Search Institute 2011 Trade Catalog by Search Institute

Search Institute Press Trade Catalog 2011

BUILDING BUILDINGGREAT GREATCOMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES FORYOUTH YOUTH.. . . BOOK BOOK BY FOR BYBOOK. BOOK

Youth development resources for families, schools, and communities. www.search-institute.org

United for Kids’ Success Search Institute Press is passionate about equipping and mobilizing families, schools, and communities for kids. We provide thousands of communities with the practical tools they need to help children and youth succeed. Our books, posters, and related materials support parents, teachers, librarians, and other youth-serving professionals, including those who mentor, provide out-of-school-time programs and services, and help teens build resilience. Our parent organization, Search Institute, a nonprofit organization, has been offering catalytic leadership, breakthrough knowledge, and innovative resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities for more than 50 years. Some organizations who embrace our relationship-building, research-based work include the YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs throughout North America, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. It takes many partners to create healthy, strong communities. We appreciate how bookstores, libraries, catalogers, book wholesalers, and others in the business community link Search Institute Press materials to caring adults and youth professionals. Thank you for building great communities for children and youth…book by book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Frontlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8 Parenting and Family Care . . . . . . . . . . 9–15 Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21–31 Game and Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . .16–20 Early Childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Professional Development . . . . . . . . .22–23 School Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24–25 Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28–30 Community and Social Change . . . . . . . 31–33 Young Adult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Peter Benson President and CEO, Search Institute

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“Building a house without a solid foundation would be futile. The same can be said for raising teens. Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets provide a foundation upon which librarians can build programs, services and most importantly relationships, with teens in their community.” — Michele Gorman, author of Connecting Young Adults and Libraries, 4th edition

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What Adults Need to Know about Kids and Substance Use Dealing with Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs by Katharine Sadler, M.Ed. Putting a difficult situation in perspective, this hands-on guide explains why youth abuse drugs, how to identify signs of substance abuse, and how to deal with the difficulties of this destructive behavior. This book includes a thorough list of the substances youth are most likely to abuse—including over-the-counter drugs and inhalants—and reproducible handouts that itemize the effects of each drug. Several scenarios are discussed, such as when a student admits to using drugs; when a student says a friend, sibling, or parent uses drugs; when to call a social worker; and when to call law enforcement. Teachers, counselors, and parents can all benefit from the helpful advice in this realistic look at working with kids and drugs in the twenty-first century.

Katharine Sadler, M.Ed., is a certified prevention professional and works as a community prevention specialist with Indiana Prevention Resource Center, part of Indiana University’s School of Public Health.

Audience: Youth-Serving Professionals, School Counselors, Educators of Grades 6–12. 81/2 x 11, 120 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-495-7 Pub Date: May 2011

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Frontlist Learn, Serve, Succeed Tools and Techniques for Youth Service-Learning by Kate McPherson Classroom teachers and youth program leaders looking for material on service-learning will treasure this comprehensive how-to guide. This practical handbook takes a step-by-step approach through every stage of a service-learning project, from choosing the appropriate assignment to planning, organizing, and evaluating results upon completion. Twenty reproducible handouts and instructions make it easy to lead students through the service-learning world, while reflection exercises ensure that they will contextualize the importance of their work and that the lessons learned will stick with them. This is the one-stop resource for planning, implementing, and assessing successful integration of meaningful community service with classroom instruction.

Excerpt from Learn, Serve, Succeed Audience: Youth-Serving Professionals, Educators of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 128 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $34.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-275-5 Pub Date: August 2011

Kate McPherson is the director of Project Service Leadership and assists teachers and schools in developing service-learning curricula and programs. She received the 2002 National Service-Learning Practitioner Award and is a member of the Service-Learning Provider’s Network, an advisor for Generator School, and an adjunct professor for Portland State University’s Service-Learning Certification Program.

Asking the following questions can help you design a servicelearning project that is aligned with both a real community need and academic learning in your specific content area(s). Teach Others Could your students teach what they have learned to an audience beyond the classroom? Create a Product, Performance, or Research Study Could your students’ efforts be shaped into a product or performance that would benefit the community? Solve a Community Problem What are important concerns in the school or the community? Influence Public Policy Could students use what they have learned to advocate for a change in policy? Help an Existing Organization Could students provide direct assistance to a nonprofit or civic organization? Start a Philanthropic Venture Could you write a grant or raise money to fund a project or social entrepreneurial venture?

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Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity A Toolkit for Secondary Schools by David B. Wangaard, Ed.D., and Jason M. Stephens, Ph.D. Responding to the growing epidemic of academic dishonesty, this authoritative text lays the groundwork for a positive school makeover. This guide—which culled research from six high schools in Connecticut that indicated that more than 90 percent of students participate in some form of cheating during the average school year—provides teachers, school administrators, and parents with a toolkit of resources and strategies needed to engender a culture of scholastic honesty. With reproducible handouts and instruction on establishing an Academic Integrity Committee, this unique resource provides a plan and policies that support a climate of honesty and hard work. A CD-ROM with copies of each handout and additional references is also included.

Changing School Culture to Promote Academic Integrity: A Conceptual Model To change individuals we must change culture; to change culture we must change individuals. Thus, a comprehensive effort to promote academic integrity must not only focus on changing students, it must also include more systemic, cultural change. This toolkit has been designed to do both, offering a broad range of approaches to changing school culture and individual behavior in a dynamic, mutually reinforcing fashion. As we have indicated, in the fall of 2007 we began the Achieving with Integrity project to promote academic integrity in a diverse set of public high schools.4 The model we created to guide our efforts was rooted in both theory and research that have long proved effective at the postsecondary level. We know, for example, that academic dishonesty is reduced by a third to a half in schools that have created a culture of academic integrity (e.g., McCabe and Trevino 1993). School communities create a culture of academic integrity through the use and integration of multiple approaches (there is no single silver bullet). As depicted in Figure 1.1, our model (and the one that serves to guide the organization of this toolkit) consists of four dimensions that, when operating together, create a culture where “achieving with integrity” becomes the norm.

Audience: Administrators and Educators of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 208 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $34.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-496-4 Pub Date: August 2011

David B. Wangaard, Ed.D, is director of the School for Ethical Education. Prior to earning his doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Northern Colorado, he was a school principal in Alaska. Jason M. Stephens, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the department of educational psychology at the University of Connecticut, where he teaches on human learning and academic motivation.

