SI Spring 2011 Catalog by Search Institute

Discovering What Kids Need to Succeed!

Everything you need to promote healthy youth, families, schools, and communities.

Spring 2011

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Search Institute® seeks to create a world where all young people are valued and thrive. Here’s how we do it:

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Print Resources Search Institute Press provides practical, positive resources to help create a world in which all young people thrive. The materials focus on the 40 Developmental Assets, which are a framework of qualities, experiences, and relationships youth need to succeed.

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ParentFurther is a new program for both parents and professionals who work with parents that strengthens families through specific resources, ideas, and tools. The program takes a positive, strength-based approach to parenting that focuses on what kids and parents are doing right, instead of what they’re doing wrong. Easy-to-use advice and tools teach families how to help kids succeed by putting research into action with small, everyday steps.

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Schools. Families. Communities. All three are essential for helping kids succeed. That’s why Search Institute focuses on bringing you the innovative ideas and tools that you need to strengthen all three. Search Institute’s work in education has gained national prominence in recent months. Last fall, we were selected as one of the few recipients of the federal Investing in Innovation grants (i3). We’re working with four schools in a deep transformation and evaluation project to greatly expand the research on how asset building can be the foundation for successful school reform. As you page through this catalog, you’ll see dozens of tools and services you can use to strengthen your own school through asset building. Three brand new tools you’ll find for schools are: • Creating a Culture of Academic Integrity • Learn, Serve, Succeed: Tools and Techniques for Youth Service-Learning • What Adults Need to Know about Kids and Substance Use We’re also committed to supporting parents and families in their central roles in helping kids succeed. Our key resource is our free website, ParentFurther.com. Check it out, and subscribe to the free biweekly newsletter of everyday parenting tips. You’ll find many new resources for families, including BankIt.com and other tools that help families take on the financial challenges of today’s economy.

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Resources for ALL EDUCATORS Transform your school or classroom by building positive relationships with students.

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What Adults Need to Know about Kids and Substance Use

Risk and Protective Factors Risk and protective factors play serious roles in a teen’s ability to turn down the offer of substances. Many risk factors are outside our scope of abilities to change. However, by knowing that certain lifestyles and behaviors are precursors to sub-

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stance abuse, we can narrow the field of teens practicing high-risk behaviors. Two researchers from the University of Washington, J. David Hawkins and Richard F.

Recognizing the signs, and knowing when and how to intervene.

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Identify the signs of drug use in teens and intervene before it’s too late.

Catalano, have spent more than 20 years researching risk and protective factors that contribute to drug abuse. They are divided into specific areas of influence:

Why do youth abuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs? How can you tell when a young person is using, and how should you respond? What if a student tells you that someone else is using drugs? This handson resource provides an overview of the substances kids are most likely to use (including over-the-counter drugs and increasingly popular inhalants), concise descriptions of effects and warning signs, and a guide to working with youth, parents, the school, social workers, and law enforcement. Comprehensive, realistic, and optimistic, it follows the entire cycle of substance abuse, from experimentation to recovery. Softcover, 120 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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Katharine Sadler is a community prevention specialProtective Factors ist who has worked as a teacher, school counselor, business executive, and community activist. She is a technical assistant and evaluator with the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at Indiana University.

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Activities, strategies, and resources to help kids resist cheating. Cheating on tests, copying homework, plagiarizing assignments: in most high schools today, academic dishonesty is rampant and on the rise. In their own research covering six diverse Connecticut high schools, Wangaard and Stephens found that more than 90 percent of students cheated in some way during the school year. This easy-to-use toolkit gives schools and communities what they need to promote academic integrity, help kids resist cheating, and form an Academic Integrity Committee (teachers, administrators, parents, and students) to support a climate of honesty and hard work. Softcover, 250 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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David B. Wangaard, Ed.D., is the director of the School for Ethical Education (SEE) in Milford, Connecticut. Prior to earning his doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Northern Colorado, Wangaard was a school principal in Alaska. He is also a Character Education Partnership consultant for the National Schools of Character Program. Jason M. Stephens, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the department of educational psychology at the University of Connecticut, where he teaches classes on human learning and academic motivation. Stephens’s research focuses on academic motivation and moral development during adolescence.

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Everything you want and need to know about youth service-learning. Service-learning is becoming more popular in schools nationwide. It teaches valuable skills, boosts academic achievement, and builds a base of volunteers for the future. If you don’t know where to start with youth servicelearning, begin here. This practical handbook leads you through the whole process, from choosing a project through planning, organization, and assessment. Clear instructions and reproducible handouts make it easy to guide your students through the service-learning world. Tools for evaluation and reflection ensure that they will get the most from their work and remember the lessons they have learned. A one-stop, step-by-step resource. Softcover, 152 pages.

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Kate McPherson is director of Project Service Leadership, which assists schools in integrating service into their curriculum and assessment programs, and provides service-learning curricula and programs that enhance student learning.

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Strong Staff, Strong Students

Training Peer Helpers

by Angela Jerabek, M.S., and Nancy Tellett-Royce

by Barbara B. Varenhorst, Ph.D.

Positive, practical ways to inspire and motivate staff in schools and youth programs.

Teach kids to help each other through problems and tough times.

Good schools start with good teachers, and the Developmental Assets make good teachers even better. This guide includes a PowerPoint introduction to the assets, schedules and suggestions for a staff development program based on the assets, and activities that help staff build assets with each. Handouts spread the asset message among students and parents. Softcover, 136 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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Give kids the tools they need to help each other. Fifteen 90-minute sessions teach communication, assertiveness, confidentiality, decision-making, and conflict resolution skills. Kids learn to be good observers, ask questions, listen, resist negative peer pressure, and more. Previously titled An Asset Builder’s Guide to Training Peer Helpers; incorporates the Developmental Assets; updated. Softcover, 176 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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No Kidding About Bullying by Naomi Drew, M.A. 125 ready-to-use activities prevent bullying and teach kindness and compassion. Half of all students in the U.S. report being bullied. Designed for already-packed school days, 125 mini-lessons (each 20 minutes or less) help kids in grades 3–6 manage anger, resolve conflicts, build empathy, get along, and stop bullying by peers. The result: respectful, welcoming classrooms. Works as a stand-alone curriculum or with programs already in place. Softcover, 288 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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Your Classroom Booklet Easy ways to build relationships with young people, create a positive classroom environment, and bring the Developmental Assets into existing classroom practices. 24 pages, pack of 20.

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Give Me a Guitar Mini-Poster Fifty creative ways for adults to connect with and empower young people. Two-sided (English and Spanish). Folds for mailing. Pack of 20, each 5½” x 15”.

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The Best of Building Assets Together

Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences

The Essential Guide to Talking with Teens

by Jolene L. Roehlkepartain

by Jill R. Nelson, Ph.D., and Sarah Kjos, M.Ed.

by Jean Sunde Peterson, Ph.D.

More than 150 time-tested, field-tested activities that help youth succeed.

How to identify and work with the teens who need you most.

Reach out to young people with ready-to-use discussions, tested with thousands of teens.

The most popular activities from Building Assets Together and More Building Assets Together, plus 38 brand-new activities, all based on the Developmental Assets. Proven, powerful ways to get kids’ attention, get them to open up, and help them discover and build on their strengths. Includes icebreakers, fun stuff, and serious discussion topics. Softcover, 160 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts (English and Spanish).

What do you say to a student who tells you he’s being abused? To a pregnant teen? To one who wonders if he’s gay? This book highlights 20 adversities teens face, then offers information and strategies you can use to help them deal with those experiences. Softcover, 128 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

All young people need a safe, supportive place to “just talk” with peers who care and adults who really listen. Developed over decades, in touch with current issues and changing times, these guided discussions meet the American School Counselor Association’s national standards for academic, career, and personal/social development. Topics include stress, feelings, relationships, and self-esteem. Softcover, 282 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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

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“If you are looking for innovative ways to build strengths in young people, The Best of Building Assets Together is exactly what you need!” —Angie Mentz, coordinator, Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities

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Supporting Youth

by Kelly Curtis, M.S., founder of Empowering Youth, Inc.

by Nancy Tellett-Royce Ways to get through to young people and build positive relationships. Based on the Support Assets. Softcover, 112 pages.

Activities, firsthand accounts, checklists, and tips encourage kids to do great things. Based on the Empowerment Assets. Softcover, 160 pages.

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Resources for ALL EDUCATORS How Was Your Day at School?

Ideas for Educators CD-ROM

by Nathan Eklund, M.Ed.

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

How to make any school a workplace that works for teachers. The influence of the classroom teacher is the most important factor in predicting student success. Yet many schools struggle to prevent teacher burnout, avoid turnover, and retain the high-quality teachers who are essential to student achievement. A trainer and former high-school teacher offers advice, practical strategies, questions for reflection and discussion, and schoolwide suggestions for shared accountability and change. Keep the teachers you need most and make teacher job satisfaction a win-win situation. Founded on the Developmental Assets, this book advocates strong relationships between teachers and administrators. Softcover, 164 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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42 ready-to-use newsletters with fresh ideas for working with students. Each newsletter spotlights a Developmental Asset, with strategies and tips for bringing it into daily teaching practice and creating a successful classroom. Choose PDFs or Word documents; print in color or B&W; send as e-mail attachments; even cut-and-paste into school and district newsletters. Full of information and advice, easy to use, ready to go. CD-ROM in DVD case.

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Nathan Eklund, M.Ed., is an educational consultant at Search Institute, a professional speaker, and an educational trainer with 12 years of experience as a high school teacher. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Adrienne Gilby, M.Ed., is a former high school teacher and an advocate of the power of public education. She lives in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

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Engage Every Parent

Engage Every Student

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Proven ways to get parents involved in their kids’ education and extracurriculars.

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“I’d recommend this book to administrators, new teachers, elementary education instructors, and any teacher who wants to utilize parent volunteers as effectively as possible. And volunteer coordinators, of course!” —Heidi Peterson, parent volunteer coordinator, Hopkins High School, Minnetonka, MN. 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. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dozens of ready-to-use tools give kids the desire and the confidence to learn. Help kids really want to learn with handouts, activities, and best-practice tips designed to get them excited and keep them connected. Learn why some kids lack motivation, and tailor learning activities accordingly. Create a positive parent-teacher-student relationship that will encourage learning both in and out of the classroom. Incorporates the Developmental Assets. Softcover, 128 pages, reproducible handouts.

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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. Jill McDonald, M.Ed., has worked as a middle and high school teacher and administrator as well as an at-risk program coordinator. Jill is the co-author of BullyProofing Your High School and is a national trainer, consultant, and workshop presenter for teachers, schools, and intermediate school districts. Currently, she is an administrator in the Huron Valley School District in Highland, Michigan.

Susan Wootten is a former teacher of English and mathematics. She is active in public school, community, and church activities, and is the parent of three teenagers. She resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Connect with families and encourage parents to sign on, show up, and make a difference. This book covers every step in building good working relationships with parents, from first contact to thanking volunteers. Learn to communicate, plan conferences, make an impact on hard-toreach parents, even deal with overzealous “helicopter parents.” Softcover, 132 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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Shout It Out: The Real High School Musical DVD

The Bully Free Classroom

Great Places to Learn

by Allan L. Beane, Ph.D.

Winner of the NEA Human and Civil Rights Award.

More than 100 ready-to-use prevention and intervention strategies.

by Neal Starkman, Ph.D., Peter C. Scales, Ph.D., and Clay Roberts, M.S.

Based on the lives of Vermont teens, set to music, this award-winning film follows a group of teens through the most tumultuous moments of high school: academic pressure, friction with peers, teen pregnancy, sexuality, bullying, problems at home, class issues, trying to fit in. 90-minute DVD, 2 study guides, soundtrack CD.

Every school day, in every school, students are bullied by other students. Make your classroom bully-free with these activities, tips, discussions, handouts, surveys, skill-building exercises, and more. Help victims help themselves; help bullies change their behavior; get parents involved. Complement or supplement an existing bullyprevention program or use as a stand-alone. Softcover, 176 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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How to create a school environment where students will thrive. Research shows that the Developmental Assets help students K–12 do well in school and become healthy, caring, responsible members of society. This book includes a clear introduction to the assets, practical ideas for integrating assets throughout your school (no need to start a new program), and firsthand accounts from schools across the country. Inspiring, optimistic, and concrete. Softcover, 216 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts and tools.

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Teaching Kids to Change the World

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Bully Free Zone In a Jar Tips for Dealing with Bullying

What to do if you have a bully problem—whether you are the target, the bystander, or the bully.

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Hidden Treasures of Assets Game from Kelly Curtis, author of Empowering Youth, and Wayne Whitwam A fun board game and a great prevention tool. To reach young people, make learning a game. Easy-to-use, interactive board game teaches kids about the Developmental Assets and the consequences of risky behaviors. Guided discussion helps them understand how these concepts relate to their own lives. Created by educators; strong research base meets Safe and Drug Free Schools criteria. Game board, playing pieces, 2 sets of game cards (grades 3–6 and 7–12), Assets Guide, instructions.

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Twenty-six easy-to-use lessons inspire social consciousness and action. Kids learn to think critically and view the world through their strengths. Softcover, 104 pages.

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A Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your School Booklet Have more positive impact on students with less effort and little cost. Includes examples, suggestions, reflection questions, and schoolwide strategies. Peek Inside Saddle-stitched, 28 pages.

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Great Group Games for Kids by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor, best-selling authors of Great Group Games Play with purpose: 150 fun and meaningful games engage, inspire, and empower.

Practical Use: Perfect for classrooms, youth

Just one second—a smile, a few words—can build a relationship and change a life. Easy-touse tools from a Search Institute trainer are daily reminders and motivators. Sticky notes have five different starter messages. Example: “I noticed something really special about you today. It is…” 5 packs of 50, 4” x 3”. Blue silicone wristband says “Take a Second. Make a Difference.” Pack of 20. Posters are simple but powerful: “Smile at me. Nobody else has.” “Say hi to me. I hate feeling invisible.” “Sit by me. Find out who I am.” Set of 3, each 12” x 26”.

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Design your own superhero identity—and explore your potential to be special. Do the balloon stomp—and learn to protect what’s important to you. Games are great ways to teach key concepts and skills including cooperation, problem-solving, communication, responsibility, and more. Based on the 40 Developmental Assets. Softcover, 232 pages.

