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Research has found that the 40 Developmental Assets shown below are the building blocks to healthy development.  The more assets a person attains the more likely he/she is to be successful in school and life.

For specific examples and tips of how to practice and implement the assets, click on the 40 assets button.
40 Assets

External Assets

SUPPORT
1. Family Support
  Family life provides high levels of love and support.
2. Positive Family Communication  Young person and her or his parent(s) communicate positively, and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from parents.
3. Other Adult Relationships  Young person receives support from three or more nonparent adults.

4. Caring Neighborhood  Young person experiences caring neighbors.
5. Caring School Climate School provides a caring, encouraging environment.
6. Parent Involvement in Schooling  Parent(s) are actively involved in helping the child succeed in school.
EMPOWERMENT
7. Community Values Youth  Young person perceives that adults in the community value youth.
8. Youth as Resources  Young people are given useful roles in the community.
9. Service to Others  Young person serves in the community one hour or more per week.

10. Safety
  Young person feels safe at home, school, and in the neighborhood.
BOUNDARIES AND EXPECTATIONS

11. Family Boundaries
  Family has clear rules and consequences and monitors the young person’s whereabouts.
12. School Boundaries
  School provides clear rules and consequences.
13. Neighborhood Boundaries
  Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring young people’s behavior.
14. Adult Role Models
  Parent(s) and other adults model positive, responsible behavior.
15. Positive Peer Influence
  Young person’s best friends model responsible behavior.
16. High Expectations
  Both parent(s) and teachers encourage the young person to do well. CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME
17. Creative Activities
  Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts.
18. Youth Programs
  Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations at school and/or in community organizations.
19. Religious Community
  Young person spends one hour or more per week in activities in a religious institution.
20. Time at Home
  Young person is out with friends “with nothing special to do” two or fewer nights per week.





Source:  Family Resource Center and Search Institute

Internal Assets

 COMMITMENT TO LEARNING
21. Achievement Motivation
  Young person is motivated to do well in school.
22. School Engagement
  Young person is actively engaged in learning.
23. Homework
  Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day.
24. Bonding to School
  Young person cares about her or his school.
25. Reading for Pleasure
  Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week. POSITIVE VALUES
26. Caring
  Young Person places high value on helping other people.
27. Equality and Social Justice
  Young person places high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty.
28. Integrity
  Young person acts on convictions and stands up for her or his beliefs.
29. Honesty
  Young person “tells the truth even when it is not easy.”
30. Responsibility
  Young person accepts and takes personal responsibility.
31. Restraint
  Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs. SOCIAL COMPETENCIES
32. Planning and Decision Making
  Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices.
33. Interpersonal Competence
  Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills.
34. Cultural Competence
  Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds.
35. Resistance Skills
  Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations.
36. Peaceful Conflict Resolution
  Young person seeks to resolve conflict nonviolently. POSITIVE IDENTITY
37. Personal Power
  Young person feels he or she has control over “things that happen to me.”
38. Self-Esteem
  Young person reports having a high self-esteem.
39. Sense of Purpose
  Young person reports that “my life has a purpose.”
40. Positive View of Personal Future
  Young person is optimistic about her or his personal future.

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