Search Institute's Reprint/Reproduction Permissions Guidelines

General Information

For many requests, we ask that you submit a Permissions Request Form. The request form gives us a record of your request and provides you with written documentation of our response. Please review these policies to determine if you need to complete a written request form.
These permissions policies generally cover use of our products for educational, noncommercial purposes. Depending on the use of Search Institute's intellectual property we may charge a flat permission fee or set up a licensing agreement. See "Fees for using Search Institute material" for more information about what factors contribute to charging a fee or drafting a licensing agreement.

Licensing

If a licensing agreement is necessary, we will determine a royalty fee, require that appropriate credit be given, and require that Search Institute review a draft of the product before it goes to final print.

Crediting

Search Institute must always be given appropriate credit for information that is used. Even when paraphrasing, professional courtesy and ethics require accurate, non-malicious use and proper attribution of the material to Search Institute. Please use the following credit line for all reprints and reproductions of Search Institute material:

Fees

Sometimes we may charge a permission fee. We ask that you help keep our costs down by making your payment within the requested 30 days. Please note that permission is not "officially" granted until Search Institute has received payment. Payment can be made by check, purchase order, or credit card. Payment is due within 30 days of the permission granted date.

Electronic copies

Generally, we do not provide materials in electronic format. The list of 40 Developmental Assets (English and Spanish) can be found on our Web site in downloadable format.

Response time

Please allow 15 to 25 business days for a formal response, longer if more information is needed or special arrangements are required.
If your request requires an expedited response, a $25 special handling fee will be charged (in addition to any permissions fee resulting from the request). Check the box on the permissions request form indicating your acceptance of this fee.

Permission philosophy

These policies are intended to protect copyrighted information while allowing broad dissemination and appropriate use of Search Institute's research findings and other intellectual property. We seek to follow standard copyright practices that allow for use and innovation, while protecting the institute's investment.

Specific Product Policies

The Framework of 40 Developmental Assets^® (all age levels)

No written permission required if you want to copy the list(s) for noncommercial, educational purposes. In this case, the assets need to appear exactly as worded by Search Institute. Be sure that appropriate copyright information is included on any copies.
Written permission is required if you plan to use the list(s) of assets for commercial purposes (e.g. include the list(s) in a book or curriculum).
Adaptation of the asset framework

We will allow others to modify, adapt, or translate the framework in instances where it is necessary to address local issues or another set of needs (e.g. a different population) if you:

submit a permissions request form prior to publication along with a copy of your adaptation;
credit Search Institute for the original framework;
clearly indicate that the modification is yours;
not charge others for the basic framework or seek to protect it more than Search Institute protects the original framework; and
provide Search Institute with a copy of the published list.

NOTE: We encourage communities and organizations not to adapt the framework unless it is absolutely necessary. An adapted framework will not reflect the existing research and your community will find it more difficult to utilize existing tools and resources in its asset-building efforts.

150 Ways to Show Kids You Care

This product is available for sale through our catalog and therefore we do not allow it to be reproduced in its entirety. If you are using the information for noncommercial, educational purposes, you may use up to 50 of the items without receiving written permission. Please be sure that you credit Search Institute on any copies of the material. We do have licensing options for this product. Please contact Search Institute for more information about this option.

The Asset Approach
Version © 2002, 2006: The Asset Approach: 40 Elements of Healthy Development

This product is available for sale through our catalog, and therefore we do not allow it to be reproduced in its entirety. We will allow you to reproduce the list of assets on page two and the tables on page three and four. You can reproduce these pages without submitting a written request form. For other requests pertaining to this product, please submit a written request form.

This product has been updated with the product listed above. However, if you still wish to copy from this version we will allow you to reproduce the list of 40 Developmental Assets on page two and the asset checklist on page five (you must include the "note" which indicates that the checklist is not intended to be a scientific measurement of assets and is designed to be a discussion tool). You may use these two pages without submitting a permission request form. We do not allow this product to be reproduced in its entirety.

In addition, you may use the summary language on the front page or the tables found on page three to be copied along with the list of Developmental Assets and the checklist. We do allow certain portions of this publication to be "customized" with your own information. Please submit a permission request form indicating what portions of the pamphlet you would like to use along with its intended use. We will work with you to try and accommodate your needs.

Articles from Assets: The Magazine of Ideas for Healthy Communities & Healthy Youth

No permission is required to use one article from an issue of Assets magazine for local, noncommercial, educational purposes. Whenever copying an article be sure to include copyright information that indicates the name of the author, title of the article, volume number, page number, copyright date, and Search Institute's Web address.

Ex: Reprinted with permission from Search Institute^®. [Author], ["Title of Article"], Assets: The Magazine of Ideas for Healthy Communities & Healthy Youth, [Issue] [Year], www.search-institute.org.

