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Listening to Students “Fishbowl”. Using Your CHKS Resilience and Youth Development Module To Improve Your School Bonnie Benard & Carol Burgoa WestEd - Oakland bbenard@wested.org. 40 Years of Resilience Research Tells Us That:.
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Listening to Students “Fishbowl” Using Your CHKS Resilience and Youth Development Module To Improve Your School Bonnie Benard & Carol Burgoa WestEd - Oakland bbenard@wested.org
40 Years of Resilience Research Tells Us That: …When the focus is on human development, nearly 70% of young people in the most challenging of life’s conditions not only survive, but grow into thriving adults.
The RYDM Theoretical Framework The Youth Development Process: Resiliency In Action External Assets Youth Needs • Caring Relationships • High Expectations • Meaningful Participation • Safety • Love • Belonging • Respect • Mastery • Challenge • Power • Meaning Internal Assets • Cooperation • Empathy • Problem-solving • Self-efficacy • Self-awareness • Goals and aspirations Improved health, social, and academic outcomes School Home Community Peers
Youth Development & Student Achievement STAR test scores increased more in schools where students reported high levels of Caring Relationships at school, High Expectations at school, & Meaningful Participation in the community.
School % of Students Scoring High In Each External Asset California RYDM Data 2003/2004, Total N = 481,074
Student “Fishbowl” Process • Provides Opportunity for students to be involved in improving their school • Youth and adults learn what students really think and have impetus to work in partnership to develop strategies for change.