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07-27-2010 Already Planning Your Trip to The Big Tent Conference? Let us help!Our Library of Documents is chock-full of resources to help guide you, every step of the way, to Houston.

07-23-2010 We All Need Someone to Lean On!
Our most recent study, Teen Voice 2010, reveals teens lack sufficient meaningful adult relationships. Read more about it here and be sure to download the complete Teen Voice 2010 study to discover the full gamut of our findings.

07-15-2010 New Study from Search Institute and Best Buy @15
Teen Voice 2010 Study reveals value of adult support and its impact on teens' success and ability to overcome key challenges.
Read more

07-12-2010 Creating Positive Relationships Using Positive Tickets
Mounted police in Richmond, British Columbia have used positive ticketing to "catch" kids doing good things and reward them. Find out how this has made a difference in their community and how you can get started in yours!
Find out more about Positive Tickets

07-12-2010 Join us at Search Institute for One of Our Most Popular Trainings!
In August, Search Institute is hosting the Building Developmental Assets in School Communities training. Join us in Minneapolis, meet Search Institute staff, and join this great training. The registration deadline is July 28th and seats are filling fast! Don't miss out. Get more information now.

07-07-2010 David Walsh Coauthors a Study on Media and Attention Problems
The article, recently released in Pediatrics, is titled "Television and Video Game Exposure and the Development of Attention Problems."
Download the article

07-06-2010 Peter Benson Addresses School Climate and Academic Achievement Briefing
Several panelists spoke at the briefing, convened by the National Collaboration for Youth, in an effort to define school climate and why it matters.
See highlights from the briefing

06-30-2010 The list of 40 Developmental Assets for children in grades K-3 has now been translated into Spanish!
All of our asset lists are now available in both English and Spanish.
View the Asset Lists

06-29-2010 Slide into Reading with St. Lucie County
Florida's St. Lucie County has teamed up with their local baseball team, the St. Lucie Mets, to create a summer reading program for kids. Find out how they did it and get ideas for creating a program in your community.
Read about the program and the partnership

06-29-2010 Looking to Get the Word out about the Assets?
See how one community initiative made videos starring local asset builders to share the message of the Developmental Assets.
Go to Healthy Communities • Healthy Youth to watch the video

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