If you wish to print an article in another periodical, book, or collection, please complete a permissions request form.

Please submit a permissions request if you want to use more than one article or segment from the magazine.

Building Assets Together, More Building Assets Together and Building Assets is Elementary

Up to three of the worksheets from each of these publications may be reproduced at one time for use in a single publication or on a Web site for local, noncommercial use.
For additional use or adaptation, please submit a permissions request form.

Ideas That Cook

Up to three of the worksheets from each of these publications may be reproduced at one time for use in a single publication or on a Web site for local, noncommercial use.
For additional use or adaptation, please submit a permissions request form.

Pass It On! and Pass It On at School!

Up to three of the worksheets from each of these publications may be reproduced at one time for use in a single publication or on a Web site for local, noncommercial use.
For additional use or adaptation, please submit a permissions request form.

Ideas for Parents Newsletter Master Set

One Ideas for Parents newsletter or one article from the newsletter may be submitted to a newspaper or newsletter at a time. Proper copyright information must be included.
Each newsletter is designed with an 8½" x 3½" section on page two, below the Search Institute copyright citation, for you to customize. In addition, the area above the masthead may also be customized. No permission is required when customizing these areas.
Please submit a permission request form to use any information found in the newsletters in a manner different than described above.

Search Institute Videos

No written permission is required to show entire videos for local public showing, use during training, or on cable access or local television stations. Whenever showing videos please be sure that copyright information is provided.
If you wish to excerpt a video for inclusion in a local video, please complete the permission request form and we will work with you to meet your needs.
You may not duplicate any video in its entirety, even if just for local use.

Logos

We do not allow reproduction of the Search Institute logo in any local materials, conferences, Web sites, or other settings, except in the case of formal partnerships and prior approval.
Use of the Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth^® logo is allowed only for registered community initiatives. Please contact Search Institute (800-888-7828) to request an information packet and request form.

Web Site

No written permission is required to link to our Web site. When using Search Institute materials on your Web site we encourage you to link to our Web page so that if viewers would like more information about our work they can go directly to our site.
The information that is found on our Web site is the same as any other copyrighted Search Institute material. Please submit a permissions request form to use these materials. Be sure to attach a copy of the material that you are requesting to use.

Abundant Assets Alliance

If you are interested in adapting or reproducing any of the materials that the Alliance or Search Institute has created we ask you submit a permissions request form. Requests to use materials found in the manual Asset Building the YMCA Way will be handled the same as any other publication and will follow these permissions policies.

The Alliance seeks to advance the efforts of local YMCAs and their constituents (youth and adult) to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities using the framework, philosophy and principles of Developmental Assets. With this in mind, we want local YMCAs to use and share broadly the ideas, language, resources and tools already in existence or being created through this partnership.

Books and Videos Published by Other Publishers

Several Search Institute publications were published in partnership with another publisher. Permission to reprint from these products must be obtained from the publisher based on its reprint policies. To reprint from any of the following books, contact the publisher's permission department:

All Kids Are Our Kids - Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons
What Kids Need to Succeed, What Teens Need to Succeed, What Young Children Need to Succeed, Raising Healthy Children Day By Day, Succeed Every Day - Free Spirit Publishing
Prescription for a Healthy Church - Group Books
Growing Up Generous: Engaging Youth in Giving and Serving - Alban Institute
Developmental Assets and Asset-Building Communities, Other People's Kids - Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
"Freedom Writers" - ABC Television
"Assets Happening Here" - NoodleHead Network

Search Institute-Sponsored Speeches, Training, and Events

No written permission is required for video taping, audio taping, and/or broadcast of Search Institute-sponsored speeches, training and/or events for local use. If you wish to use the taping for another purpose, please complete a request form.

Written permission is required for reproduction of Search Institute handouts and other training materials. Please complete a request form for use of these materials.

Permission to Use Attitudes & Behavior (A&B) Survey Items in Another Survey

Organizations/individuals wishing to use items from the A&B survey must send in writing a description of the research project (including scope of project, description of the population to be surveyed, duration of project, etc.), a list of the items to be used, and anticipated reporting methods for the data (e.g., client report, published reports, scientific articles, etc.). Send information to: Search Institute, Attn: Permissions, 615 First Avenue N.E., Suite 125, Minneapolis MN 55413, or send via e-mail attachment to: permissions@search-institute.org
Permission may be requested for use of up to 30 items from the 156-item survey.
Written permission must be received from Search Institute before the organization/individual may move forward with the proposed use of the items.
Permission is granted for one-time use only. Any additional use of the items or the newly created survey requires additional written approval from Search Institute.
Permission to use survey items is restricted exclusively to the organization/individual requesting the permission. Permission cannot be transferred to another organization/individual, nor may the new survey be made available for use by another organization/individual.
Search Institute must be cited on all printed materials (survey, reports, etc.) as follows:

Search Institute Profiles of Student Life: Attitudes and Behaviors

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Search Institute does not release the scoring (algorithms) for the 40 Developmental Assets. Scoring and subsequent reporting of items by an organization/individual to which permission has been granted to use some of the items from the A&B survey may not be presented as measuring the Developmental Assets, nor presented using the Developmental Assets labels.