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Propellers Portable, powerful conversation starters. Start meaningful conversations with kids anytime, anywhere. Full-color, double-sided cards include 160 thought-provoking questions on topics kids care about: school, friendships, family, money, community, values, and the future, plus icebreaker questions to get things rolling with individuals or groups. A ready-to-use resource for teachers, mentors, parents, counselors, and peer helpers. Set of 80 cards on a ring, 3½” x 2”.

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Fifty asset-building activities help teens explore diversity, become more culturally aware, examine their own attitudes and behaviors, and build relationships.

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“ This book offers constructive action for those who ask, ‘How do I go about raising diversity awareness and acceptance among youth?’” —School Library Journal

What Do You Stand For? For Teens by Barbara A. Lewis

A Guide to Building Character

Safe Places to Learn by Paul Sulley Make school a place where all students feel supported, accepted, and free to learn. Based on the Developmental Assets, 21 lessons end meanness and teach positive values. Softcover, 140 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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This books invites teens to explore and practice honesty, kindness, integrity, tolerance, respect, and more. Includes inspiring quotations, thoughtprovoking dilemmas, activities, and stories about real kids who exemplify positive character traits. Resources point the way toward character-building books, organizations, programs, and websites. Softcover, 288 pages.

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Powerful Teaching Edited by Judy Taccogna, Ed.D. In response to educators’ requests to do more with Developmental Assets, Search Institute designed this resource that addresses the core of everyday classroom teaching and learning. Powerful Teaching shows education professionals how to infuse the assets into their existing curriculum and instruction, all without starting a new program. The book has instructional strategies that teachers can use and adapt to their particular needs, allowing teachers to focus on individuals and the academic, social, and emotional growth of the whole student. Softcover, 304 pages.

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Standard 4: The student will analyze the influence of culture, media, technology, and other factors on health. Standard 5: The student will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.

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Lesson / Unit Objectives To develop social competence, positive values, and positive identify. To encourage positive parent-child communication.

Look It Over Review the media literacy fact sheet. Review the parent-child communication guidelines.

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1. Record a music video of your choice (from MTV, VH-1, BETA, etc.). 2. Watch the video with the sound off. Write down images and messages you see. 3. Get the lyrics to the song from the Web site (accessed November 15, 2002): www.songlyricssource.com. Read the lyrics. 4. Watch the video with the sound on. Answer on paper: Does the video send the same images and messages with the lyrics as without sound? Why or why not?

Home to School Communication Dear Family Partner: Please give me your reactions to this activity. Enter a 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 for each statement to reflect your opinion. 1 = Strongly Disagree, 2 = Disagree, 3 = Unsure, 4 = Agree, 5 = Strongly Agree ______ The assignment directions were clear. ______ My son / daughter and I enjoyed this activity. ______ This assignment helped me know what my son / daughter is learning in health education. ______ This assignment helped me communicate with my son / daughter. Other Comments: ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________

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1. Switch videos and lyrics. (Parent gives lyrics and video he or she taped to youth; youth gives lyrics and video he or she taped to parent.) 2. Follow numbered steps 2–4 in section A above. C. Parent and Youth TOGETHER

1. Watch one of the videos together. 2. Share and discuss how each of you responded when you watched the video alone. Carefully listen to one another and consider both perspectives. What do you agree on (even if stated somewhat differently)? Disagree on? 3. Watch the second video together and do step 2 for this video.

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1. This activity incorporates ideas from media educator Mary Byrne Hoffman as referenced in the 2001 newsletter Families Are Talking: SIECUS Report Supplement, 1(2); see the Web site accessed November 15, 2002: www.siecus.org / pubs / pubs0004.html; and from TIPS (Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork) from the National Network of Partnership Schools; see the Web site accessed November 15, 2002: www.csos.jhu.edu / p2000 / tips / TIPSmain.htm. 2. Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards. (1995). National health education standards: Achieving health literacy. Available from the American School Health Association (P.O. Box 708, 7263 State Route 43, Kent, OH 44240); the Association for the Advancement of Health Education (1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22901); or the American Cancer Society (800-ACS-2345).

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Everyday actions can make a big difference in the lives of young people. That’s the message of the Developmental Assets, and no other resource makes this more clear and inviting. In just 8 pages (plus a pull-out poster and bookmark), it introduces the assets, summarizes the research, gives ways to get started, and personalizes the experience (“Who made a difference in your life?”). Pack of 15, each 8 ½” square.

