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Southington Youth Survey Resultsfrom the Search Institute·s

Profiles of Student Life: Attitudesand Behavior Survey.

Presented by

Southington¶s Town-Wide Effort toPromote Success (STEPS)



STEPSSupported by Community Leaders including:

Superintendent of Schools

Southington Police Town Manager

Southington Clergy Southington Businesses

YMCA Community Foundation of

Greater New Britain Public School administrators

and teachers The Substance Abuse Action

Council Hartford Courant

Town Council

Board of Education Fire Chief

Chamber of Commerce Parents

Youth United Way

Calvanese Foundation Southington Observer Southington Citizen Hartford Courant

Meriden Record-Journal



Why Conduct a Youth

Survey?

The purpose of the survey was to assess the

health of our community by measuring youthdevelopmental assets.

Explore new collaborations between townand school resources in response toidentified youth needs.



The Search Institute

Search Institute is an independentnonprofit organization whose

mission is to provide leadership,knowledge, and resources topromote healthy children, youth,

and communities.



The Search Institute

Attitudes and BehaviorSurvey

This survey has been used nationally fornearly 20 years

Over 2 million 6-12 graders across the

nation have completed this SearchInstitute Survey, creating a vast nationaldatabase on youth developmental assets



Why did Southington Choose

the Search Institute Survey? While this survey does measure drug use,

violence and other problem behaviors, itsprimary focus is on Youth Developmental

Assets By measuring the 40 Developmental

Assets, the survey results provide direction

for community collaborations aimed atimproving Southington¶s investment inour children and creating a more positiveenvironment for our children to grow in.



The Search InstituteAttitudes and BehaviorSurvey in Connecticut

y Trumbull

y Fairfieldy Monroe

y Stratford

y

Bridgeporty Madison

y East Haddam

y

Haddam

y Darien

y Old Saybrook y Clinton

y Granby

y

Guilfordy Ridgefield

y Durham

y

Chester



The 40 Developmental Assets

The 40 Developmental Assets

The 40 developmental assets are basic building blocks of human development. Assets are crucial

for the healthy development of all youth. The more of the 40 assets kids have the better.

Youth with high asset levels are less likely to engagein high-risk behaviors, and more likely to engage inthriving behaviors

Asset building is about relationships²we all can doit. You can make a difference and help a young

person succeed!



The Importance of Assets

Common themes on the importance of assets:

Assets give young people the strengths they need to make positive choices in life.

Assets divert youth from risky behaviors andincrease civic engagement.

Assets promote academic success.

Across the United most young people now experience fewer than half of the 40

Developmental Assets.



The External Assets Areas

SUPPORT

EMPOWERMENT

BOUNDARIES andEXPECTIONS

CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TIME



The Internal Asset Areas

COMMITMENT TO LEARNING

POSITIVE VALUES

SOCIAL COMPETENCIES

POSITIVE IDENTITY



2010 Search Institute Attitudesand Behavior Survey of

Southington Middle School &High School

Survey was administered in March 2010 The administration of the Attitudes and

Behavior Survey was voluntary, confidentialand anonymous

1,399 7th, 9th, & 11th grade youth completed thesurvey

Only 3%* of surveys were discarded for at least1 of 4 factors to ensure high quality data.

