April 1 st, 2015

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 planning Promote building Assets as a way of working to positively impact children and youth Facilitate the sharing of information and experiences Support the deliberate and intentional use of Assets and promote a common language

A Common Language We recognized that there are different resiliency frameworks out there. Examples: CAMH’s Growing Up Resilient Resiliency Initiative’s Developmental Strengths Search Institute’s Developmental Assets

Identified Commonalities 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 key Focus on building internal and external strengths or assets

Commonalities of Frameworks

Copyright © 2007 by Search Institute, , From...To... All have a Strengths-Based Lens Young people’s problemsYoung people’s strengths Professionals’ workEveryone’s work Young people absorbing resourcesYoung people as resources Programs aloneRelationships Troubled young peopleAll young people Incidental asset buildingIntentional asset building Blaming othersClaiming responsibility

4 More Assets Leigh Bursey Jane Fullarton Kristina Hubert Mark 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 7 th at the Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA Develop criteria Create a certificate Engage the media

Westminster Public School Promotion 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 Grant By 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.

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