41 DEVELOPMENTAL 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 parent(s).

3. OTHER ADULT RELATIONSHIPS Young person receives support from three or more non-parent 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 young person 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 the community.

19. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY Young person spends one or more hours per week in activities in a religious institution.

20. TIME AT HOME

For elementary school students: Young person spends some time most days both in high-quality interaction with parents and doing things at home other than watching TV or playing video games.

For middle and high school students: Young person is out with friends "with nothing special to do" two or fewer nights per week.

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 stands up for her or his beliefs.

29. HONESTY Young person "tells the truth even when it is not easy."

30. RESPONSIBILITY Young person believes accepts and takes personal responsibility.

31. HEALTHY LIFESTYLE (elementary school students): Parent(s) tell the child it is important to have good health habits.

OR

31. RESTRAINT (middle and high school students)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/his personal future.

41. POSITIVE CULTURAL IDENTITY Young person feels comfortable with and proud of her/his identity, including but not limited to disabilities, ethnicity, faith/religion, family status, gender, language and sexual orientation. *

* Project Cornerstone established this asset for Silicon Valley as a result of local community input.

ABC Books

ASSET YEAR:

Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud

Simon's Hook by Karen Gedig Burnett

Say Something by Peggy Moss

Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna

Nobody Knew What to Do by Becky Ray McCain

Empty Pot by Demi

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill

BUILDING YEAR:

Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

One by Kathryn Otoshi

Don't Laugh at Me by Steve Seskin

My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig

The Blue Day Book for Kids by Bradley Trevor Greive

Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis

Long Shot-Never Too Small to Dream by Chris Paul

Rene Has Two Last Names by Rene Colato Lainez

Enemy Pie by Derek Munson

The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

CHAMPION YEAR:

Friends to The End by Bradley Trevor Greive

Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae

Big by Colleen Praetore

When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

How Do I Stand in Your Shoes by Susan DeBell

Sebastian's Roller Skates by Joan de Deu Prats

Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco