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Building Successful Youth
The document discusses challenges faced by youth today, including mental health issues, poverty, and bullying, while emphasizing the decreasing relevance of church to young people's lives. It outlines 40 developmental assets necessary for fostering success in youth, with a focus on family support, community involvement, and positive values. Additionally, it highlights the importance of providing faith, hope, and love to guide youth towards a promising future.
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- 1. Building Successful Youth E4Youth Workers Training October, 15, 2016
- 2. About Mike Mike MorencyB.R.E., B.S.W. • Hold degrees in Religious Education and Social Work • Served in Pastoral Ministry for 16 years including 8 as a Youth Pastor • Presently serves as Director of Children & Youth Services for Access County Community Support Services. • Also serves as Community Developer for the Windsor Essex Regional Youth Strategy. • Is the proud father of four teens/young adults in what he refers to as a multi-blended family.
- 3. What we willcover…. • Challenges youth are facing today • What youth said locally • 40 Developmental Assets • Biblical Principles for building successful young people
- 4. In Their World…. •10- 20% will experience a mental health crisis 24% of teen deaths will be by suicide (4000 each year) • Mental health struggles are being reported by youth at higher levels each year. Only 1 in 5 youth who need mental health support will be able to access it!
- 5. In Their World…. •16% live in single parent homes • 1 in 5 live in poverty (1 in 4 locally) • 4.6% have experience a parent in jail • 30% will experience some form of family violence
- 6. In Their World… •1 in 3 has been bullied in the past 3 months and 1 in 6 is presently being bullied. • Over 20% who want to work, can’t find a job. • 7% will drop out of school • 37% will break the law
- 7. Local Youth Consultation •What does Success look like? o Family, Fulfillment, Accomplishment • What do you need to succeed? o People to guide o Places to go that are safe o Opportunities to learn, grow, and serve
- 8. Our Reality…. • 38%believe that church and Christianity is not relevant to their life! • 36% said that the church is not a safe place to ask important life questions. 70% of church kids leave the church
- 9. A Framework forSuccess… 40 Developmental Assets SUPPORT • Family Support | Family life provides high levels of love and support. • 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. • Other Adult Relationships | Young person receives support from three or more nonparent adults. • Caring Neighborhood | Young person experiences caring neighbors. • Caring School Climate | School provides a caring, encouraging environment. • Parent Involvement in Schooling | Parent(s) are actively involved in helping the child succeed in school.
- 10. EMPOWERMENT • Community ValuesYouth | Young person perceives that adults in the community value youth. • Youth as Resources | Young people are given useful roles in the community. • Service to Others | Young person serves in the community one hour or more per week. • Safety | Young person feels safe at home, school, and in the neighborhood. A Framework for Success… 40 Developmental Assets
- 11. A Framework forSuccess… 40 Developmental Assets BOUNDARIES AND EXPECTATIONS • Family Boundaries | Family has clear rules and consequences and monitors the young person’s whereabouts. • School Boundaries | School provides clear rules and consequences. • Neighborhood Boundaries | Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring young people’s behavior. • Adult Role Models | Parent(s) and other adults model positive, responsible behavior. • Positive Peer Influence | Young person's best friends model responsible behavior. • High Expectations | Both parent(s) and teachers encourage the young person to do well.
- 12. CONSTRUCTIVE USE OFTIME • Creative Activities | Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts. • Youth Programs | Young person spends three or more hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations at school and/or in community organizations. • Religious Community | Young person spends one hour or more per week in activities in a religious institution. • Time at Home | Young person is out with friends "with nothing special to do" two or fewer nights per week. A Framework for Success… 40 Developmental Assets
- 13. A Framework forSuccess… 40 Developmental Assets COMMITMENT TO LEARNING • Achievement Motivation | Young person is motivated to do well in school. • School Engagement | Young person is actively engaged in learning. • Homework | Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day. • Bonding to School | Young person cares about her or his school. • Reading for Pleasure | Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week.
- 14. POSITIVE VALUES • Caring| Young Person places high value on helping other people. • Equality and Social Justice | Young person places high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty. • Integrity | Young person acts on convictions and stands up for her or his beliefs. • Honesty | Young person "tells the truth even when it is not easy.“ • Responsibility | Young person accepts and takes personal responsibility. • Restraint | Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs. A Framework for Success… 40 Developmental Assets
- 15. A Framework forSuccess… 40 Developmental Assets SOCIAL COMPETENCIES • Planning and Decision Making | Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices. • Interpersonal Competence | Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills. • Cultural Competence | Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds. • Resistance Skills | Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations. • Peaceful Conflict Resolution | Young person seeks to resolve conflict non-violently.
- 16. POSITIVE IDENTITY • PersonalPower | Young person feels he or she has control over "things that happen to me.“ • Self-Esteem | Young person reports having a high self-esteem. • Sense of Purpose | Young person reports that "my life has a purpose.“ • Positive View of Personal Future | Young person is optimistic about her or his personal future. A Framework for Success… 40 Developmental Assets
- 17. The Greatest ofThese…. Give them: • Faith... In Christ, in themselves, in you • Hope… and vision for their future • Love… and acceptance
Editor's Notes
- #4 Discuss how I will mix my personal experience with ministry and social work background.
- #5 Canadian Mental Health Association
- #6 Stats Canada
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- #9 Like the men and women of scripture, our young people are full of amazing potential and calling. Despite these realities, how do we as Youth Leaders and caring adults, help them become all that God has called them to be?
- #10 In 1990, Search Institute released a framework of Developmental Assets, which identifies a set of skills, experiences, relationships, and behaviors that enable young people to develop into successful and contributing adults. Data collected from Search Institute surveys of more than 5 million children and youth from all backgrounds and situations has consistently demonstrated that the more Developmental Assets young people acquire, the better their chances of succeeding in school and becoming happy, healthy, and contributing members of their communities and society. - http://www.search-institute.org/research/developmental-assets 1 Timothy 5:1 - Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers
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- #12 2 Titus 2:6-8 - Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.
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- #15 1 Peter 5:5-9 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. Proverbs 22: 6 Point your kids in the right direction— when they’re old they won’t be lost.
- #16 Proverbs 22:6
- #17 Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint
- #18 There is nothing more powerful for a young person than to have a caring adult believe in them, help them develop confidence, and help them see that they have hope for an amazing future. Stories of my caring adults: Bob Green Grandpa Green Brother Paul Mom