8-10-2010
Search Institute Receives Funding and Top Rating From U.S. Department Of Education
EducationNews.org
Impacting Over 7,500 Students Across Four Pilot Sites, Search Institute’s Successful Building Assets-Reducing Risks Program is One of 49 Recognized to Increase Student Achievement
8-10-2010
Search Institute Receives Funding and Top Rating From U.S. Department Of Education
EducationNews.org
Impacting Over 7,500 Students Across Four Pilot Sites, Search Institute’s Successful Building Assets-Reducing Risks Program is One of 49 Recognized to Increase Student Achievement
8-08-2010
Corona-Norco district awarded $5 million grant to stimulate writing; Hemet gets grant, too
Press Enterprise
Corona-Norco and Hemet unified school districts will get federal stimulus grants in the Investing in Innovation program. Programs that teach Corona-Norco students to write and help them write more will be expanded with a $5 million federal grant the district will receive over five years.
7-15-2010
Only 19 Percent of Teens Report That They Have Meaningful Relationships with Adults
Forbes.com
Only one in five 15-year-olds in the United States have the kind of meaningful relationships with adults beyond their family that help them succeed in life, according to a study released today by Best Buy and Search Institute.
7-15-2010
Teens lack adult shoulder to lean on, study finds
StarTribune.com
A survey of 15-year-olds here found that most don’t have such relationships outside the family.
7-12-2010
Guilford group airs youth survey results
New Haven Register
Students’ drug habits, alcohol use and other dangerous behaviors are often “invisible” to the community, and TEAM Guilford Kids is trying to bring the issues out into the open.
7-01-2010
Building blocks for raising healthy children
WLOX ABC-13
If you’re a parent who’s always looking for ways to help your children learn, you may want to consider the Search Institute’s checklist for Developmental Assets.
6-28-2010
Darien teens strive for thriving community
Darien Times
The relationship between adults and teenagers can be similar to oil and water.
6-24-2010
Free speech or free rein? Supreme Court to rule on how far states can regulate video games
Northwest Herald
EA’s popular war game “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” was released in March and is rated “M” for “mature” by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.
6-24-2010
Keep Kids Reading All Summer Long
Fame Crawler Blogs
Worried your kids will lose newly learned reading skills over summer break? Target and Search Institute, a Minneapolis nonprofit, have partnered up to provide parents and kids with creative reading tips to last the whole summer long.
6-17-2010
Capital One Survey Finds Nearly Half of Graduating High School Seniors Lack Confidence in Ability to Manage Personal Finances
Business Wire EON
Students who have received financial education through the classroom and at home are significantly more confident in personal finance skills.
6-06-2010
Learn how to ignite that spark inside each child
The Courier
Just a few days ago, members of the “Hancock County’s Promise“¦Growing Great Kids” collaborative submitted an application to the America’s Promise Alliance for Youth to be considered as one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People in America.
6-01-2010
Involved students help hike graduate numbers
Courier Press
As we sat through our youngest daughter’s high school class day we looked at the students in caps and gowns and wondered if there were fewer graduating seniors sitting in the gym compared to when we sat through our oldest daughter’s class day eight years ago.
5-28-2010
Healthy youth initiative to branch out into Indian Valley
The Reporter Online
Everybody isn’t doing it. That was the message more than 100 middle school students heard at the fourth annual Upper Bucks Youth Summit, held at the Upper Bucks YMCA in Quakertown.
5-28-2010
School board grapples with how to improve students’ emotional health
Palo Alto Online
Mothers lament bullying, ‘pressure-cooker atmosphere’ in Palo Alto schools
5-25-2010
Dryden group working on youth development
The Ithaca Journal
Members of a task force to assess and improve youth development in the school district and community here told board of education members Monday night they had made progress in developing a working model for guiding children into adulthood.
5-24-2010
Survey: Kids seek boundaries
Sentinel Online
Young people in Fairmont do not feel valued by adults. They don’t feel useful. They’re lacking positive, responsible adult role models.
5-24-2010
The Joys of Raising Boys
Litchfield County Times
Almost 30 years ago, as the new mother of a baby boy, I was certain there was no innate difference between boys and girls, that differences were culturally imposed.
5-24-2010
Riddle rewards those dedicated to kids
NRtoday.Com
It’s easy to remember bullies, hurtful jibes and feeling afraid as a child, Douglas County Commissioner Susan Morgan told an audience Friday at the Riddle Open Bible Church.
