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Mobilising Young PeopleStrength Based ApproachMobilising Young PeopleStrength Based Approach
Regional ABCD Workshops-Cormac Russell, ABCD Institute
Day One Contents
Learning from your success AI2
4
Learning Conversations33
A fresh Perspective31
Asset Mapping
Youth WorkA Fresh Perspective
LOGO
LOGO
You hold the Solutions that work
Sharing our wisdom…..
The dilemma . . .
Individuals and Communities have deficiencies & needs
Individuals and Communities have skills and talents
people focusedtheir attentionon….
What can be doneinstead of what can’t be done
What
might be
possible if
rather than problems
more than weaknesses
In the real world there are both strengths and needs
So where is most practice focused?
Where is most policy focused?
CAUSE PROBLEMS
HAVE PROBLEMS
ARE PROBLEMS
Young People
Teenagers u hv 2 luv ‘em…
TEONA: Latin word from which the word teenager originates. It means ‘grief, strife and misery’.
Problem Problem Solver
Client Change Maker
Recipient Co-Producers
At risk population Leadership asset to be dealt with to be cultivated
Tomorrow’s Part of today’sLeaders Leadership team
Adult in the A citizen of todaymaking
Paradigm Change Regarding Youth
Work in the RegionAppreciative Inquiry
Appreciative Inquiry-How have we engaged in the past?
Start: D1- DISCOVER
D2 - DREAM
D3-DESIGN
D1- We have done it before.
D2 – We have a vision for our future.
D3 – We agree on what could be done.
D4 – We have a list of our resources to draw from.
D5 – action plan & start implementing it.
D5 – DELIVER/DO IT
D4 -DEFINE
In practiceUsing AI
2. Requires intentional re-framing:The classic choice:
“glass is half empty or half full”
3. Affirmative topic choice
Building and analyzing what we want instead of what we don’t want
1. Appreciating the positive potential
in the present
Strength Oriented
Past achievementsDreams of the possible using what we
have to secure what we have not.
Negative/ Needs Approach Positive/Strengths Approach
“Felt Need”Identification of Problem
Appreciating and ValuingThe Best of “What Is”
Analysis of Causes Envisioning “What Might Be”
Analysis of Possible Solutions Agreeing “What we have to contribute; what could be ”
Action Planning(Treatment)
Implementing “What Will Be”
Appreciative Inquiry system
Start: D1- DISCOVER
D2 - DREAM
D3-DESIGN
D1- We have done it before.
D2 – We have a vision for our future.
D3 – We agree on what could be done.
D4 – We have a list of our resources to draw from.
D5 – action plan & start implementing it.
D5 – DELIVER/DO IT
D4 -DEFINE
11.35-11.50Coffee
Paired ExerciseLearning Conversation
Learning Conversation
What do you care about enough to act on?
What do you have to offer?
What will it take for you to join in action with others who share your interests?
FeedbackLearning Conversation
In practiceAsset Mapping
Five Types of Assets to Connect
1. Talents and skills of our people2. Associations, and our network of
relationships3. Institutions and professional entities4. Physical assets
• Land• Property• Buildings• Equipment
5. Economic assets• Productive work of individuals• Consumer spending power• Local business assets
The three key arenas for uncovering community assets
PeopleGovernment
& Civil Society groups
Associations
Conducting an asset inventory at neighborhood level
Mapping individual assetsMapping associational assetsMapping institutional assets
Why do asset mapping?
Connecting Assets.
Sample Capacity Inventory
INTRODUCTIONMy name is ____________. What is your name?
Thank you for coming over. Did someone talk to you about what the “gift exchange” is all about? What do you understand it to be?
Basically, we believe that everyone has God-given talents and gifts that can be used to benefit the community. I’d like to spend a few minutes talking to you about your gifts and skills.
GIFTSGifts are abilities that we are born with. We may develop them, but no one has to teach them to us.1. What positive qualities do people say you have?2. Who are the people in your life that you give to? How did you give it to them?3. When was the last time you shared with someone else? What was it?4. What do you give that makes you feel good?
Sample Capacity Inventory (cont.)
SKILLSSometimes we have talents that we’ve acquired in everyday life such as cooking and fixing things.1. What do you enjoy doing?2. If you could start a business, what would it be?3. What do you like to do that people would pay you to do?4. Have you ever made anything? Have you ever fixed anything?
DREAMSBefore you go, I want to take a minute and hear about your dreams –these goals you hope to accomplish.1.What are your dreams?2. If you could snap your fingers and be doing anything, what would it be?
