Developmental Assets

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Developmental Assets
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What are developmental assets?

• Building blocks for raising healthy children and
  youth
• Search Institute, 2009
• Grounded in research

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Why developmental assets?

• The more assets
• Less likely to engage in risky behavior
• More likely to thrive
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Assets Risky Behavior
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Assets Behavior
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Assets by race ethnicity
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Assets by Gender
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Assets by Geography
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Top 40 assets

• Two categories
• 20 in each category
• External
• Internal

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External assets - Support

• Family support
• Positive family communication
• Other adult relationships
• Caring neighborhood
• Caring school climate
• Parent involvement in schooling

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External assets Empowerment

• Community values youth
• Youth as resources
• Service to others
• Safety

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External assets Boundaries Expectations

• Family boundaries
• School boundaries
• Neighborhood boundaries
• Adult role models
• Positive peer influences
• High expectations

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External assets Constructive Use of Time

• Creative activities
• Youth programs
• Religious community
• Time at home

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Internal assets Commitment to learning

• Achievement motivation
• School engagement
• Homework
• Bonding to school
• Reading for pleasure

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Internal assets Positive values

• Caring
• Equality and social justice
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Responsibility
• Restraint

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Internal assets Social competencies

• Planning and decision making
• Interpersonal competence
• Cultural competence
• Resistance skills
• Peaceful conflict resolution

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Internal assets Positive Identity

• Personal power
• Self-esteem
• Sense of purpose
• Positive view of personal future

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Assets

• How can you be an asset builder for someone
  else?
• ASSETS
• Act
• Seek Support
• Stretch yourself
• Expand what you know
• Tell others
• Stick with it

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