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Pa Say Yes to No Leader’s Kit by Monica Walsh, M.A., and David Walsh, Ph.D., founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family Everything you need to help parents raise happy, self-reliant kids. Teach parents the 12 Big Ideas they need to prepare their 21st-century kids for success in school and life. Kit includes a five-session Leader’s Guide, the SYTN Leader’s Training DVD (a live parent program led by Dr. Walsh), information on planning and promoting a SYTN program in your school or organization, bibliography, pack of 25 SYTN parent workbooks, and a copy of No: Why Kids of All Ages Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It by Dr. Walsh. You learn how to deliver the training, step-by-step; parents learn and practice proven SYTN strategies and gain confidence in their parenting abilities. Complete kit in 12” x 12” tote.

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Help parents learn how our media culture affects children’s school readiness and success.

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Presenters, this is for you: a manual with instructions and presentation tips, a fully-developed 25-minute script you can tailor for different audiences, overhead transparencies/PowerPoint downloads, handouts, stickers, postcards, stories from parents, “150 Ways to Show Kids You Care” posters (60 copies), booklets, and more.

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Ideas for Parents CD-ROM 52 ready-to-use newsletters full of helpful, useful information for parents.

Brain Power DVD David Walsh, Ph.D.

Thousands of organizations have used these friendly, engaging newsletters with parents across the country. Each features “news you can use”—discussion prompts, activities, and practical tips for raising kids, all grounded in the Developmental Assets. Use as-is or customize. A rich and reusable resource. CD-ROM of reproducible handouts in PDF form.

An easy-to-understand tour of children’s and teens’ brain development and the impact of experience on the “wiring” of their brains. 8 min. DVD with discussion guide.

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Say Yes to No DVD In a special, live presentation, best-selling author and psychologist David Walsh offers practical, compassionate advice to help parents overcome the difficulty of saying NO and develop healthy limits for their children. 60 min. DVD with discussion guide.

Practical Use: Help families understand Developmental Assets.

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Simple, everyday ways to build positive relationships with young people.

Fun, friendly ideas for taking care of your children—and yourself.

Every young person needs positive relationships with adults. As adults, we don’t always know how to form and sustain those relationships. A nationally recognized expert in child and teen development, Benson describes simple ways to reach out to kids, shares inspiring real-life stories, and invites every adult to step up. Softcover, 204 pages.

Practical Use: Help kids feel valued and connected.

A parenting expert and mother of two offers fresh ideas for handling 40 common challenges, from bed-wetting to lying and sibling rivalry, plus ways to teach life skills, enhance the parent-child relationship, and build a web of support. Commonsense, reassuring advice, grounded in the Developmental Assets. Softcover, 232 pages.

Practical Use: Find both day-to-day tips and big-picture values to help you be the parent you want to be.

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“ This very readable book reminds us how deeply both our professional and personal encounters with young people matter.” —Susan S. Stepleton, president and CEO, Parents as Teachers

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“ A useful resource for parents of the preschool set.” —Publishers Weekly “ A nice road map for raising preschoolers.” —Library Journal

Peter L. Benson, Ph.D., is president and CEO of Search Institute and is one of the world’s leading authorities on positive youth development.

Launching Your Teen into Adulthood

Doing Good Together by Jenny Friedman, Ph.D., and Jolene Roehlkepartain

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How to help older teens prepare to leave home and live on their own.

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Schools, workplaces, and organizations are hungry to get families involved in meaningful service opportunities and make an impact in the community. Doing Good Together answers the growing demand for family volunteerism with hands-on service projects focused on easing poverty, promoting literacy, supporting the troops, helping the environment, and more. Each of the 101 self-contained projects provides an overview, time requirements, materials list, step-bystep instructions, debriefing questions, recommended books for kids and teens, and ideas for extending the activity. Softcover, 414 pages.

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No: Why Kids of All Ages Need to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It by David Walsh, Ph.D., founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family

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and yourself—for life after high school.

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Sending a child out into the world can be scary. Based on the Developmental Assets, this book is a roadmap for guiding young people to make good choices. Checklists, interviews, stories from real parents, and other resources cover college decisions, preparing for the workplace, dealing with money, living independently, handling relationships, and more. Softcover, 200 pages. Item 0737…$13.95

Warm, lively, sometimes humorous and always down-to-earth advice for using “No” the right way. Just say “Yes” to “No.” The first look at the psychological importance of “No” in a child’s development, this book helps parents regain confidence in their own judgment, say “No,” and follow through. Parents improve their relationship with their kids, learn to set and enforce limits for different ages, and make “No” a positive factor Peek Inside in family life. Softcover, 336 pages.

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Bring families together to help them counterbalance the hyper-consumer culture and equip the next generation for a lifetime of financial success. The goal of each chapter is simple: leverage everyday life experiences to get families thinking, talking, and doing money in ways that honor their values. Spiral-bound, 170 pages, DVD.

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Money doesn’t have to be a difficult subject with your teens. Bank It makes it easy to start or continue the conversation about making your money count. Learn money topics ranging from spending to saving. Visit BankIt.com to learn more.

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Parenting Preteens with a Purpose

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen & Listen So Teens Will Talk

by Kate Thomsen, M.S., C.A.S.