Name_________________________ Phone________________________ Date__________________________
Health Construction & Repair FoodCaring for the Elderly Painting CateringCaring for the Mentally Ill Plumbing Preparing for Many PeopleCaring for the Sick Electrical Serving to Many PeopleCaring for Disabled People Carpentry Operating Commercial EquipmentEMT or Emergency First Aid Brick and Masonry BakingNursing Experience Wall Papering Meat Cutting and PreparationNutrition Furniture Repairs BartendingExercise Locksmith or Lock Repairs
Building Garages TransportationOffice Dry-wall and Taping Driving a CarTyping (WPM______) Cabinetmaking Driving a VanTaking Phone Messages Welding and Soddering Driving a BusWriting Business Letters Concrete Work Driving a Tractor-TrailerReceiving Phone Orders Heating and Cooling Systems Driving a Commercial TruckOperation Switchboard Flooring and Carpeting Operating Farm EquipmentBookkeeping Roofing Driving Emergency VehiclesComputer Information Entry Other_________________________Computer Word Processing SupervisionOther_______________________ Maintenance Writing Reports
Floor Cleaning/Refinishing Filling Out FormsChild Care Carpet Cleaning Working with a BudgetInfant Care (0-1 yr) Household Cleaning Recording of ActivitiesChild Care (1-6 yrs) Lawn Mowing and Yard Work Writing Proposals or GrantsAdolescent Care (7-13) Gardening Planning ProjectsTaking Kids on Field Trips Tree and Shrubbery Care Supervising ProjectsPre-school Care Other_________________________
Source: Vitalizing Communities, Community Guide , 1999, J. Allen, S. Cordes, and J. Hart, p. 28
Individual Skills/Assets InventoryInventory Tool 1A
Willingness to Work on Neighborhood Projects
Have Done Work
Willing but Haven’t Done
WorkUncertain if
Willing Not Willing
Village Enhancement
10 6 5 0
Working with Youth
15 4 1 1
Working with Senior Citizens
12 7 2 0
Supporting Families
8 9 4 0
Improving Neighborhood Health
10 6 3 2
Neighborhood Safety
8 8 3 2
Based on interviews with 21 association leaders
Q&AAsset Mapping
1.15-2.15Lunch
Small Group WorkCommunity Asset Mapping
Youth area mapping-but are they mapping assets?
Case study: Sacramento
Evaluation….
Are you any the wiser?
Visit our Publications pages to learn more about ABCD and its community applications: http://www.abcdinstitute.org/publications/
Joint Youth Work Ireland & Nurture Development Initiative
Cormac RussellNurture [email protected]
Matthew SeebachYouth Work [email protected]
ABCD in ActionDay Two
Day Two Contents
Using Matching2
4
Mobilising Youth led change33
From local to County31
Next steps
Asset Based Youth Led Development & ABCD: ‘Moving from local engagement to countrywide
engagement’
Circle of Participation
Friendship
Intimacy
Participation
Economic Exchange
Full circles indicate capacity to deal with life and to participate in it.
Spot the difference?
Spot the difference?
Traditional Approach: YAR
The balancing of services to clients
with
supports for citizens & communities
Youth Development
Everyone, regardless of age, should have the opportunity to be a producer of theirown and their community’s well-being.
It takes everyone to build a strong and safe community.
1 Part Participation: 9 Parts Inspiration
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood, don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather – teach them to long for the immensity of the sea”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From Local to County
Local Youth Led Democracy: Comhairle na nÓg
NeighbourhoodsCommunities
County
Co
nnection
s
Schools
Youth Groups
StructuresCurrent
Structures
Emergent
Getting connected, working together to make things better
When they’re connected & mobilised
Influencing Policy
Small Group WorkGoing Glocal
11.35Coffee
Addressing the issue of inclusion
Case study: Ability or Disability?
Small Group WorkOn Inclusion
1.00-2.00Lunch
The Carlow PilotMatching Grants
Facilitating young people through
ABCD Mobilising Youth led Action
Co Carlow
Comhairle Na OgYouth led ABCD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMyBGtGZi1w&feature=related
Values
LOGO Strengths
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Strength of Community
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=106304365780932181125.00046a49f4e0dc5c96353&ct=onebox&cd=20&cad=docsearch,cid:2243909974029388383&geocode=FZb_TAIdp4TB-A
Building Our ProjectWhere’s the Stone soup?
Small Group WorkFacilitating Youth led Action
Small Group WorkAffinity Groups & Feedback
Evaluation….
Are you any the wiser?
Visit our Publications pages to learn more about ABCD and its community applications: http://www.abcdinstitute.org/publications/
Joint Youth Work Ireland & Nurture Development Initiative
Cormac RussellNurture [email protected]
Matthew SeebachYouth Work [email protected]
