RTM 300 Recreation and Community Development Study Guide for Mid-term Exam The exam will cover all in class lectures and presentations plus reading material & your group’s dialogue topics. Reading Covered in Exam I: All Kids are Our Kids – p. 1-270 Green – p.1-80 Keyword List: Search Institute Developmental Assets Risk factors for youth U.S. – how prevalent Global picture for children – deaths per year, poverty level globally Assets – what is an asset; how many; recognize definitions Structure of assets: Internal assets (4) versus external assets (4) Asset outcomes – 2 directions/ research Reduction in risk behavior Promotion of thriving Assets and diversity – race, ethnicity, SES, urban/rural, gender Average number of assets Levels of assets: numbers for at-risk; vulnerable; adequate, optimal Vertical dimension of assets (additive effect) Horizontal dimension of assets Culture shifts needed Some youth to all youth Early childhood to first two decades Age segregation to intergenerational community Program focus to relational focus Self-interest to shared responsibility Fragmented agenda to unifying vision Youth as objects to youth as actors Developmentally attentive community Community Change agenda: Cultivate community readiness Head and heart Capacity to build assets/ responsibility to build assets Building social trust in community Create an operational infrastructure Facilitative leadership Flexible structures Convene dialogue Create unity and diversity Evaluate and show results The form of supportive structures New coalitionHub Repositioning existing coalition Barnacles Bubble-up Build community capacity: 5 overall list / 3 in detail Engage adults* - detail below Mobilize young people* Activate sectors* (invigorate programs) (influence civic decisions) *Mobilize young people Positive peer influence Roles of involving youth *Engage adults Challenge – adults and ‘not their kids’ Strategies for engagement Change model: 5 phases *Activate Sectors Schools - strategies Youth-serving organizations – strategies/ special notice Faith communities Six Hats system – definitions/ rules of the process Community development Asset approach versus need assessment approach Self-help theme Technical assistance theme Conflict theme Who summarized these three themes/ approaches Listening to community Value of citizen participation Four forms of public participation Range of public participation techniques Focus groups – purpose/ size/ structure/ design questions Personal interviews Community Action Program (CAP) CDBG Cooperative Extension Service Progressive era Settlement house movement War on poverty Visioning Strategic planning/ SWOT CBO – definition, history, purpose LDC – definition Media influence on youth culture Merchants of Cool – the process, youth as consumers, culture, value