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Frontlist Healthy Teen Relationships Using Values and Choices to Teach Sex Education by Martha Roper With a comprehensive approach that goes beyond biology, this book explores the emotions and personal values that affect teens’ sexual choices. It presents teachers with ways to encourage healthy talk about sensitive subjects, provides group activities designed to get teens thinking about their choices, and includes the latest information on safe sex, sexually transmitted infections, contraception, and abstinence. Helping create a safe place for adults and youth to talk about sex and sensitive topics, it gives ideas on how to work with parents and schools so everyone’s values are respected, while teens still get the information they need. With topics that range from personal responsibility and values to media influences and teen pregnancy, this book’s approach is “abstinence-plus” and isdesigned to integrate easily into any curriculum.

Audience: Youth-Serving Professionals, Educators of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 128 pages, paperback, $19.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-287-8 Pub Date: October 2011

Martha Roper has been a teacher for 40 years and has been named one of the Top-10 U.S. sexuality educators. She has been featured in Parents magazine and USA Today and has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning and as a regular guest for 15 years on KMOX radio in St. Louis. A member of the groundbreaking National Sexuality Education Guidelines Task Force, she also was named the National Health Education Professional of the Year. She and her husband jointly received the Lifetime Professional Service Award from Planned Parenthood of the Greater St. Louis Area. She lives in Manchester, Missouri.

Sexuality in cyberspace Allow students to get together in groups and create a role play about texting (TM) or instant messaging (IM) Each role play must create a difficult situation in which a person gets out of trouble in an appropriate way. Possible Role Play Topics • Someone asks you out in a TM or IM. • Someone says “I love you” for the first time in a TM or IM. • You receive a TM or IM from someone who has been flirting with you, only it’s intended for someone else. • You receive a TM or IM from a new love wanting to know why your online profile status reads “single.” • Your new love wants to know who you’ve been dating. • Your new love wants to know whether you’re a virgin. • You receive a TM or IM that makes you uncomfortable. • Your new love wants to know what you’re wearing. • Your new love wants you to send a photo of what you’re wearing. • Your new love wants you to text sexual words. • Your new love breaks up with you in a text or instant message. • You get a text at a party from a friend who says your angry ex is on the way in to find you.

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The Right to Be Safe Putting an End to Bullying Behavior by Cricket Meehan, Ph.D. From individual interventions to school- and district-wide programs, this book provides strategies and solutions for stopping bullying behavior. Its comprehensive approach covers all aspects of bullying and its consequences, providing the necessary information to keep kids safe. Ways to help students who are bullied, ways to intervene with students who show bullying behavior, guidelines on how to partner with parents to stop bullying, and best practices in bullying prevention are some of the many topics addressed in the book. It is the complete guide to stopping bullying behavior and creating a positive, healthy environment for kids.

Teachers Wonder, “Why Do Parents Hesitate?” Frequently asked question: Teachers often wonder, “Why are parents/ guardians so hesitant to approach school officials when their child is being bullied?” Parents may hesitate because: • They fear making a bullying situation worse. • Their bullied child asks them not to. • They are unsure what to do. • They feel powerless. • They are embarrassed. • They fear being overprotective and/or believe it’s the child’s responsibility to handle the bullying.

Audience: Youth-Serving Professionals, Educators of Grades 5–8 81/2 x 11, 160 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $32.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-491-9 Pub Date: September 2011

Cricket Meehan, PhD, is the coordinator of School Mental Health Projects at Miami University’s Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs. Her scholarly work includes research articles, book chapters, and numerous conference presentations throughout the United States. She lives in Liberty Township, Ohio.

Many parents or guardians may fear that by involving the school, their child will be singled out among peers, which can lead to more abuse. This is a legitimate fear in cases where students may receive special support or attention from school officials, such as escorts to class. Sometimes, parents or guardians do not contact the school because their child fears retaliation, embarrassment, or being singled out. This causes the child to beg his or her parents not to contact the school. In some cases, parents/guardians have approached school officials but have been told that there is nothing that can be done. This leads to a sense of powerlessness. Other parents do nothing because they believe they will be seen as overprotective if they intervene in a problematic situation with their child’s peers. This may stem from a belief that it is their child’s responsibility to handle the bullying situation.

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Frontlist Get Things Going 85 Asset-Building Activities for Presentations, Workshops, and Meetings, Second Edition by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor Fun-filled activities to transform meetings, workshops, trainings, and group culture are included in this thoroughly revised edition. It features a refreshing collection of icebreakers and mixers that help groups get acquainted, a variety of team-building activities that focus specifically on increasing participants’ knowledge and understanding of the 40 Developmental Assets®, and interactive games for intergenerational audiences. For meeting closers, the book also includes activities that help participants reflect on theinformation they’ve learned and spark enthusiasm for continued involvement with asset building. It is perfect for team leaders or workshop presenters to engage others, build trust, and incorporate the Developmental Assets® in creative and meaningful ways.

More than 12,000 copies of first edition sold!

Audience: Youth-Serving Professionals, Educators—All Grades 7 x 10, 128 pages, paperback, $16.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-489-6 Pub Date: September 2011

Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor are the authors of Great Group Games, Great Group Games for Kids, and Building Character from the Start. Nationally recognized trainers and program consultants in the youth and community development field, they co-founded the Center for Asset Development and have equipped youth and adults in agencies such as the YMCA of the USA, 4-H, and AmeriCorps.

See Also:

Things Going, Building Character from the Start, Great Group Games, and Great Group Games for Kids. For years, these titles have brought “play with purpose,” the art of using games and activities to build character, develop life skills, accomplish group goals, and foster teamwork to a wide variety of organizations in the youth and community development field. The authors have coached and trained many schools and youth-serving agencies such as the YMCA of the USA, 4-H, and Points of Light Institute on empowering youth leaders, team building, service learning, program strategies, and youth development best practices.

Visit www.TheAssetEdge.net to contact the authors, and learn more about bringing a “play with purpose” workshop to your community. Have fun while you learn and grow!

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More than 25,000 copies sold!

Great Group Games for Kids

Great Group Games

150 Meaningful Activities for Any Setting

175 Boredom-Busting, Zero-Prep Team Builders for All Ages

by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor

Building on the popularity of the bestselling Great Group Games, this new collection for the younger set shows teachers and group leaders how to make even the silliest activity meaningful. Complete with details on timing, supplies, set up, and suggested group size, this is the perfect grab-and-go resource for anyone working with elementary school age children. Far from frivolous, each “play with purpose” game concludes with discussion questions to build positive identity, friendship skills, and a host of other character traits kids need to succeed. Audience: Educators—Grades K–5, Youth Serving Professionals 6 x 9, 228 pages, paperback, $16.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-284-7 Pub Date: August 2010 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-502-2, $13.95

by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor

Whether it’s the kick-off of an event, a 20-minute gap between functions, or a multi-day retreat, this sourcebook suggests a wide array of solutions for keeping young people upbeat, engaged, and unified. Games are organized in sections identifying various stages of group-building and include instructions for fun interactions that encourage participants to think, feel, and develop trust. Audience: Educators—All Grades, Youth Serving Professionals 6 x 9, 228 pages, paperback, $16.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-196-3 • Pub Date: July 2007 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-291-5, $13.95