*Typically, between 5% & 8% are discarded



2010 Search Institute·s Attitudesand Behavior Survey

in Southington MS & HS

The Average Number of Assets

Reported by Southington Youth

18.218.6

23.0

19.8

Total 7 9 11



2010 Search Institute·s Attitudes andBehavior Survey in Southington

Strong External Assets of Southington Youth

Family Support ± 72% of Youth

Time at Home ± 68% of Youth

Youth Programs ± 67% of Youth

Strong Internal Assets of Southington Youth

Achievement Motivation ± 73% of Youth

Integrity ± 69% of Youth

Positive View of Personal Future ± 78% of Youth



2010 Search Institute·s Attitudes andBehavior Survey in Southington

External Assets to ImprovePositive Family Communications ± 34% of Youth

Caring School Climate ± 28% of YouthCommunity Values Youth ± 22% of Youth

Internal Assets to ImprovePlanning & Decision Making ± 34% of Youth

Restraint ± 47% of Youth

Peaceful Conflict Resolution± 35% of Youth



The Attitudes and Behavior

Survey measures ³Thriving

Indicators´ in Southington Youth



Percent of Youth Reporting

Thriving Indicators by GradeTotalSample

7thGraders

9thGraders

11thGraders

Gets mostly A¶s 27% 41% 20% 19%

Eats well andexercises

68% 76% 67% 60%

Overcomes Adversity 71% 70% 72% 70%



Percent of Youth ReportingThriving Indicators,

by Asset Level

TotalSample

NUMBER OF ASSETS

0-10 Assets

11-20 Assets

21-30 Assets

31-40 Assets

Gets mostly A¶s 27% 9% 16% 35% 59%

Eats well andexercises 68% 33% 63% 80% 96%

Overcomes Adversity 71% 54% 66% 82% 92%



Building Assets by

Community SectorEight Indicators of Thriving Youth

3 External Assets inNeed of Improvement

y Experience school

successy Exhibit leadershipy Help others informally y Resist dangery Value diversity y Delays Gratificationy Maintain good personal

healthy Overcome adversity

Positive Family

Communications Caring School

Climate Community Values

Youth



The Attitudes and Behavior

Survey also measures ³Risk Taking Behaviors´ in

Southington Youth



Percent of Youth ReportingSubstance Use Related Risk-Taking

Behaviors by Grade

Alcohol UseTotalSample

7thGraders

9thGraders

11thGraders

Used Alcoholonce or more inthe last 30 days

23% 7% 28% 41%

Got drunk onceor more in thelast two weeks

13% 4% 20% 27%




Behaviors by Asset Level

Alcohol Use Total

Sampleof Users

NUMBER OF ASSETS

0-10 Assets

11-20 Assets

21-30 Assets

31-40 Assets

Used Alcoholonce or more inthe last 30 days

25% 63% 37% 11% 4%

Got drunk onceor more in thelast two weeks

17% 49% 24% 6% 1%




Behaviors by Grade

Driving & Alcohol

TotalSample

7thGraders

9thGraders

11thGraders

Drove afterdrinking once ormore in the last12 months

5% 0% 4% 11%

Rode (once ormore in the last12 months) witha driver who had

been drinking

32% 25% 34% 36%




Behaviors by Asset Level

Driving & Alcohol TotalSample

of Users

NUMBER OF ASSETS0-10

Assets

11-20

Assets

21-30

Assets

31-40

Assets

Drove afterdrinking once ormore in the last 12months

5% 17% 6% 2% 0%

Rode (once ormore in the last 12months) with adriver who had

been drinking

32% 55% 44% 21% 12%




Behaviors by GradeTotalSample

7thGraders

9thGraders

11thGraders

Physically hurtsomeone once ormore in the last 12months

15% 11% 20% 14%

Has had sexualintercourse one or

more times

25% 9% 24% 43%

Has attemptedsuicide one ormore times

9% 6% 9% 13%




Behaviors by Asset LevelTotalSample

NUMBER OF ASSETS

0-10

Assets

11-20

Assets

21-30

Assets

31-40

Assets

Physically hurtsomeone once ormore in the last 12months

15% 34% 18% 7% 3%

Has had sexualintercourse one ormore times

25% 58% 35% 15% 3%

Has attemptedsuicide one ormore times

9% 18% 14% 5% 0%



The Importance of Assets for

Southington

STEPS research shows that Southington

youth with more developmental assetsmake healthier choices, whileSouthington youth with fewer assets

make more dangerous choices.



The Assets Challenge

Facing Southington

33%

12% 13%

42%

0-10 Assets

11-20 Assets

21-30 Assets

31-40 Assets



Building Assets by

Community Sector3 External Assets Targeted forImprovement

Positive Family Communications

Caring School Climate

Community Values Youth

2 Questions For Your Sector

1. What partnerships should our sector build tomaximize our Asset building efforts?

2. Which sectors should we reach out to with ourunique expertise



Moving Into Action!

How can a community work together to increase

the number of developmental

assets our youth have?

JOIN STEPS!!

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