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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 24, 2004 Page 16 Positive influences for youngsters supported by Southern Oregon group Jill Smith, program manager for SOASTC (Photo by Shane Welsh) By SHANE WELSH Staff Writer “Engagement in com- munity activity is an as- set,” said Jill Smith, pro- gram manager for the Grants Pass-based Com- munity Alternatives Pro- gram for Southern Oregon Adolescent Study and Treatment Center (SOASTC). Three and a half years ago, an idea was developed to promote asset building for youth. “We all already build assets, whether we realize it or not,” said Smith. “I just want us to give it a name; know we are doing it; talk about it; and do it more deliberately and con- sciously.” Search Institute, in Minneapolis, Ind., sur- veyed more than a million 6th through 12th grade youth in the United States under the premise that youth who have positive influences have better aca- demic, social and mental stability than those with no influences. The nonprofit organi- zation works with state and national organizations to promote healthy children and communities. The study demon- strated that young people who experience positive relationships, activities, and opportunities will grow up more healthy, car- ing, and responsible than those with little to no posi- tive influence. The institute compiled a list of 40 assets which were found by the study to be important in promoting young people’s healthy development. The assets are divided into eight cate- gories: support, empower- ment, boundaries and ex- pectations, constructive use of time, commitment to learning, positive val- ues, social competencies, and positive identity. Smith gives a group presentation several times a year to site councils at schools, PTA meetings, staff, and others when re- quested. 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GRAND OPENING SPECIALS! 16732, 4 dr, 5 spd, ps, air You are indeed charitable when you give, and, while giving, turn your face away so that you may not see the shyness of the receiver. - Gahlil Gibran - out of my way to make eye contact with them and nod my head to say, ‘Hi, how are you doing?’ -- that’s building assets. “There was a principal who asked what he could do to build children’s as- sets at his elementary school. “We started reading up the assets at work is a sen- ior citizen’s group whose community service project was picking up trash from the highway,” she said. “They looked at the 40 assets and decided that picking up trash is impor- tant, but not as important as helping children. “Members of the group each adopted a bus stop in their neighborhood. Every day, they planted themselves at the bus stops for half an hour or so at the time the children’s bus dropped them off after school. They learned all their names, how their days went, how school was; even how they got a scraped knee. “It was like having grandpa and grandma right there, every day. “The children started looking forward to going to school. What I hope people take away from the 40 assets model is building assets in the community,” said Smith. “People need to see that having a caring community (caring neighbors) can have a sig- nificant impact on our chil- dren,” she said. “When all was said and done, there was a handful of children with a ton of stars next to their name (the popular ones). There were quite a number of kids with one or two. “And then there were some whose names didn’t have any stars next to them. We weren’t sur- prised to find that the stu- dents who didn’t have any stars had lower grades, test scores, and attendance,” said Smith. “The principal told everyone (janitors, cafete- ria workers, teachers) to take one of the dots and put their name on it,” she said. “He then had them put the dot next to a name that didn’t have any stars. For the rest of the year, they had to go out of their way to greet them in the hallway and ask them how they are doing. They were- n’t to tutor them, just con- nect with them,” she said. “A year later, their attendance was up, grades were up, test scores were up. 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