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“If it’s not fun, it’s not functional. This book is fun.” —Karl Rohnke, author of Quicksilver, Silver Bullets, and A Small Book About Large Group Games

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“Bravo! This book is a gift for the creative educator.” —Peter H. Reynolds, author of The Dot and Ish, Founder of Fable Vision

” Building Assets Is Elementary Group Activities for Helping Kids Ages 8–12 Succeed

Building Character from the Start 201 Activities to Foster Creativity, Literacy, and Play in K–3 by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor Grounded in the 40 Developmental Assets, a research-based framework for healthy child development, this inspirational activity book lets kids have fun while building new skills and character. In Unit 1, kids are prompted to finish coloring pages with their own ideas and dreams. Unit 2 has synopses of nearly 100 books that include follow-up questions and ideas for taking the book’s lessons even further. In Unit 3, you’ll find fun for every grade level and area of interest with word games, community-building games, team-building games, and more! Included with the book is a CD-ROM of reproducible handouts to engage kids even further. This is an ideal tool for teachers, librarians, day-care providers, and after-school program providers. Audience: Educators, Youth-Serving Professionals of Grades K–3 81/2 x 11, 144 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-269-4 • Pub Date: October 2009 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-175-8, $23.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-325-7, $23.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-326-4, $23.95

These 61 activities blend guidance, wisdom, and the strength-based, practical skills of building assets with fun activities for students in grades 2 through 6. Kids build community, examine their beliefs, explore their identities, and learn to support each other. Perfect for any size group and kids with different physical abilities. Group leaders and educators will find this an invaluable resource. Audience: Educators, Youth-Serving Professionals of Grades 2–6 81/2 x 11, 128 pages, paperback, $26.95 ISBN 10: 978-1-57482-836-8 Pub Date: April 2004 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-298-4, $21.95

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“The activities enable kids to explore the resources and relationships they need to grow up healthy and feel comfortable in the world.” —Learning

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Education Game and Activity Titles The Best of Building Assets Together Favorite Group Activities that Help Youth Succeed by Jolene L. Roehlkepartain This indispensable resource presents more than 160 activities for ages 12 to 18 that will energize and inspire any group of young people. Grounded in Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets® framework and based on the favorite activities from two previous best-selling activity books (and more than 25 new activities), these exercises explore a wide range of issues that affect youth development.

Audience: Educators, Youth-Serving Professionals of Grades 5–12 81/2 x 11, 158 pages, paperback, $34.95 Includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages In English and Spanish ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-159-8 Pub Date: January 2008 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-360-8, $27.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-398-1, $27.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-493-3, $27.95

Table of Contents Ch. 1 Building Developmental Assets

Ch. 7 Improving Communication

Ch. 2 Breaking the Ice

Ch. 8 Developing Character

Ch. 3 Raising Self-Awareness

Ch. 9 Promoting Diversity

Ch. 4 Building Skills

Ch. 10 Setting Goals, Recognizing Hopes, and Realizing Dreams

Ch. 5 Promoting Leadership Ch. 6 Strengthening Relationships

Ch. 11 Becoming Involved in the Community

Make a World of Difference 50 Asset-Building Activities to Help Teens Explore Diversity by Dawn C. Oparah This creative resource covers a wide range of cultural competence issues facing teenagers. It incorporates a variety of learning styles and skill levels in three sections: personal-awareness activities, building cultural awareness around a particular topic, and practice activities for trying out new relationship-building methods.

Audience: Educators, Youth-Serving Professionals of Grades 9–12 81/2 x 11, 112 pages, paperback, $26.95 ISBN 10: 978-1-57482-868-9 Pub Date: April 2006 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-281-6, $21.95

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“Teachers will find this a useful resource in supporting cultural awareness.” —Children’s Literature “This book offers constructive action for those who ask, ‘How do I go about raising diversity awareness and acceptance among youth?’” —School Library Journal

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Dawn C. Oparah is the vice president and co-owner of Amadi Leadership Associates, Inc. and a board member for the Georgia Council on Substance Abuse. She lives in Fayetteville, Georgia.

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Great Group Skits 50 Character-Building Scenarios for Teens by Lynn Grasberg and Gina Oldenburg Created by experts who teach improvisational theater, this resource for educators and youth workers provides new and creative role-playing exercises that tackle a wide range of topics, including communication skills, motivation, and leadership. Ranging from small sketches to large-scale skits, this guidebook helps educators engage with kids and helps kids engage with each other. Improvisational scenarios let kids decide where to go, enhancing their creativity, self-reliance, and analytical skills. Each skit includes an estimated time, ways to modify the skit for various age groups, and a list of follow-up questions. Also included is information on how to facilitate skits, get kids motivated and energized, and build trust. Audience: Educators and Youth-Serving Professionals working with Grades 6–12 6 x 9, 172 pages, paperback, $16.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-265-6 Pub Date: September 2009 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-256-4, $13.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-355-4, $13.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-359-2, $13.95

Lynn Grasberg is an improvisational theater instructor, a keynote speaker, and a comedienne. She is the author of Bounce Back! The New Play Ethic at Work. She lives in Boulder, Colorado. Gina Oldenburg is the executive director of the Creative Expressions Center, a speaker, and a playwright. She is the author of Energize! A Daily Guide to High Energy Living, and several plays. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Activities on the Go One-on-One Fun for Kids and Adults Edited by Kate Brielmaier This compact, portable guide is packed with simple, low-cost, creative activities that are guaranteed to strengthen bonds between adult and teen. The varied ideas include a trip to the local library for favorite books to share, learning how to ice skate, snowshoeing at a nearby park, volunteering at a soup kitchen, and writing and performing a one-act play for family or neighbors. Intended for a parent who wants to mix things up, a mentor looking for fresh ideas, or a counselor needing to break the ice, this pocket resource offers quick and effective ideas for meaningful and enjoyable interaction with a young person.

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Design your own board game based on a theme of your choice. You can make a new version of an existing game or create something entirely from scratch. Using a large piece of cardboard as the game board, draw the game with markers or use images from the Internet or old magazines. Use everyday objects for the game tokens, such as bottle caps, buttons, or Legos®. Then play the game together and see who wins!

board game Kate Brielmaier is an editor at Search Institute Press. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

THink abouT iT

• Was it more fun to create the game or to play the game? • What theme did you choose for your game? Why?

Audience: All Caring Adults of Ages 12–18 5 x 5, 104 pages, paperback, $9.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-271-7 Pub Date: August 2009

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Education Game and Activity Titles Conversations on the Go Clever Questions to Keep Teens and Grown-ups Talking by Mary Ackerman These questions—some intriguing, some clever, some fun—encourage adults to engage young people in conversations that are guaranteed to stretch the imagination and bring out each other’s personality. Adults will be empowered to demonstrate their support and caring to young people.