Why Do they Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain

Reassuring, practical advice on problems common to the preteen years.

by David Walsh, Ph.D., founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family

Peer pressure, bullying, friendship, manners, self-esteem, crushes, learning difficulties, Internet risks: the preteen years can seem full of problems. Based on research, grounded in the Developmental Assets, this nurturing book includes tips, how-tos, checklists, and encouragement for parents navigating the stormy middle years. “Provides many answers”—Library Journal. Softcover, 216 pages.

A groundbreaking guide for surviving the drama of adolescence.

Lively, down-to-earth advice from bestselling authors and internationally acclaimed parenting experts.

Practical Use: Deal with the tough stuff

as children transform into teenagers. Peek Inside

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Even smart kids do not-so-smart things. In easyto-understand terms, Walsh shows how mystifying, annoying, and dangerous teenage behaviors are linked to physical changes and growth in the adolescent brain. Then he tells parents how to use this information to understand, communicate with, and stay connected to their kids. Includes sample dialogues, behavioral contracts, and parental survival kits. Softcover, 276 pages.

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by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Stop fighting, start talking. Stories, cartoons, and tips (“Instead of giving orders, describe the problem; instead of attacking the teenager, describe what you feel”) help parents start and maintain a candid, open, mutually respectful dialogue with their teens. “Among the best of the best”—Boston Globe. Softcover, 196 pages.

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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish A national bestseller—millions sold. “The parenting bible.”—Boston Globe

Ask Me Where I’m Going A little book of big insights into what teens need, think, and feel. What do teens want to tell the adults in their lives? What do they really need? Not more “stuff,” but more acceptance, guidance, and love. Organized into the eight categories of the Developmental Assets, this book helps adults think about ways to connect with teens. Softcover, 80 pages.

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Praised by parents and professionals around the world, this book gives parents the know-how to stop fighting, start talking, and be effective with their children. Down-to-earth, respectful, full of practical ways to solve common problems, it makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding. Softcover, 304 pages.

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Your Child’s Strengths

Practical Use: Distribute to anyone who wants to show support for children and teens.

A Guide for Parents and Teachers by Jenifer Fox

Raising Our Daughters and Raising Our Sons by Kathy Masarie, M.D., with Jody Bellant Scheer, M.D., and Kathy Keller Jones, M.A. Powerful lessons based on the Developmental Assets help parents deepen and strengthen their relationships with their children. For use in parent groups. Softcover, 414 pages.

Educator Jennifer Fox argues that “fixing” kids’ weaknesses is not the way to achieve success. Rather, Fox promotes focusing on kids’ natural inclinations in three interdependent areas: activity strengths, relationship strengths, and learning strengths. Softcover, 368 pages.

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Find concrete strategies for improving your schools, programs, and neighborhoods. Sparks: How Parents Can Help Ignite the Hidden Strengths of Teenagers

Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets by Deborah Fisher, Pamela Imm, Mathew Chinman, and Abe Wandersman

by Peter L. Benson, Ph.D., president of Search Institute

The power of the Developmental Assets plus the prevention strategies of the Getting to Outcomes model.

How to change teens’ lives by helping them discover their passions. A spark is something that gives life meaning, a source of happiness and joy. Whether it’s sports, animals, music, nature, spirituality, or volunteering—a spark motivates and inspires. It can also keep kids going on a positive path. Benson spells out five steps for igniting sparks in teens to bring out their highest potential. Hardcover, 256 pages. Practical Use: Nurture the interests Item 0404…$24.95 and passions that matPeek Inside ter most to your child.

A full range of resources needed to improve the quality of community development work and report and measure performance. Easy-to-follow instructions lead you through a ten-step planning, implementation, and evaluation process. Each step is illustrated with examples from Search Institute’s Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth initiative, a nationwide network of community organizations. Softcover, 348 pages, CD-ROM of customizable handouts.

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The Journey of Community Change

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by Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner, M.Ed.

by Jolene L. Roehlkepartain Effective, informative handouts, letters to the editor, press releases, PSAs, and more help you integrate asset building throughout your community. 306 pages in a 3-ring binder.

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A Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your Prevention Program Booklet

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“ Simply sharing these handouts with people in the community is an easy way to spread the word!” —Heather Faubert, Student Support Services, Capitol Region Board of Cooperative Education Services, Albany, NY

Building Assets in Congregations

All Kids Are Our Kids

by Eugene C. Roehlkepartain

by Peter L. Benson, Ph.D., president of Search Institute

Strategies and tools for strengthening youth work in congregations of all faiths, complete with bulletin inserts, based on the Developmental Assets. Softcover, Peek Inside 224 pages.

