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What are Assets?

The Developmental Assets® are 40 research-based, positive experiences and qualities that influence youth development, helping them become a caring, responsible and productive adult.
The more assets a youth has, the better their chances at succeeding in school and becoming happy, healthy and a contributing member of the community.

This checklist simplifies the asset list to help prompt conversations in your family.

An Asset Checklist

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External Asset: Support
- I receive high levels of love and support from family members.
- I can go to my parent(s) or guardian(s) for advice and support and have frequent, in-depth conversations with them.
- I know some nonparent adults I can go to for advice and support.
- My neighbours encourage and support me.
- My school provides a caring, encouraging environment.
- My parent(s) or guardian(s) help me succeed in school.
Young people need to be surrounded by people who love, care for, appreciate, and accept them.
External Asset: Empowerment
- I feel valued by adults in my community.
- I am given useful roles in my community.
- I serve in the community one hour or more each week.
- I feel safe at home, at school, and in the neighborhood.
Young people need to feel valued and valuable. This happens when youth feel safe and respected.
External Asset: Boundaries and Expectations
- My family sets standards for appropriate conduct and monitors my whereabouts.
- My school has clear rules and consequences for behavior.
- Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring my behavior.
- Parent(s) and other adults model positive, responsible behavior.
- My best friends model responsible behavior.
- My parent(s)/guardian(s) and teachers encourage me to do well.
Young people need clear rules, consistent consequences for breaking rules, and encouragement to do their best.
External Asset: Constructive Use of Time
- I spend three hours or more each week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts.
- I spend three hours or more each week in school or community sports, clubs, or organizations.
- I spend one hour or more each week in religious services or participating in spiritual activities.
- I go out with friends with nothing special to do two or fewer nights each week.
Young people need opportunities—outside of school—to learn and develop new skills and interests with other youth and adults.
Internal Asset: Commitment to Learning
- I want to do well in school.
- I am actively engaged in learning.
- I do an hour or more of homework each school day.
- I care about my school.
- I read for pleasure three or more hours each week.
Young people need a sense of the lasting importance of learning and a belief in their own abilities.
Internal Asset: Positive Values
- I believe it is really important to help other people.
- I want to help promote equality and reduce world poverty and hunger.
- I can stand up for what I believe.
- I tell the truth even when it’s not easy.
- I can accept and take personal responsibility.
- I believe it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs.
Young people need to develop strong guiding values or principles to help them make healthy life choices.
Internal Asset: Social Competencies
- I am good at planning ahead and making decisions.
- I am good at making and keeping friends.
- I know and am comfortable with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds.
- I can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations.
- I try to resolve conflict nonviolently.
Young people need the skills to interact effectively with others, to make difficult decisions, and to cope with new situations.
Internal Asset: Positive Identity
- I believe I have control over many things that happen to me.
- I feel good about myself.
- I believe my life has a purpose.
- I am optimistic about my future.
Young people need to believe in their own self-worth and to feel that they have control over the things that happen to them.

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This checklist is based on Search Institute’s framework of 40 Developmental Assets^TM. Copyright © 1997 by Search Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota; www.search-institute.org. May be copied for educational, noncommercial purposes only. Developmental Assets are a trademark of Search Institute. This checklist is not intended or appropriate as a scientific or accurate measurement of Developmental Assets.

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