Audience: All Caring Adults 51/2 x 51/2, 100 pages, paperback, $9.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-863-4 Pub Date: November 2004

Mary Ackerman is the director of external relations at Search Institute. She has more than 25 years experience in higher and secondary education. A certified mediator, she has worked in the areas of family and child custody disputes.

Propellers Quick Questions to Launch Good Conversations

Audience: All Caring Adults 3 x 21/2, 80 pages, ring-bound, $12.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-492-6 Pub Date: April 2011

Featuring 160 thought-provoking questions designed to stimulate discussions with a young person or a group of young people, these double-sided cards are a great resource for teachers, counselors, and parents. The full-color cards are held together on a ring for easy access and are organized into eight categories: icebreakers, school, friendships, family, money, community, values, and thinking about the future. Initiating meaningful conversations with youth is as easy as picking a card.

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Great Preschools Building Developmental Assets in Early Childhood

by Tamara J. Will, M.B.A., Karen King, and Michelle Mergler, M.Ed. Written by experts in early childhood education, this practical, easy-to-use guidebook provides preschool educators with a plan to promote healthy development in a body- and mind-nurturing environment. Reproducible handouts make it easy for educators to communicate with parents and add fresh ideas and content to any curriculum. Replete with activities and new interpretations of familiar songs, books, games, and art projects.

Tamara J. Will, M.B.A., is a writer and has served as a representative of Minnesota’s Early Learning Advisory Council. Karen King has worked in early childhood education for nearly 30 years. In addition to teaching in the classroom, she has also conducted child-development workshops for teachers, childcare providers, and parents. Michelle Mergler, M. Ed., is a licensed parent educator in the state of Minnesota and has an M.Ed. in Family Education.

Audience: Child-Care Professionals 81/2 x 11, 232 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $39.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-193-2 Pub Date: December 2007 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-255-7, $31.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-349-3, $31.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-353-0, $31.95

Playful Reading Positive, Fun Ways to Build the Bond between Preschoolers, Books, and You! by Carolyn Munson-Benson

This book is full of activities and discussion topics to boost a child’s love of reading while making reading time together more fun and meaningful. Emphasizes early literacy skills, reading for pleasure, and the eight asset categories as ways to create memorable moments between children and the adults who read to them.

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“Full of sound advice and great book choices.” —Anita Silvey, author of 100 Best Books for Children “Goes beyond children’s books in raising readers.” —Nick Jr. Magazine

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Audience: Educators, Child Care Professionals, Parents 7 x 9, 248 pages, paperback, $24.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-857-3 Pub Date: February 2005 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-241-0, 19.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-345-5, 19.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-346-2, $19.95

Carolyn Munson-Benson is the founder and director of The Early Bird Project, which promotes early literacy with preschool educators, librarians, child-care providers, and policy makers.

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Education Professional Development Great Places to Learn Creating Asset-Building Schools That Help Students Succeed, Second Edition by Neal Starkman, Ph.D., Peter Scales, Ph.D., and Clay Roberts, M.S. This book is rooted in research on more than 2 million children about the effect of Developmental Assets on fostering academic achievement and a healthy school climate. This outline guides school administrators, principals, and teachers through the process of integrating assets into their schools. The second edition features a CD-ROM containing over 70 reproducible handouts and Search Institute’s latest research data.

Audience: Educators—All Grades 7 x 10, 216 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM, $34.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-245-8 Pub Date: August 2006 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-292-2, $27.95

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“I consider Great Places to Learn required reading for all who work in my school system.” —Don MacIntyre, school principal, author, and trainer, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada More than 34,000 copies of the first and second editions sold!

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Neal Starkman, Ph.D., is the president of Flashpoint Development and the author of Connecting in Your Classroom. Peter C. Scales, Ph.D., is a developmental psychologist at Search Institute. He is the author of Other People’s Kids and The Sexual Adolescent. Clay Roberts, M.S., is an educational trainer and has been featured on NBC’s Today Show as a prevention expert.

Strong Staff, Strong Students Professional Development in Schools and Youth Programs by Angela Jerabek, M.S., and Nancy Tellett-Royce Good schools start with good teachers, and the thoughtful, positive approach found in this staff-development guide provides teachers, school administrators, and program leaders with step-by-step ways to inspire and motivate. Full of personal inventories and food for thought, this resource provides a comprehensive set of tools for incorporating the Developmental Assets, a research-based framework for healthy child development, into a school or youth program. A CD-ROM of handouts from the book and supplementary assessment tools, as well as a Power Point presentation, are also included.

Audience: Youth-Serving Professionals, Educators—All Grades 81/2 x 11, 144 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-276-2 Pub Date: November 2010 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-505-3, $23.95

Angela Jerabek, M.S., developed the Building Assets, Reducing Risks program to address academic failure, truancy, discipline, school climate, and chemical use in schools utilizing the Developmental Assets as its foundation. She has presented at more than 50 conferences including the National Prevention Network Conference and the National Superintendent’s Conference. She has a master of science in counseling and is a licensed primary and secondary teacher. Nancy Tellett-Royce is community liaison at Search Institute and a community- and youth-development expert. She is the former cochair of Children First and the creator of the Speaking of Parenting kit.

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Professional Development Education

How Was Your Day at School? Improving Dialogue about Teacher Job Satisfaction

Ideas for Educators 42 Ready-to-Use Newsletters for School Success

by Nathan Eklund, M.Ed.

by Nathan Eklund, M.Ed., and Adrienne Gilby, M.Ed.

Addressing the alarmingly high rate of teacher burnout and job turnover, this guide offers practical advice to educators who wish to increase teacher satisfaction and performance. Founded on the Developmental Assets, this book advocates collegiality and strong relationships between teachers and administrators to create a supportive workplace climate that sustains educators in their pursuit of higher student achievement. The accompanying CD-ROM includes reproducible forms, presentations, and other tools.

Written by two experienced teachers, this series of newsletters on CD-ROM offers educators and administrators a quick and easy way to learn and incorporate the Developmental Assets into daily teaching practices. The newsletters can be printed out from the CD-ROM or sent via e-mail as complete documents, modified to fit a school’s individual needs, and even inserted into existing school and district mailings. Each newsletter also contains a section on fostering Developmental Assets in a teacher’s life.

Audience: Educators—All Grades, Administrators 7 x 10, 208 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM, $34.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-264-9 • Pub Date: January 2009

Audience: Educators of Grades 6–12 CD-ROM case 51/4 x 71/2, PDFs print to 81/2 x 11, 84 pages, plus 8-page booklet, $49.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-272-4 • Pub Date: September 2009

Connecting in Your Classroom

Powerful Teaching

18 Teachers Tell How They Foster the Relationships That Lead to Student Success

Developmental Assets in Curriculum and Instruction

by Neal Starkman, Ph.D.