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Speaking of Developmental Assets Kit

by Neal Starkman, Ph.D. Scripts, outlines, transparencies, handouts, stories, activities, and more for lively 25-, 45-, and 90-minute presentations on the power of the Developmental Assets. 202 pages and CD-ROM of Reproducible reproducible handouts in a 3-ring binder. Handouts

“ This book represents a significant advance regarding how communities think about evaluation and how they target their efforts.” —David Osher, foreward to Getting to Outcomes with Devlopmental Assets

The Asset Activist’s Toolkit

A how-to guide for Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth initiatives, with practical advice, examples, techniques, worksheets, and an array of Peek Inside options. Softcover, 160 pages.

Transform your prevention program by incorporating the strength-based approach of the Developmental Assets and strategies specific to your Peek Inside setting. Booklet, 28 pages.

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How to unleash the power of community to help kids grow up healthy. When people unite around a shared vision of healthy child and adolescent development, kids thrive. The second edition of Benson’s popular book introduces the Developmental Assets, challenges all segments of the community (families, neighbors, schools, congregations, employers, youth organizations) to share in the responsibility for taking action, and spells out five action strategies. Softcover, 415 pages.

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Resources for MENTORS and YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS

Make a lasting impression through fun activities and meaningful conversations.

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Great Group Games

Conversations on the Go

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by Susan Ragsdale and Ann Saylor

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Our best-selling book of low-prep games that break up cliques and develop team spirit.

Keep teens and grown-ups talking with intriguing, surprising, thought-provoking questions. A fun way to encourage family and other youth-adult conversations. Pocket-sized, carry-along book. Softcover, 100 pages.

Quick and easy ideas for interacting with kids and building relationships.

Energize and motivate your classroom, retreat, or workshop, help newcomers feel welcome, turn strangers into friends, and transform any group into a cohesive, caring team. Linked to the Developmental Assets, 175 fun games and activities can be played anywhere by groups large and small. “Infinitely usable”—Youth Today. Softcover, 228 pages.

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Audition for a reality show. Design a board game. See a play at a community theater, then stay after and talk to the actors. This pocket-sized guide describes many activities that strengthen relationships and trust between adults and children, with follow-up questions. All are low-cost, low-prep, and adaptable to a range of ages. Softcover, 104 pages.

Practical Use: Handy activity ideas for any setting.

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Mentoring for Meaningful Results

What Teens Need to Succeed

by Kristie Probst

by Peter L. Benson, Ph.D., Judy Galbraith, M.A., and Pamela Espeland

Created with input from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership and Big brothers, Big Sisters of The Greater Twin Cities

Asset Categories Backpack Carry your asset-building books and resources in a backpack that invites questions and discussion. Shows all eight asset category icons. Nylon backpack with drawstring closure; 15” x 18½”.

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Launch a mentoring program or enhance an existing one with tips, handouts, conversation-starters, activity ideas, and more, all based on the Developmental Assets. Softcover, 120 pages.

Describes the Developmental Assets in teen-friendly language, then calls on teens to build their own assets. Includes hundreds of ideas and real-life stories. Softcover, 272 pages.

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Resources for MENTORS and YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens by Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S. Flexible, ready-to-use curriculum teaches practical leadership skills to all teens, not just a select few. 21+ sessions. Use with the student book Everyday Leadership (Item 0089). Softcover, 240 pages.

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Everyday Leadership Workbook by Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S. Activities help teens discover their leadership potential and develop skills. Consumable workbook; use with Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens (Item 0090). Softcover, spiral-bound, 128 pages.

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Teambuilding with Teens by Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S. Teens learn the skills and attitudes of teamwork through experiential activities. Thirty-six engaging, easy-to-use activities help teens learn to recognize each other’s strengths, become better listeners, identify personal and group values, build trust, set goals, and more. Includes roleplays, discussions, simulations, building projects, writing exercises, and games. Flexible format; use the activities in any sequence, as few or as many as you wish. Softcover, 192 pages, CD-ROM of reproducible handouts.

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Positive Values Cards

Everyday Leadership Cards

Hand these out to the young people in your life. One side lists the Positive Values Assets, the other has questions to guide decision making. Pack of 20 cards, 2¼” x 3½”.

by Mariam G. MacGregor, M.S.

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“Imagine This” scenarios, “What Would You Do?” questions, prompts for hard-to-talk-about subjects, and more. Use with Building Everyday Leadership in All Teens (Item 0090). Set of 60 cards, 3” x 4½”.

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Great Group Skits by Lynn Grasberg and Gina Oldenburg Role-playing scenarios build character, creativity, self-reliance, and analytical skills. Created by experts who teach improvisational theater, 50 scenarios linked to the Developmental Assets help educators engage with kids and kids engage with each other. These are not line-by-line dialogues but starting points that let youth decide where to go. Categories include imagination, teamwork, motivation, peer pressure, and conflict resolution. “Full of teen appeal”—Youth Today. Softcover, 192 pages.

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and group dynamics through scenarios that make them think.

