The Audit follows the CCDO format. Connections to family, school, peers, and community are identified. This shows what support systems are available or needed. Continuity of behavior is studied by exploring time lines of significant crisis events. This establishes the goal or function of behavior and identifies coping strengths and problems.
Dignity is related to a student's sense of self worth and respect for others.
Opportunity is the plan of interventions to foster growth and change. The first Developmental Audit was conducted with a young adolescent who had wounded other students in a gun incident sparked by school bullying. Based on the audit, the court ordered a period of detention followed by placement at Boys Town. The boy thrived and graduated from high school at Boys Town. A Developmental Audit was featured on the CBS Sixty Minutes II program 4 .