The research-based instructional strategies in this practical, adaptable resource show education professionals how to infuse assets into their existing curriculum and instruction without starting a new program. Included are detailed case studies in seven subject areas from professionals in the field.

The principles of TEACH— trust, engagement, assetbuilding, care, and hard work—are the basis of this inspirational guide to improving teacher-student relationships that lead to academic and personal achievement. Audience: Educators—All Grades 7 x 9, 144 pages, paperback, $12.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-858-0 Pub Date: April 2006

by Judy Taccogna, Ed.D.

Audience: Educators—All Grades 81/2 x 11, 304 pages, paperback, $42.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-751-4 Pub Date: April 2003

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Education School Climate Safe Places to Learn 21 Lessons to Help Students Promote a Caring School Climate by Paul Sulley Teachers, administrators, coaches, counselors, and caring adults get the tools they need (including step-by-step lessons, scripts, relevant and thoughtful discussion questions, and plenty of reproducibles) to lead students through creating a safe, caring, asset-building learning climate. Peer leadership is the key component in this timely book, which presents an effective solution to the ongoing “bullying” problem facing administrators and educators.

Audience: Educators of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 140 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-157-4 Pub Date: October 2007 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-479-7, $23.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-480-3, $23.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-481-0, $23.95

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“With school bullying on the rise, Safe Places to Learn is an important resource that will help students develop skills to effectively end cruelty among their peers—in a way that respects both victim and bully.” —Tallahassee’s Family Forum

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Paul Sulley has worked in the field of positive youth development for more than 20 years. He has been a Search Institute trainer since 2003. He lives in Spokane, Washington.

Training Peer Helpers Coaching Youth to Communicate, Solve Problems, and Make Decisions by Barbara B. Varenhorst, Ph.D. When young people struggle with problems, they often turn to their friends for help, and this guide provides adults with 15 sessions to prepare them for such challenges through skill-building activities, assignments, and 28 reproducible handouts. Based on the 40 Developmental Assets—the essential building blocks of healthy development that young people need to succeed—the sessions focus on good communication skills, assertiveness in the face of peer pressure, and difficult decision making. Revised to include updated statistics about the percentage of youth who report experiencing each asset, as well as a CD-ROM packed with digital versions of the handouts, this edition will assure that young people truly can get by with a little help from their friends. Audience: Educators, Youth-Serving Professionals of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 176 pages, paperback, includes CDROM with reproducible pages, $35.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-490-2 Pub Date: October 2007 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-504-6, $28.95

Barbara B. Varenhorst, Ph.D., is a leading pioneer in peer helping who began her work as a school counselor in the 1960s. The cofounder and past president of the National Peer Helpers Association, she served on numerous professional and academic boards and is the author of Real Friends and Training Teenagers for Peer Ministry.

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Engage Every Parent Encouraging Families to Sign On, Show Up, and Make a Difference by Nancy Tellett-Royce and Susan Wootten This authoritative guide explores how teachers, program leaders, coaches, and other youth workers can forge partnerships with families and encourage meaningful parental involvement. Event planning, volunteer recruitment, and sustaining parental participation are concisely addressed, along with the topics of appropriate conduct, helping young people through transitional periods, and more. Inspirational stories and icebreaker suggestions are combined with fun activities and reproducible handouts on CD-ROM, all designed to increase parent-teacher communication.

Nancy Tellett-Royce is a senior consultant at Search Institute and a community and youth development expert. She is also the former cochair of Children First, author of Supporting Youth, and the creator of the Speaking of Parenting kit. Susan Wootten is an editor at Search Institute Press and a former teacher of English and mathematics. She is active in public school, community, and church activities, and is the parent of three teenagers.

Audience: Educators—All Grades, Youth-Serving Professionals 81/2 x 11, 128 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-194-9 Pub Date: August 2008 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-372-1, $23.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-400-1, $23.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-401-8, $23.95

Engage Every Student Motivation Tools for Teachers and Parents by Elizabeth Kirby, Ed.D., and Jill McDonald, M.Ed. The challenge of motivating underachieving students is addressed in this classroom resource guide that advises teachers and other concerned adults to look beyond test scores and encourage underperforming middle school and high school students to find their motivational spark. Developmental benchmarks, reasonable expectations for results, and strategies for charting progress are discussed for a variety of situations—including those involving learning disabilities, family and environmental factors, different learning styles, and other root causes of motivational deficit—and paired with classroom strategies to address each unique case. A learning styles inventory and a multiple intelligence test are provided to aid in evaluation, and handouts and home strategies to share with parents are offered to reinforce the home-school connection. Elizabeth Kirby, Ed.D., is an assistant professor in the education leadership department at Central Michigan University. She is a former middle school teacher who has published articles on teen victimization and school legal issues in Legal Memorandum and other law and education journals. She lives in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Jill McDonald, M.Ed., is an administrator in the Huron Valley school district who has worked as a middle school and high school teacher, administrator, and at-risk program coordinator. She lives in Detroit, Michigan.

Audience: Educators of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 120 pages, paperback, $21.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-266-3 Pub Date: June 2009 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-197-0, 17.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-334-9, $17.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-337-0, $17.95

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Education Counseling Resources Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences Strategies to Foster Resilience by Jill R. Nelson, Ph.D., and Sarah Kjos, M.Ed. This resource will help educators, mentors, congregational leaders, counselors, and other youth-serving professionals find the tools they need to help young people with personal, familial, or social adversities and face life with confidence. Specific crises are addressed, including youths who physically harm themselves, domestic violence, abusive dating relationships, depression, and homelessness—and solutions are offered for managing them. Includes examples of real-life situations, ideas and topics for group discussion, and reproducible handouts on CD-ROM.

Audience: Youth-Serving Professionals, School Counselors, Educators of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 128 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM with reproducible pages, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-248-9 Pub Date: July 2008 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-357-8, $23.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-395-0, $23.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-396-7, $23.95

Jill R. Nelson, Ph.D., is an assistant professor and clinical program coordinator for the Counselor Education Program at North Dakota State University. Sarah Kjos, M.Ed., is a school counselor at the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center in Fargo, North Dakota.

When Parents Ask for Help Everyday Issues through an Asset-Building Lens by Renie Howard With reproducible articles that speak directly to parents and caregivers about the dilemmas adolescents face, this collection reframes issues from an assetbased point of view to give parents plenty of encouragement, hope, and practical ideas. For health and family-serving professionals in counseling or school settings.

