GENERAL RESOURCES

Resources for Asset Building

• Asset Building Ideas for Adults
• Asset Building Ideas for Businesses
• Asset Building Ideas for Coaches
• Asset Building Ideas for Faith Communities
• Asset Building Ideas for Service Clubs

Resources for Youth

• Ask Terra! answers your questions with thoughtful advice.
• Kidshealth.org has information for kids and teens about all kinds of health and wellness issues.
• Doing Good Together Silicon Valley curates family volunteer opportunities in Silicon Valley.
• Project Giving Kids connects kids and teens with  youth-friendly volunteer projects for the causes they believe in.
• United Way Bay Area, Volunteer Match and VolunteerInfo.org are sites that can help you find service opportunities.

Resources for Families

• Keep Connected from the Search Institute, offers information and resources to help families raise happy, healthy kids.
• Ideas for Parents newsletters contain tips and strategies to build developmental assets at home (14MB ZIP file).
• Challenge Success provided schools and families with the information and strategies they need to create a more balanced and academically fulfilling life for their kids.
• Bank It makes it easier to help kids understand, talk about and manage money. www.bankit.com
• KidsData.org offers all kinds of data about the health and wellbeing of children in California.
• Kidshealth.org has three separate sites for parents, kids, and teens about all kinds of health and wellness issues.
• Parent Project is the only program of its kind​​​ in the nation. It focuses on adolescent behaviors, and has grown to become the largest mandated Juvenile diversion program in the country. Parent Project addresses critical issues parents face and offers solutions to their questions.
• Community Connections has  Santa Clara County Events and Resources to Support Youth Development
• Hand In Hand Parenting has resources on their website to support healthy parenting
• Doing Good Together has a great resource for meaningful family conversations.

Internet Safety Resources

• Common Sense Media offers advice and reviews for parents about making smart media decisions and provides a K-12 curriculum to teach kids to be good digital citizens.
• Learn how to make smart and safer choices online at Yahoo! Safely.
• Understand Facebook’s safety measures.
• Protect your children from inappropriate videos by using YouTube’s Safety Mode.
• Learn what youth need to know to become full, resilient digital citizens at iKeepSafe.
• Guide from Norton about talking to your children about safety and social media.

Resources for Schools and Educators

• Project Cornerstone offers a range of services to help schools reduce bullying and improve climate.
• Ideas for Educators newsletters offer asset-building tips and strategies for teachers and staff.
• Welcoming Schools offers professional development tools, lessons aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and many additional resources for elementary schools on: Embracing Family Diversity, Creating LGBTQ-inclusive Schools, Preventing Bias-Based Bullying, and Supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive Students.
• Best of Building Assets Together is a great resource for helping kids understand and strengthen the assets in their lives. Materials are available in English and Spanish.
• Silicon Valley Faces offers intensive programs to high school communities, including Camp Everytown.
• Social Thinking provides practical frameworks, strategies and products to teach social problem solving, social emotional interpretation and social skills.
• iKeepSafe offers educator resources for digital citizenship.