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Search Institute Fact Sheet
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Catalog
Download Resources Catalog (PDF)
Link on the titles below to purchase these early Search Institute publications in PDF format in our online catalog:
Annual Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth Conference
2007 Conference
Information Flyer (PDF)
2007 Conference
Exhibitor Application Form (PDF)
Survey Services
Search
Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors (A&B)
survey brochure
View
sample pages
of the A&B survey
Survey
of Student Resources and Assets (AP) information sheet
Me and My
World (MMW) survey brochure
View
sample
pages of the MMW survey
View a
sample page
of the
Developmental Assets Profile (DAP) survey
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Training and Support
Download the full booklet of all Search Institute asset-based trainings available for schools, communities, and organizations.
40 Developmental Assets
The Asset Lists
The 40
Developmental Assets for adolescents
Elementos
fundamentales del desarrollo: The 40 assets for adolescents
in Spanish
40 Acquis dont les jeunes ont besoin pour réussir: The 40 assets for adolescents
in French
The two newest asset lists:
40
Developmental Assets for early childhood (ages 3-5)
In Spanish:
40 Elementos Fundamentales del Desarrollo para niños
pre-escolares (edades de 3 a 5)
40 Developmental
Assets for middle childhood (grades 4-6)
In Spanish:
40 Elementos Fundamentales del Desarrollo para la pre-adolescencia (edades de 8 a 12)
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Research
Search Institute Insights and Evidence
Sorting Out What Makes a Difference: Youth Development Findings from Camp Settings (October 2007, Volume 4, Number 1)
Toward Quality and Equality: Fullfilling Our Promises to America's
Children and Youth (December 2006, Volume 3, Number 2)
Tapping the Power of Community: Building Assets to Strengthen Substance
Abuse Prevention (Volume 2, Number 1)
Unique Strengths, Shared Strengths: Developmental Assets Among Youth
of Color
(November 2003, Volume 1, Number 2)
Boosting Student Achievement: New Research on the Power of Developmental
Assets (October 2003, Volume 1, Number 1)
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Research Reports
Keeping America's Promises to Children and Youth
A national study by Search Institute and Child Trends that reports on a
series of national telephone polls of children, youth, and parents conducted
by the Gallup Organization. The study shows that millions of American young
people ages 6 to 17 experience very few, if any, of the five Promises they
need to build their character and compentence. The National Promises Study
is part of a new report titled Every Child, Every Promise: Turning Failure
into Action, which was commissioned by America's Promise-The Alliance for
Youth.
Community
Service and Service-Learning in U.S. Public Schools, 2004: Findings from
a National Study
From a study conducted for the National Youth Leadership Council
by Search Institute and Westat, which examines the scope and nature of community
service and service-learning in U.S. public schools, and highlights the
potential and challenges of engaging young people as resources through schools.
As an outgrowth of the long-term initiative by the Abundant Assets Alliance
(Search Institute, YMCA of the USA, and YMCA Canada) to build
a new, positive vision for strong families, the following 2004 and 2002 study findings:
Signs of
Progress in Putting Children First
Findings from the first three years of data collection (1997, 1998, 2001)
of the multiyear study of developmental assets among 6th-12th grade youth
in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, sponsored by the partnership between the Children
First initiative in St. Louis Park and Search Institute.
Grading Grown-Ups 2002: How Do American Kids and Adults Relate?
unfolds key findings from the national survey of more than 2,000 adults
and youth conducted to learn about the nature and workings of underlying
shared social expectations that govern how American adults relate with
children and youth.
Grading
Grown-Ups: American Adults Report on Their Real Relationships with
Kids is based on the initial survey of 1,425 American adults conducted
by the Gallup Organization in spring 2000.
Cultivating Developmentally Attentive Communities: A Report on the
First Wave of the National Asset-Building Case Study Project —
Report
text (pages 1-8 and 20-154);
Color
illustrations (pages 9-19). The National Asset-Building Case Study
Project was designed to examine community initiatives promoting healthy
development for children and youth; the report details the findings from
the first four case study sites.
Finding Common Ground: Community- and Faith-Based Youth Workers Agree on Key Priorities
August 24, 2007—Youth workers in community-based settings and faith-based settings agree
that it's essential that youth workers develop positive relationships with youth, are
positive role models, and involve and empower youth, according to a just-released
study from the National Collaboration for Youth and Search Institute, which was
supported by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Read more...
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Communities
Download these Mentoring Tools Now
"I use the handouts in Mentoring for Meaningful Results
on a daily basis when supporting my matches. The resources in this book have really helped the people we serve get through some tough
issues and develop stronger friendships. Did I mention I love this book!?" - Tami Schumacher, Match Support Coordinator, Big Brothers
Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities, MN
(Learn how to make a "Mentor Monument" in the
BB/BS of the Greater Twin Cities newsletter)
Mentoring Tools
(excerpted from
Mentoring for Meaningful Results and used frequently by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities):
What is My Role as a Mentor?
My Mentor's Role in My Life
Setting and Reaching Goals
Supporting Your Child's Relationship with a Mentor
For more information on National Mentoring Month, visit MENTOR at
www.mentoring.org.
Families
Building Strong Families
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Faith Communities
An Introduction to Asset Building in Congregations is a two-page handout
that you can copy and use to introduce others in the faith community to asset
building and its potential for congregations.
Grounding Asset Building in Lutheran Faith: Revised Edition
is a booklet that links core Lutheran beliefs and practices to an asset-building
approach. This resource was developed in conversation/consultation with
representatives from ELCA, LCMS, and WELS (also with support from Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans Foundation).
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Faith Community Research Reports and Articles
Building Assets, Strengthening Faith: Results from a Field Test Survey
(2003)
How well are congregations nurturing faith and building assets with children,
youth, and families? This report offers insights into this question, based
on surveys of 1,500 youth and adults in 15 U. S. congregations. The report
highlights perceptions of the congregations' strengths, challenges, and areas
of impact. It addresses congregational opportunities for children and youth,
opportunities for families, intergenerational opportunities, and community
engagement. Youth and adults both rated opportunities for children and youth
as areas of strength, and community engagement and family support as challenges.
[
PDF,
34 pages; 1.1 MB]
Youth Development in Congregations: An Exploration of Potential and Barriers
(1995)
This report synthesized the knowledge about the potential of congregations
for nurturing youth development through the lens of developmental assets.
[PDF,
96 pages; 19.7MB]
The Attitudes and Needs of Religious Youth Workers (1995)
This study of 500 religious youth workers in seven communities examined their
goals for youth work, their interests in training and resources, and their
openness to interfaith engagement.
[PDF,
74 pages; 4 MB]
Shema : Listening to Jewish Youth (1995)
Based on an in-depth survey of Jewish youth in Minneapolis, this report examines
factors in school, family, synagogue, and community life that are associated
with issues of identity and continuity for Jewish youth.
Complete Report:
[PDF,
96 pages, 388KB]
Summary Report:
[PDF,
23 pages; 1.8MB]
Youth in Protestant Churches (1993)
Using data from the Effective Christian Education study, this special report
provided in-depth statistics on the faith life, congregational experience,
and family life of youth in Protestant congregations.
[PDF, 151 pages; 8.16 MB]
Effective Christian Education: A National Study of Protestant Congregations:
Summary Report (1990)
This landmark study examines the faith maturity of youth and adults in six
Protestant denominations and factors in congregational and personal life
that are associated with growth in faith maturity.
Summary
Report: [PDF, 90 pages; 3.61 MB]
Six-Denomination
Report: [PDF, 82 pages; 3.72 MB]
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