Developmental AssetsWork Group Report

April 1st, 2015

6 External Assets

6 External Assets• Margaret Fancy• Kevin Kapler• Harold Hess• Lisa Zufelt• Ruth Carter• Keith McPhee (our virtual partner)

Developmental Assets Work Group- TOR

We act to:Facilitate cooperative planningPromote building Assets as a way of working

to positively impact children and youthFacilitate the sharing of information and

experiences Support the deliberate and intentional use of

Assets and promote a common language

A Common LanguageWe recognized that there are different

resiliency frameworks out there.Examples:

CAMH’s Growing Up Resilient Resiliency Initiative’s Developmental StrengthsSearch Institute’s Developmental Assets

IdentifiedCommonalities of Frameworks

Goal of building healthy, caring, responsible, resilient children and youth

“It takes a village to raise a child”What kids need to succeed and thrive are positive

experiences, skills, opportunities, qualities and values Relationships are keyFocus on building internal and external strengths or

assets

Commonalities of Frameworks

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From . . . To . . .

All have a Strengths-Based Lens

Young people’s problems Young people’s strengths

Professionals’ work Everyone’s work

Young people absorbing resources Young people as resources

Programs aloneRelationships

Troubled young people All young people

Incidental asset building Intentional asset building

Blaming others Claiming responsibility

4 More Assets

Leigh BurseyJane FullartonKristina HubertMark Heffernan

Opportunity to work with BPS to Embed Assets

Reviewed the current website content and offered some suggestions to revive it.

Offered some asset/ strengths-based language for their business plan

Assisted to review some of their current programs and highlight the assets that they help to build

Recognition of Community Assets Builders

Pilot a celebration on June 7th at the Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA

Develop criteriaCreate a certificateEngage the media

Westminster Public SchoolPromotion of Assets

Already involved in many asset building initiatives

Identified that there are 40 weeks in the school year and that an asset a week could be highlighted

Currently have 600 “likes” on their Facebook page

Youth Collective Impact GrantBy 2020, we will increase developmental

assets by 10% for Leeds-Grenville youth at the transition periods of; elementary school to intermediate school, intermediate school to secondary school, secondary school to post-secondary.

THANK YOU!Questions?