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 has written several plays. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

“ Wonderfully inventive, concise, and enlightening…a must have for the beginning instructor or the seasoned veteran.—Katy McEwen, associate artistic director, Brave New Workshop Theater Company

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Unlock the power of data! Find out how a focus on strengths can be more effective than a focus on deficits. Building Healthy Communities for Positive Youth Development by Michael J. Nakkula, Karen C. Foster, Marc Mannes, Shenita Bolstrom This book explains the Developmental Assets framework and shows how eight communities across the U.S. are using it to fit the unique cultures and resources of their neighborhoods. It focuses on the unique needs and strengths of the local youth. Stakeholders collaborating in the process include parents, educators, politicians, service providers, law enforcement, volunteers, and the youth themselves. The authors provide a flexible, living blueprint for promoting the well-being of children and teenagers by using an asset-based common language among all participants and by building common ground among the various sectors involved in the initiatives. Hardcover, 240 pages.

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Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development

Coming into Their Own: How Developmental Assets Promote Positive Growth in Middle Childhood

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

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

Examines more than 800 articles and reports on adolescent development that tie to the Developmental Assets, showing the strong foundation that undergirds Peek Inside the asset framework. Softcover, 304 pages.

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Promoting Positive Development in Early Childhood by Karen VanderVen

Authoritative Communities: The Scientific Case for Nurturing the Whole Child

Building Blocks for a Successful Start

by Kathleen Kovner Kline

Essential research about early childhood development. Hardcover, 184 pages.

Innovative solutions based in mental health and resilience literature and the hypothesis that humans are “hardwired” to connect. Brings new insights to the nature/nurture debate. Softcover, 390 pages.

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Looking for an easy way to receive the latest news from Search Institute? These online newsletters are available at no charge, and are filled with ideas related to building assets! Each one contains applicable information for parents, youth workers, and everyone else. Sign up now at www.search-institute.org/resources/newsletters/signup

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Draw from research and triedand-true practices as you reach out to students and families. • Engage Every Student • Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences • Empowering Youth • A Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your School

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Handouts and workbooks help staff, students, and parents take action for positive change. • Empowering Youth • Great Places to Learn • Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences • I Noticed! notes • Positive Values cards • A Quick-Start Guide to Building Assets in Your Prevention Program • Strong Staff, Strong Students • Take It to the Next Level

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you need on student behavior. Take positive action and build community support.

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Our surveys are not just “data about kids.” They empower young people in conversations about change. Our surveys’ strength is in their positive focus, while still giving you the data you need on risk behaviors and helping you to identify problems to solve. We help you ask, “What’s it like being a young person in our school or community?” And don’t forget, we also have surveys that include the adult perspective!

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Our promise to you: • Guaranteed six-week turnaround time • One-on-one consultations • Publicity tools for community outreach • Technical support

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For many of our surveys, once you’ve collected your data, we can compile and analyze your results and prepare a detailed report of the findings as well as an executive summary.

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Put your data to work!

After you have your results, our professional presenters and trainers can Tr ainings help you take action to transform your school, program, or community into the place you want it to be. Take advantage of the unique opportunity to have your survey results presented to your audience by a Search Institute– endorsed trainer.

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Commitment to Learning

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Positive Values 41% 43%

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QUESTIONS? Not sure where to start? Our staff can assist you in choosing the survey that best fits your needs. For more information, please call 877-240-7251, ext 1. or e-mail sales@search-institute.org. Additional information is available at search-institute.org/survey-services.

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SEARCH INSTITUTE Training and Speaking

TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER

... develop the knowledge and skills to make a difference in the lives of young people with real outcomes! We offer conference organizers, educators, program staff, parents and community members the skills and information they need to improve outcomes for youth. Our work is grounded in scientific research and translated into specific, meaningful data.

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Anyone who works with youth can learn the skills and receive the information they need to improve outcomes for youth. Our work is grounded in scientific research and translated into specific, meaningful data.

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We offer keynotes, training of trainer events, parent workshops, and educator trainings.

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Data makes you rw Use a survey to find o ork e ut the kids in your v scho what en ’s ol o r co up w str mm ith o ng un ity e .

Let us help you . . . Generate interest . . . Build skills . . . Empower action!

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Why choose Search Institute Training and Speaking? • We can offer your organization a customized package of services • We offer research-based strategies for school and community improvements.

• We know how to start and sustain organizational and community-wide initiatives for youth success. • Our groundbreaking approaches to student achievement and youth leadership are a breath of fresh air compared to models that focus on “what’s wrong with kids.”

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2011 CONfereNCe

November 3–5, 2011 • Omaha, Nebraska Are you . . . interested in helping youth succeed in life? Do you . . . work with youth in their schools or in their communities? Plan now to attend the BigTent! It’s the most comprehensive professional development opportunity for people who work with youth in their schools and in their communities, helping them to succeed in life. You will leave the conference more effective, further energized, and better equipped to help kids succeed in schools, families, and communities.

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