From…
Deficit Language
Focus on troubled and troubling youth
Focus on ages 0 to 5
Age segregation
Self-interest
Approach is to buy and implement new programs
Fragmented agenda
Disconnected socializing systems and mixed, conflicting messages
Efficiency
Youth are objects of programs
Constant switching of priorities
Civic disengagement |
To…
Asset language is common
Focus on all children and adolescents
Focus on ages 0 to 18
Intergenerational community
Shared responsibility
Approach is to expand asset-building actions by residents and systems
Unifying visions around developmental assets
Connected socializing systems and consistent messages
Intentional redundancy
Youth are actors in the process of change
Long-term commitment
Engaged public |