General Policies

In addition to the specific policies listed above, below are general policies for using Search Institute materials.

No Written Permission Required To

Reprint up to 500 words of text in a narrative format from one of our books, or from our Web site
Use a single table, figure, graph, or chart
Copy the Developmental Assets® list(s) for educational, noncommercial use only. In this case, the assets need to appear exactly as worded by Search Institute and appropriate copyright information must be included on all copies

Written Permission Required

A Search Institute® Permissions Request Form must be submitted for the following requests:

Use of more than 500 words of text
Any material, as well as the list(s) of Developmental Assets, that will be included in a publication/resource that will be sold
More than one chapter, table, figure, graph, or article from any single resource or off our Web site
Copies of entire reports or publications, including brochures, handouts, booklets, posters, etc.
Paraphrasing or adaptation of Search Institute material
Adaptation of the list(s) of Developmental Assets
Any material to be used for advertising/fundraising purposes
Use of the asset framework or list(s) of Developmental Assets in a publication that has a planned distribution of over 500 copies

Note: Including in the permissions request form a full description (or a copy) of how you propose to use the material(s) will help facilitate the permissions review process.

Fees for Use of Search Institute Material

Fees for using Search Institute material are based on a sliding scale, depending on the following factors:

Whether the material will be put into a product that will be sold
Amount of material used
The circulation and/or first print run of the publication in which our material is included
Search Institute will consider custom print requests to add an organization’s logo to our resources
Search Institute will consider negotiating licensing agreements for use or adaptation of complete products. These agreements are negotiated individually. Contact the permissions department for more information.

Permission Denied

To use Search Institute’s logo
Requests to reprint an entire publication currently for sale
Refusal to abide by the guidelines or to pay requested fee, if any
Any material for which Search Institute does not hold the copyright
Information for use in any publication that doesn't represent the basic human values that Search Institute promotes
Information for use in a manner that misrepresents or distorts its original intent

Search Institute reserves the right to deny permission to reprint or reproduce material if it is determined to be in the best interest of the institute.

Out-of-Print Resources

Search Institute publications that are no longer in print may be photocopied in their entirety for a fee of 25% of the original retail price per copy. All information regarding copyright, authorship, and publisher must be included with the reproductions. To request one-time permission to duplicate out-of-print materials, please complete a Request to Duplicate Out-of-Print Search Institute Resources form.

Trademarks

The following are trademarks of Search Institute:

Search Institute^®
Developmental Assets^®
Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth^®
MVParents^SM

Guidelines for using trademarked phrases and symbols:

In the first appearance of the above trademarks, the symbols (� or SM) must be used. If the first appearance is in a title or heading, it is not necessary to include the symbol if it is graphically distracting.
Capitalize the "D" and "A" in every appearance of the phrase Developmental Assets in all printed or electronic publications (books, newsletters, articles, promotional materials, Web sites, etc.).
Include one of the three following statements on the copyright page, or as a footnote under the copyright citation, in all publications in which any of the trademarked phrases or logo are used:

NOTE: It is only necessary to list the trademark(s) used within the Work.

The following are trademarks of Search Institute:

Search Institute^®

Developmental Assets^®

Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth^®

MVParents^SM

The following are registered trademarks of Search Institute: Search Institute^®, Developmental Assets^®, and Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth^®.

The following are trademarks of Search Institute: Search Institute^® and MVParents^SM.

When reprinting the actual list of 40 Developmental Assets^®; make sure to include the following copyright information at the bottom of the list:

The 40 Developmental Assets^® may be reproduced for educational, noncommercial uses only. Copyright ©1997, 2006 Search Institute, 615 First Avenue NE, Suite 125, Minneapolis, MN 55413; 800-888-7828; www.search-institute.org. All Rights Reserved.
The following are registered trademarks of Search Institute: Search Institute^® and Developmental Assets^®.

Please complete a Permissions Request Form and submit on-line. Requests are also accepted by facsimile (612-692-5553) or mail to: Permissions Department, Search Institute, 615 First Avenue NE, Suite 125, Minneapolis, MN 55413.

Please allow 15 to 25 business days for a response; longer if more information is needed or special arrangements are required.
If your request requires an expedited response, a $25 special handling fee will be charged (in addition to any permissions fee resulting from the request). Check the box on the permissions request form indicating your acceptance of this fee.

These guidelines are subject to change at the publisher's discretion. Updated on October 30, 2007.