Audience: Family-Serving and Parenting Professionals, School Counselors of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 144 pages, paperback, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-429-2 Pub Date: April 2003 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-294-6, $23.95 More than 9,000 copies sold!

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Empowering Youth How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things by Kelly Curtis, M.S.

Offering indispensable advice to anyone seeking to integrate empowerment into their youth work, this guide demonstrates how youth leaders, teachers, peer program advisors, adults who work with teens and adolescents, and any professional organization with a youth focus can foster leadership qualities in youth.

Teaching Kids to Change the World Classroom Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility for Grades 6–12 by Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner, M.Ed., and Chris Maser, M.S. Not just another social action or service project how-to book, this resource helps students comprehend long-term change and the costs and benefits of sustainability. Lessons are adaptable to curriculums in science, civics, character education, and life skills.

Audience: Educators and Youth-Serving Professionals of Grades 6–12 6 x 9, 160 pages, paperback, $14.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-254-0 • Pub Date: September 2008 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-413-1, $11.95

Audience: Educators, Youth Serving Professionals of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11, 104 pages, paperback, $19.95 ISBN 10: 978-1-57482-877-1 • Pub Date: February 2008 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-389-9, $15.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-418-6, $15.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-420-9, $15.95

Mentoring for Meaningful Results

A Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your School

Foster a healthy, successful mentoring program with this comprehensive handbook that factors in the needs of program leaders, mentors, mentees, parents, and caregivers. Ideal for schools, organizations, and communities.

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“Essentially a ‘mentoring start-up kit’ any program can use.” —Janet Polli, Director of Mentoring USA

Audience: Youth- and Family-Serving Professionals, Educators 81/2 x 11, 120 pages, paperback, $27.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-875-7 • Pub Date: April 2006 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-290-8, $22.95

Moving from Incidental to Intentional

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This book offers teachers can quickly scan each short segment to gain dozens of asset-building ideas to engage students in their classroom. For a more indepth approach, each section offers self-reflection questions for teachers as well as schoolwide strategies to get parents, students, and other school staff involved in creating healthy, caring classrooms. More than 16,000 copies sold! Audience: Educators—All Grades 81/2 x 11, 28 pages, saddle-stitched, $9.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-217-5 • Pub Date: January 2003 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-198-7, $7.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-339-4, $7.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-340-0, $7.95

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Education General

Ideas That Cook

Your Classroom

Activities for Asset-Builders in School Communities

Simple Ways to Create a Positive Learning Climate

Provides schools with doable, compassionate, and spirited activities that demonstrate the power of asset building to the community.

(pack of 20) This booklet (sold in packs of 20) is loaded with easy ways for teachers to build assets, offering tips on building relationships, creating a positive classroom environment, and infusing assets into their existing practices. Included are self-assessment tools for evaluation and reflection.

Audience: Educators—All Grades 81/2 x 11, 168 pages, paperback, $26.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-729-3 Pub Date: July 2001 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-260-1, $21.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-437-7, $21.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-438-4, $21.95

Audience: Educators—All Grades 51/2 x 81/2, 24 pages, saddle-stitched, $14.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-867-2 Pub Date: August 2005

Me @ My Best

Take It to the Next Level

Ideas for Staying True to Yourself—Every Day

Making Your Life What You Want It to Be (pack of 20)

(pack of 20)

Filled with activities and journal topics, this booklet (sold in packs of 20) encourages young people to focus on successes, explore interests, and celebrate progress.

Through stories and reflection questions, this booklet (sold in packs of 20) encourages youth to build upon their strengths.

Audience: Educators and Youth-Serving Professionals Working with Grades 9–12 51/2 x 81/2, 16 pages, saddle-stitched, $12.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-834-4

Audience: Educators and Youth-Serving Professionals Working with Grades 9–12 51/2 x 81/2, 24 pages, saddle-stitched, $15.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-847-4 Pub Date: December 2003

Pub Date: April 2003

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General Education

Ideas for Parents newsletters (CD-ROM) Ideal for elementary and middle school administrators, the weekly newsletters feature great parent involvement techniques that encourage positive actions between parents and children.

40 Ways Anyone Can Build Assets poster (pack of 20) These dynamic and colorful miniposters (sold in packs of 20) present simple ideas about how anyone can help a young person grow strong. Ideal for display on fridges, in classrooms, and on community bulletin boards.

Bilingual

Audience: Educators—All Grades, Family-Serving Professionals CD-ROM in 51/2 x 71/2 case, prints on two-sides to 81/2 x 11 paper, $69.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-873-3 • Pub Date: April 2005

Audience: Educators, Youth- and Family-Serving Professionals of Grades 6–12 51/2 x 33/4 inches inches folded (shown), 51/2 x 34 inches unfolded, $11.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-231-1 • Pub Date: August 2002

Give Me a Guitar

What’s Your Spark?

poster (pack of 20)

(pack of 20) This bright, interactive item for youth folds into a “spark catcher” prompting young people to think about their passion, or “spark,” whether it’s painting, playing soccer, or helping other people.

This mini-poster (sold in packs of 20) offers adults creative actions they can take to build skills, enhance self-confidence, and nurture connections with young people. English on one side, Spanish on the other. Audience: All Caring Adults 51/2 x 33/4 inches inches folded, 51/2 x 15 inches unfolded (shown), $11.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-268-7 Pub Date: September 2008

Audience: Educators, Youth- and Family-Serving Professionals Working with Grades 7–12 2 x 4 inches folded, 8 x 8 inches unfolded (shown), $9.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-267-0 • Pub Date: June 2009 Bilingual

Positive Values card (pack of 20) These colorful, sturdy, plastic cards list positive values that help guide kids in life on one side, and questions to help them make sound choices on the other. Audience: Educators, Family-Serving Professionals Working with Grades 7–12

You Can poster Decorate your classroom, office, conference room, or community center with this inspirational poster based on the eight asset categories. Audience: Educators, Youth- and FamilyServing Professionals 81/2 x 11 inches folded 22 x 34 inches unfolded (shown), $7.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-218-2 • Pub Date: June 1999

21/4 x 31/2, plastic cards, $12.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-223-6 • Pub Date: October 1997 D I S T R I B U T E D B Y I N D E P E N D E N T P U B L I S H E R S G R O U P • w w w. i p g b o o k . co m • 8 0 0 - 8 8 8 - 4 7 4 1

Education General In Our Own Words (8-Poster Set) Eight eye-catching, contemporary posters feature phrases and words that young people used to describe what each asset category means to them. They give their thoughts on Support, Empowerment, Boundaries and Expectations, Constructive Use of Time, Commitment to Learning, Positive Values, Social Competencies, and Positive Identity. Audience: Educators—Grades 5–12, Youth-Serving Professionals 11 x 34, set of 8 posters $32.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-728-6 Pub Date: September 2000

