The Power of Developmental Assets

1. The Power of Developmental Assets Presented by: Nancy Noble

2. 40 Developmental Assets EXTERNAL ASSETS • Support • Empowerment • Boundaries and Expectations • Constructive Use of Time • INTERNAL ASSETS • Commitment to Learning • Positive Values • Social Competencies • Positive Identity

3. What do kids want?

4. Support “Never give up on me!”

5. Support “Try to understand me!”

6. Empowerment “Take me seriously.” “Give me a voice.” “Help me change things for the better.”

7. Boundaries & Expectations “Set fair boundaries.” “Be a role model.”

8. Boundaries & Expectations “Challenge me to succeed and comfort me when I fail.”

9. Constructive Use of Time “Let me play.” “Open up more places for young people to go.” “Offer lots of fun things to do after school.”

10. Commitment to Learning “Be excited about your subject.” “Feed my interests.”

11. Commitment to Learning “Make school more like a community.”

12. Positive Values “Help me act from my ideals.” “Listen when I talk about the things that mean something to me.”

13. Social Competencies “Be open to the possibilities of people.”

14. Social Competencies “Teach acceptance and respect and we won’t have to learn tolerance.”

15. Positive Identity “Tell me what’s good about me.”

16. Positive Identity “Help me hope and dream.”

17. Positive Identity “Celebrate my uniqueness.”

18. To the world you are just one person but to one person you could mean the world.

19. Are assets important? • The number of assets present in young people’s lives the degree to which they develop in positive and healthful ways. • The greater number of assets the more positive and successful development will be. • The fewer number of assets the greater the possibility youth will engage in risky behaviors.

20. Positive Outcomes As indicated, the more assets a student has, the greater the potential for success in many areas of life.

21. High Risk Behaviors Assets Assets Assets Assets

22. Average GPA

23. Thriving Indicators

24. THE DIFFERENCE Search Institute – Developmental Assets

25. Assets: Up Close and Personal • Think back to when you were 13 • Read through the 40 assets and check the one(s) that you experienced. • Then go back and circle the assets that were especially powerful for you. • Share with a person near you to see if you had the same assets.

26. Asset Building does not add to what’s on our plates….. IT IS THE PLATE!! Developmental Assets

28. Words of Affirmation • Compliments • Encouragement • Words of Affection • Give positive guidance

29. Quality Time • Giving your full, undivided attention • Doesn’t have to be a long time or require you to go any place special

30. Giving and Receiving Gifts • It isn’t materialism. It is the thoughtfulness and effort behind the gift!

31. Acts of Service • Special Acts such as making their favorite dinner

32. Physical Touch • A hug • A pat on the back • Holding the child while reading a book

33. Identify Your Child’s Love Language • How does your child show you love? • What does you child complain about most often? • What do they request from you?

34. Identify Your Child’s Love Language • How does your child show you love? • What does you child complain about most often? • What do they request from you?

35. Strategies and affirmations

36. Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -Leo Buscaglia

37. Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. -Scott Adams