1. Using POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Strategies

6. Expectations  Introduce yourself  Tell us one thing you’d like to learn or do as a result of this program

7. Instructions:  Think about yourself as an adolescent  Read each of the “40 Developmental Assets” on pages 5-8  Place a ✔ in the “TRUE for me” or “FALSE for me” column for each Asset You will NOT be asked to share this information unless you volunteer it.

8. Developmental Assets

9. Traditional Approach Youth In Crisis System Response (Intervention) Change in Behaviors (Secondary Prevention)

10. Positive Youth Development … is a comprehensive way of thinking about the development of adolescents and the factors that facilitate their successful transition from adolescence to adulthood.

11. Positive Youth Development Approach Preparation Participation Shared Leadership Positive Outcomes YOUTH

12. Resiliency  The power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.  In people, the ability to overcome challenges of all kinds – trauma, tragedy, personal crises, …life problems – and bounce back stronger, wiser and more personally powerful.

13. Instructions: Current Activities & StrategiesAssets They Develop EX: Youth Advisory CouncilEX: Youth leadership and decision making skills Universal Youth Need: ____________

15. Stronger attachments… lead to less delinquent behavior

16. Instructions  Think about the best youth workers you work with or know  What makes them good at their jobs?  Make a list on page 14

17. Instructions  For the Case Study you are assigned, identify as many strengths as you can for that youth

18. Thank You! Contact us: National Partnership for Juvenile Services www.npjs.org www.npjs.org