Developmental Assets
• Positive experiences, skills, opportunities, qualities and values (What kids need to succeed)
• Best provided through relationships with caring, responsible people—both adults and young people themselves
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How do we build external assets?
• SUPPORT young people with care and attention.
• EMPOWER them to use their abilities to help others.
• Set reasonable BOUNDARIES AND have high EXPECTATIONS.
• Help them find activities that make CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF their TIME.
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In our daily lives…..
• Use the external asset framework to guide our choices of programs and activities –
• How does this support / empower / guide / challenge ??
• If we do this, the following might result:
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………..internal assets?
• Spark their COMMITMENT TO LEARNING.
• Guide them toward a life based on POSITIVE VALUES.
• Help the develop SOCIAL COMPETENCIES and life skills.
• Celebrate their uniqueness and affirm their POSITIVE IDENTITY.
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1. Family Support 4. Caring Neighborhood
Support
5. Caring SchoolClimate
2. Positive Family Communication
3. Other Adult Relationships 6. Parent Involvementin Schooling
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8. Youth as Resources
9. Service to Others
10. Safety
Empowerment
7. Community Values Youth
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11. Family Boundaries
12. School Boundaries
13. Neighborhood Boundaries
14. Adult Role Models
15. Positive Peer Influence
16. High Expectations
Boundaries Boundaries
and and
ExpectationExpectation
ss
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17. Creative Activities
18. Youth Programs 19. Religious Community
20. Time at Home
ConstructivConstructivee
Use of Use of TimeTime
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How do we build internal assets?
• Spark their COMMITMENT TO LEARNING.
• Guide them toward a life based on POSITIVE VALUES.
• Help the develop SOCIAL COMPETENCIES and life skills.
• Celebrate their uniqueness and affirm their POSITIVE IDENTITY.
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21. Achievement Motivation
22. School Engagement
23. Homework
24. Bonding to School
25. Reading for Pleasure
Commitment to Commitment to LearningLearning
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26. Caring
27. Equality and Social Justice
30. Responsibility
28. Integrity
29. Honesty
PositivePositive
ValuesValues31. Restraint
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32. Planning and Decision Making
33. Interpersonal Competence
34. Cultural Competence
35. Resistance Skills
36. Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Social CompetenciesSocial Competencies
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37. Personal Power
38. Self-Esteem
39. Sense of Purpose
40. Positive View of Personal Future
Positive IdentityPositive Identity
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Together we will make a difference…
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our
youth for the future.Franklin D.
Roosevelt
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Principles of Asset Building
• Everyone can build assets• All young people need assets• Relationships are key• Asset building is an on-going process• Consistent messages are important• Intentional repetition is critical
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A New View
FROM…
• Young people’s problems
• Professional’s work • Young people absorbing resources • Troubled young people
TO…
• Young people’s strengths
• Everyone’s work• Young people as
resources• All young people
As an Asset Builder you will probably find it helpful to change your view
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The challenge: How do we start with
ourselves and our own communities???
Applying developmental assets within our
programs and actions
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Asset building is based on the awareness
that it is people, not programs,
that make a difference for kids.
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Our “communities”(agencies, businesses, organizations, churches,
schools)
must be more than just
places to visit and learn – comfortable places to be –
they should be places to belong
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You alone can’t build assets in this community;
it’s everyone’s job to build assets.
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Intentionality
We believe that children and youth will benefit tremendously when individuals and organizations commit to intentionally using an asset building framework as a central principle in guiding these areas:
• program organization, • instruction and evaluation, • all activities, • community partnerships and • support services.
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What do you see in an asset building environment?
• Relationships, especially between adults and children and youth, that are mutually respectful, caring and genuine
• An environment in the community that encourages asset building
• Programs and practices that provide specific opportunities for asset building
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The Importance ofthe Asset Development
Framework
• Asset rich kids: More likely to avoid high risk taking behaviours
• Asset rich kids: More likely to be successful in school and a service to the community
• High community pay off with positive profile for youth
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The power of one
You can
make a
difference !
It’s worth the risk!!!
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For more information….
• Check out our website:
www.everykid.on.ca
• Also the Search Institute:
www.search-institute.org
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