Search Institute Archives

General Interest

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• Building Assets for Youth

Published in: Youth Update
Date: February 1994
 
• Now What Do We Do?

Acting on Behalf of Youth Can Take Many Forms
Published in: Source
Date: March 1993
 
• What Teens Need from Adults

Published in: Contact
Date: March 1992
 
• Working Together

Eight Myths About What Youth Need from Communities
Published in: Source
Date: May 1992

Youth and Their World

• Backbone

Essential for Survival on the Trouble Journey
Published in: Source
Date: April 1991
 
• Growing Up Adopted

New Study Identifies Strengths of Adoptive Families
Published in: Source
Date: June 1994
 
• Kids Who Care

Meeting the Challenge of Youth Service Involvement
Published in: Source
Date: December 1991
 
• Preventing Teenage Drug Use

Published in: Contact
Date: December 1991
 
• Teenager's Media-Saturated World

Published in: Contact
Date: January 1992
 
• Teens and Politics

Published in: Contact
Date: November 1992
 
• The Troubled Journey

New Light on Growing Up Healthy
Published in: Source
Date: December 1990
 
• The Ups and Downs of Teen Friendships

Published in: Contact
Date: October 1992
 
• Youth See Benefits of Serving Others

Published in: Youth Update
Date: May 1995
 
• Youth Violence in Middle America

Early Prevention Efforts Offer the Best Hope
Published in: Source
Date: September 1992

Community Leaders

• Building Community Strengths

Study Examines the Impact of Communities on Youth
Published in: Source
Date: September 1993
 
• Healthy Communities - Healthy Youth

A National Initiative of Search Institute to United Communities for Children and Adolescents
Complete text available
 
• Now What Do We Do?

Acting on Behalf of Youth Can Take Many Forms
Published in: Source
Date: March 1993
 
• Working Together

Eight Myths About What Youth Need from Communities
Published in: Source
Date: May 1992

Families

• Adopted Teenagers

Many Questions, Emerging Answers
Published in: Source
Date: September 1992
 
• Beyond Dictators and Doormats

Giving Teens Boundaries
Published in: Youth Update
Date: November 1994
 
• Building Assets

What Parents Can Do
Published in: Youth Update
Date: February 1995
 
• Can We Talk?

Published in: Contact
Date: November 1991
 
• Connecting Schools and Families

The Power of Parental Involvement in School
Published in: Source
Date: October 1994
 
• Growing Places

Study Identifies Opportunities and Needs for Youth Programs
Published in: Source
Date: October 1995
 
• Growing Up Adopted

New Study Identifies Strengths of Adoptive Families
Published in: Source
Date: June 1994
 
• Ideas for Enhancing Parental Involvement

Published in: Youth Update
Date: November 1994
 
• Involving Families in Service

Published in: Youth Update
Date: August 1994
 
• Raising Assertive Youth

Published in: Youth Update
Date: August 1995
 
• Single-Parent Families

Growing Up in a Single-Parent Family Increases Risks But Doesn't Seal Destiny
Published in: Source
Date: June 1993

Schools

• Student Achievement: Do Assets Make A Difference?

Published in: Source
Date: October 1999

• Connecting Schools and Families

The Power of Parental Involvement in School
Published in: Source
Date: October 1994
 
• Growing Places

Study Identifies Opportunities and Needs for Youth Programs
Published in: Source
Date: October 1995
 
• Ideas for Enhancing Parental Involvement

Published in: Youth Update
Date: November 1994
 
• What Should Schools Do?

Everyone Can Build Assets for Youth
Published in: Youth Update
Date: August 1995

Youth-Serving Organizations

• The Diversity of Mentoring

Variety of Programs Meet Needs of Mentors and Mentees
Published in: Source
Date: November 1992
 
• Growing Places

Study Identifies Opportunities and Needs for Youth Programs
Published in: Source
Date: October 1995
 
• Reaching Underserved Youth

Youth Workers Seem to Have the Will, but Many Don't Know the Way
Published in: Source
Date: April 1995

Congregations

• Building Assets

What Congregations Can Do
Published in: Youth Update
Date: May 1995
 
• Congregations as Partners in Positive Youth Development

Published in: Source
Date: March 1994

• Listening to Jewish Youth

Published in: Source
Date: May 1998

• The Faith Factor

What Role Can Churches Play in At-Risk Prevention?
Published in: Source
Date: February 1992
 
• Seeking Common Ground

Youth Workers in Congregations Share Goals, But Don't Work Together
Published in: Source
Date: February 1996

• Taking the Pulse of the LCMS

Published in: The Lutheran Witness

Policy Makers

• Building Community Strengths

Study Examines the Impact of Communities on Youth
Published in: Source
Date: September 1993
 
• Everyone Can Build Assets

Published in: Youth Update
Date: Spring 1996
 
• Investing in Tomorrow

The Government's Role in Rebuilding Healthy Communities for Youth
Published in: Youth Update
Date: Spring 1996

Researchers

• Backbone

Essential for Survival on the Trouble Journey
Published in: Source
Date: April 1991
 
• Building Community Strengths

Study Examines the Impact of Communities on Youth
Published in: Source
Date: September 1993
 
• Growing Up Adopted

New Study Identifies Strengths of Adoptive Families
Published in: Source
Date: June 1994
 
• The Troubled Journey

New Light on Growing Up Healthy
Published in: Source
Date: December 1990