You Have the Power (8-Poster Set) Eight dynamic posters with positive, asset-based messages about sports participation and life. Ideal for display in gyms, locker rooms, and hallways. Audience: Educators—All Ages, Youth-Serving Professionals. 11 x 17, set of 8 posters, $24.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-859-7 Pub Date: July 2004

40 Developmental Assets poster (English and Spanish)

Colorful, eye-catching posters list all 40 Developmental Assets, with age-appropriate definitions. Audience: Educators, Youth- and Family-Serving Professionals of Grades 6–12 81/2 x 11 inches folded, 22 x 34 inches unfolded (shown), $7.95 For Adolescents: ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-280-9 • Pub Date: October 2009 For Preschoolers: ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-279-3 • Pub Date: October 2009

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Community and Social Change Assets in Action

The Journey of Community Change

by Deborah Fisher

by Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner

A Handbook for Making Communities Better Places to Grow Up

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With action strategies and real-life stories from developing communities, this accessible and engaging book outlines fundamentals of how to start, build, and support a community initiative.

Ideal for leaders setting up a community initiative or starting an assetbuilding effort. Human endeavors are inevitably unpredictable, and this guide offers an array of information and solutions for creating community change.

Deborah Fisher

Audience: Community-Centric Adults 7 x 10, 230 pages, paperback, $32.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-750-7 Pub Date: March 2003 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-458-2, $26.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-459-9, $26.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-460-5, $26.95

Audience: Community-Serving Professionals 81/2 x 11, 160 pages, paperback, $39.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-861-0 Pub Date: September 2004 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-293-9, $31.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-439-1, $31.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-440-7, $31.95

Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets

Pass It On!

Ten Steps to Measuring Success in Youth Programs and Communities by Deborah Fisher, Pamela Imm, Matthew Chinman, and Abe Wandersman Designed for communities and organizations working on outcome-based programs, this all-inclusive, indispensable resource is a helpful combination of planning and assessment tools and grassroots mobilization strategies. As a manual, it offers a straightforward and adaptable plan for building community initiatives and programs that get results. Includes helpful accountability questions and a CD-ROM with worksheets and forms. Audience: Community- and Youth-Serving Professionals, Grant Writers 81/2 x 11, 348 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM, $74.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-872-6 • Pub Date: May 2006

Ready-to-Use Handouts for Asset Builders, Second Edition by Jolene L. Roehlkepartain Any Developmental Assets champion can spread the asset message quickly, inexpensively, and effectively with this set of relationship-building handout masters geared for any audience.

Audience: Community-Serving Professionals 81/2 x 11, 176 pages, paperback, includes CD-ROM, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-243-4 Pub Date: September 2006 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-476-6, $23.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-477-3, $23.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-478-0, $23.95

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Community and Social Change

Take it Personally

More than Just a Place to Go

Valuable Insights for People Who Care about Kids

How Developmental Assets Can Strengthen Your Program

by Jolene Roehlkepartain

by Yvonne Pearson, Kristin Johnstad, and James Conway

This second edition action and reflection workbook contains everything individuals need to make a stronger commitment to children and teenagers. A free downloadable facilitator’s guide makes this an ideal book for discussion groups. Audience: Community and Youth-Serving Professionals 81/2 x 11, 84 pages, paperback, $9.95 ISBN 13: s • Pub Date: December 2009

Instant Assets 52 Short and Simple E-Mails for Sharing the Asset Message (CD-ROM) Reinforce community youth development efforts and educate your audience with these 52 brief, jargon-free e-mail messages (in English and Spanish). Customize, then cut, paste, and send directly from personal e-mail accounts.

Profiles of distinctly different youth programs that have successfully infused asset building into their programs offer ideas, insights, and a research-based framework. Audience: Educators, Youth-Serving Professionals 81/2 x 11, 160 pages, paperback, $34.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-430-8 • Pub Date: July 2004 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-304-2, $27.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-445-2, $27.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-446-9, $27.95

A Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your Prevention Program by Deborah Fisher

Focusing on the power of positive relationships, this guidebook teaches prevention program leaders how to implement Developmental Assets. It addresses early sexual activity, substance abuse, school drop-out rates, and peer violence.

Audience: Community- and Family-Serving Professionals CD-ROM in 51/4 x 71/2 case, $24.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-158-1 • Pub Date: June 2007

Audience: Prevention Professionals 81/2 x 11, 28 pages, saddle-stitched, $14.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-195-6 • Pub Date: July 2008 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-288-5, $11.95

Speaking of Developmental Assets

The Asset Activist’s Toolkit

Presentation Resources and Strategies Packed with scripts, outlines, handouts, stories and a PowerPoint® presentation this resource enables speakers to deliver interesting, personalized information about the power of Developmental Assets to any audience. Audience: Community-, Family-, and Youth-Serving Professionals 11 x 115/8 3-ring binder, 81/2 x 11 paper interior 202 pages, includes transparencies, $195.00 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-177-2 • Pub Date: October 2001

Handouts and Practical Resources for Putting Assets into Action This toolkit offers a variety of fun, concrete, and practical ideas to distribute. Included are handouts that incorporate the asset message into any setting and every sector of your community. Audience: Community-Serving Professionals 11 x 115/8 3-ring binder, 81/2 x 11 paper interior 306 pages, $59.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-862-7 • Pub Date: November 2004

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Community and Social Change The Asset Approach

40 Developmental Assets tablet

40 Elements of Healthy YOURDevelopment, SERIES Revised edition (pack of 20)

(50 count tablet) Audience: Educators, Family- and CommunityServing Professionals

El Enfoque en los Elementos Fundamentales 40 Elementos Para un Desarrollo Sano, Revised edition (pack of 20) An overview of the asset-building approach (sold in packs of 20). Presented in a functional format for using with groups it includes the percentages of young people who report experiencing each asset, reflection questions, ideas and activities for youth and adults. More than 68,000 packs sold!

Audience: All Caring Adults, Educators 81/2 x 11, 8 pages, saddle-stitched, $11.95 English: ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-191-8 Pub Date: February 2006 Spanish: ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-192-5 Pub Date: February 2006

81/2 x 11 paper, 50-count tablet, English on one side, Spanish on the opposite side, $4.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-246-5 Pub Date: January 2005

You Can Make a Difference for Kids

Make a Difference Bookmark

(pack of 20)

(pack of 50)

This engaging, interactive booklet (sold in packs of 20) reveals how anyone can and should build Developmental Assets. It incudes tear-out cards with the asset lists for four age groups from birth through age 18.

Reinforce the Developmental Assets message with this colorful bookmark (sold in packs of 50). The eight asset categories are listed on one side and relationship prompts and actions such as “Begin, Invite, Provide, Greet, and Motivate” are listed on the other side.

