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Mountain View Values Youth Developmental Assets Initiative. Take a second, make a difference for our youth Community Outreach Campaign. “ Children are one third of our population and all of our future. ” - Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981.
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Mountain View Values YouthDevelopmental Assets Initiative Take a second, make a difference for our youth Community Outreach Campaign
“Children are one third of our population and all of our future.” -Select Panel for the Promotion of Child Health, 1981 “It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men.” -Frederick Douglass
Mountain View Values Youth In response to the results of the 2011 Project Cornerstone County-wide Developmental Assets survey, Challenge Team convened an Asset Task Force at looking into the data and taking action! 39% of Mountain View middle school youth are in the adequate or thriving zone. Or have 21 or more of the 40 developmental assets.
Healthy Youth Development41 Developmental Assets • Developmental assets are the positive values, relationships, and experiences that youth need to thrive. • Research has identified assets that correlate with youth resilience and behavior • Youth with low asset levels are more likely to engage in negative risk behaviors and fail to achieve at school. • Youth with high asset levels are more likely to choose healthy activities, succeed in school, and avoid risk behaviors.
RESILIENCY THRIVING BEHAVIORS • Succeeds in School • Helps Others • Values Diversity • Good Health • Leadership • Resists Danger • Delays Gratification • Overcomes Adversity INTERNAL ASSETS • Commitment to Learning • Positive Values • Social Competencies • Positive Identity EXTERNAL ASSETS • Support • Empowerment • Boundaries & Expectations • Constructive Use of Time
Student Voices • In the Fall of 2010, Project Cornerstone, in partnership with 26 Santa Clara County school districts and 213 schools, administered a survey of developmental asset levels to over 38,000 youth from Gilroy to Palo Alto. • MVWSD surveyed 7th grade students 224 youth voices make up this data set. On average our youth have 18.9 of the 40 Assets. 7% 13% 32% 48%
The Power of Assets to Protect Goal: 50% of youth in Mountain View will have ≥21 assets by 2015.
The Power of Assets to Promote Goal: 50% of youth in Mountain View will have ≥21 assets by 2015.
What can happen when you intentionally try to build assets? Maria’s Story Tax Free Intentional Making a difference and you don’t even know you are doing it!
What Can YOU Do • Smile and make eye contact with young people • Learn the names of kids you encounter on a regular basis and greet them by name. • Even when a child is in trouble, try to concentrate on what is right with them • Set an example for youth • Empower youth by involving them in decision making opportunities that affect them
Asset Building Results from … … the thousands of interactions in which children and youth are valued, respected and known.
MOUNTAIN VIEW VALUES YOUTH • What is going on in your organization/circle of influence? • How do your efforts tie to the Assets? • SO WHAT?
TAKE ACTION! Complete a MOUNTAIN VIEW PLEDGE form today! • Sign on as an individuals • Take this back to your organization • Deliver this training to others in your sphere of influence. • Let us know how it went Take a second, make a difference.