Audience: All Caring Adults, Educators 81/2 x 81/2, 8 pages, saddle-stitched, $19.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-285-4 • Pub Date: October 2009

Audience: Youth- and Community-Serving Professionals, Educators—All Grades. 2 x 81/2 inches, $11.95. ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-497-1 • Pub Date:

I Noticed! notes

Asset Category posters

(200-count sheets)

(set of 8)

Show kids you’re paying attention to their good behavior with these fun, colorful, tear-off rewards— perfect for classrooms and out-of-school programs.

Each colorful, English-Spanish bilingual poster is printed on durable, synthetic material for use again and again.

Audience: Youth- and Community-Serving Professionals, Educators—All Grades. 41/4 x 23/4 inches, 4 different designs each in 50-count tablets, $9.95. ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-277-9 • Pub Date: May 2009

Audience: Community-, Family-, Youth-Serving Professionals, Educators, All Caring Adults 81/2 x 11 folded, 11 x 17 unfolded (shown), $14.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-262-5 Pub Date: October 2007

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Young Adult Research Life Freaks Me Out And Then I Deal with It (Reassuring Secrets from a Former Teenager) by K. L. Hong Addressing the many turbulent, confusing, and exhilarating situations teens face, this thought-provoking memoir tackles big questions such as Who am I? and What am I called to do on this planet? Sexuality, drug use, friendships, stress management, and self-esteem are among the important adolescent topics discussed in personal and respectful tones with warmth, compassion, and wit.

2005 VOYA Review Editor’s Choice selection

Audience: Young Adults (ages 16 and up), 51/2 x 71/2, 168 pages, paperback, $9.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-856-6 Pub Date: October 2005 Adobe PDF: 978-1-57482-385-1, $7.95 Kindle: 978-1-57482-416-2, $7.95 e-Pub: 978-1-57482-417-9, $7.95

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“In a guide that is achingly intimate and hands-on practical, Hong addresses teenagers as curious, moral, sexual, searching human beings…gritty and wise…a companion for adulthood.” — Elizabeth J. Andrew, author of On the Threshold and Writing the Sacred Journey

“Hong . . . shares her life lessons in a manner to which any freakedout teen might relate.” —VOYA

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K. L. Hong is a grants specialist for the Metropolitan Council in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has contributed to over 30 publications for and about youth and community development.

Research Coming into Their Own

Developmental Assets

How Developmental Assets Promote Positive Growth in Middle Childhood

A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development, Second Edition

by Peter C. Scales, Ph.D., Arturo Sesma Jr., Ph.D., and Brent Bolstrom

by Peter C. Scales, Ph.D., and Nancy Leffert

This resource offers the latest findings from studies on development of children grades 4–6. It provides youth workers, program directors, educators, policy makers, and parents learnings about what can help kids at the critical middle childhood stage.

Audience: Educators, Family- and Youth-Serving Professionals, Mental Health Practitioners 6 x 9, 296 pages, paperback, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-431-5 • Pub Date: August 2003 Adobe PDF 978-1-57482-257-1 $23.95 Kindle 978-1-57482-423-0 $23.95 e-Pub 978-1-57482-425-4 $23.95

This is an invaluable reference for professionals in youth development that illustrates the history of the Developmental Assets framework and its application by examining 800+ scientific articles and reports on adolescent development.

Audience: Educators, Family- and Youth-Serving Professionals, Mental Health Practitioners 6 x 9, 304 pages, paperback, $29.95 ISBN 13: 978-1-57482-338-7 • Pub Date: December 2004 Adobe PDF 978-1-57482-258-8 $23.95 Kindle 978-1-57482-427-8 $23.95 e-Pub 978-1-57482-434-6 $23.95

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150 Ways to Show Kids You Care . . . . . . . . 12 150 Ways to Show Kids You Care poster . . . . 14 40 Developmental Assets poster . . . . . . . 30 40 Developmental Assets tablet . . . . . . . . 33 40 Ways Anyone Can Build Assets poster . . . 29 Activities on the Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Ask Me Where I’m Going . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Asset Activist’s Toolkit, The . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Asset Approach, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Asset Category posters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Assets in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Best of Building Assets Together, The . . . . . 18 Building Assets Is Elementary . . . . . . . . . 17 Building Character from the Start . . . . . . . 17 Coming into Their Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Connect 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting in Your Classroom . . . . . . . . . 23 Conversations on the Go . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity . . . . 5 Developmental Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 El Enfoque en los Elementos . . . . . . . . . . 33 Empowering Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Engage Every Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Engage Every Student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Get Things Going . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets . . . . . . . . . . 31 Give Me a Guitar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Great Group Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Great Group Games for Kids . . . . . . . . . . 16 Great Group Skits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Great Places to Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Great Preschools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Healthy Teen Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences . . . 26 How Was Your Day at School? . . . . . . . . . . 23 I Noticed! notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Ideas for Educators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ideas for Parents newsletters (CD-ROM) . . . . 29 Ideas That Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 In Our Own Words (8-Poster Set) . . . . . . . 30 Instant Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Journey of Community Change, The . . . . . . 31 Just When I Needed You . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Launching Your Teen into Adulthood . . . . . 10 Learn, Serve, Succeed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Life Freaks Me Out And Then I Deal with It . . 34 Los niños importan: 150 maneras de demostrárselo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Make a Difference Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . 33 Make a World of Difference . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Me @ My Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Mentoring for Meaningful Results . . . . . . . 27 Moment’s Peace for Parents of Teens, A . . . . 11 More than Just a Place to Go . . . . . . . . . . 32 Parent, Teacher, Mentor, Friend . . . . . . . . . 9 Parenting at the Speed of Teens . . . . . . . . 10 Parenting Preschoolers with a Purpose . . . . 10 Parenting Preteens with a Purpose . . . . . . 10 Parenting with a Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Pass It On! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Playful Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Positive Values card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Powerful Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Propellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your Prevention Program, A . . . . . . . . 32 Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your School, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Raise Them Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Raising Kids Who Thrive pamphlet . . . . . . . 15 Raising Kids with Care poster . . . . . . . . . 14 Ready, Set, Grow! growth chart poster . . . . 14 Right to Be Safe, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Safe Places to Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Speaking of Developmental Assets . . . . . . 32 Speaking of Parenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Stay Close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Strong Staff, Strong Students . . . . . . . . . 22 Supporting Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Tag, You’re It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Take it Personally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Take It to the Next Level . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Teaching Kids to Change the World . . . . . . 27 Training Peer Helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 What Adults Need to Know about Kids and Substance Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What’s Your Spark? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 When Parents Ask for Help . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Who, Me? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 You Can Make a Difference for Kids . . . . . . 33 You Can poster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 You Have the Power (8-Poster Set) . . . . . . . 30 Your Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Your Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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