5-21-2010
New initiative helps build youth’s developmental assets
Darien Times
In November 2008, approximately 1,800 students in grades seventh through 12th in Darien participated in a survey that revealed what our young people think about their lives, values, opportunities and relationships with families, teachers, friends and neighbors.
5-19-2010
Thrifty Thursday: Free Summer Learning Tips from Target
About.com
Just because school isn’t in session over the summer, it doesn’t mean kids shouldn’t be learning. Just through your everyday activities, there are easy ways to reinforce basic and skills.
5-19-2010
YWCA aims to help kids be successful
Lubbock Online
Research conducted a few months ago shows many Lubbock students are not getting the developmental foundation they need to succeed not only in education but in life.
5-17-2010
Boost Your Child’s Brainpower This Summer
Reuters US News
When that last school bell rings, kids celebrate the end of classes and the beginning of a long, lazy summer.
5-18-2010 Financial literacy
National Council on Family Relations
Do you teach financial literacy? Would you like some help with managing your own money or teaching your children this skill? Here are some resources and curricula for you!
5-14-2010 PhillyBurbs.com
Students get lesson on decision-making
Their shirts said it all: “Become one of the 88” percent of Upper Bucks middle schoolers who do not use alcohol. Super Bowl champion Clifton Crosby grew up with a single mother who was addicted to drugs.
5-14-2010 Marshall Independent
A lesson in simplicity
Nathan Eklund brought “an idea of wellness and wisdom” to the Wise Money Conference on Wednesday at Marshall High School. “Wealth is the ability to fully experience life,” wrote Henry David Thoreau and it’s one of Eklund’s favorite quotes.
5-13-2010 RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.
Building their Assets: Program promotes message of youth empowerment
For the past 7 months, community leaders, educators, students and parents have been laying the foundation for changing the way Sauk Valley residents view the people around them, and themselves.
5-13-2010 Ada Evening News
Camp Fire confers high award to youth leaders
Leadership, teaching, service and advocacy. That’s how thousands of teenagers across the country spend hours and hours each week as they work toward the WoHeLo Award, the highest achievement in Camp Fire USA, one of the nation’s leading youth development organizations.
5-12-2010 Chattanoogan.com
Connecting The Dots Summit Focuses On Community-based Assets For Addressing Social Issues Through The Arts
The City of Chattanooga Department of Education, Arts & Culture in partnership with Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga and the United Way of Greater Chattanooga announces the Fifth Annual Connecting the Dots Summit
5-11-2010 Daily Planet
Learn how to ignite a spark
The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board and Family Strengths Network offers a community education opportunity for Los Alamos
5-11-2010 Lamonitor.com
InterActivity 2010: Developing the modern children’s museum
A hushed crowd of museum staff from across the world filled the Great River Ballrooms in downtown St. Paul’s Crowne Plaza hotel May 8.
5-10-2010 MSN Money
Collaboration empowers communities to better serve their youth.
Child Trends, Search Institute, and nFocus Software Form Groundbreaking Team to Support Community Youth Initiatives Nation-Wide
5-05-2010 anewscafe.com
4th Annual Celebration of Assets is Friday
The Asset in Action Partnership of Shasta County is pleased to announce that the fourth annual Celebration of Assets will be held on Friday, May 7, 2010 at Win-River Event Center in Redding.
5-02-2010 Lamonitor.com
Show appreciation to everyone at the schools
This week I’d like to take a look at the people in our school buildings. So while you may often hear this upcoming week being referred to as Teacher Appreciation week, it is also called Staff Appreciation week.
5-02-2010 Minnesota Local News
Franken discusses No Child Left Behind in St. Louis Park
Newsweek’s top ranking of St. Louis Park Senior High for Minnesota attracted U.S. Sen. Al Franken to the school to seek advice on the No Child Left Behind law.
4-19-2010 Zibb
Capital One Survey Shows Most Parents of Teenagers Want to Be Better Financial Role Models Yet Don’t Take Advantage of Key Teaching Opportunities
While most parents say they want to be better financial role models for their teens, too few parents are capitalizing on key opportunities to talk with teens about important money management topics, according to a new survey of parents and teens from Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF).
4-18-2010 Cleveland Daily Banner
United Way grant helps YMCA measure positive personal assets
Back in the mid-1940s, the famed music composer Johnny Mercer wrote a song that included the lyrics: “you’ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative.
4-14-2010 Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Economy a lemon? No problem on Lemonade Day!
More kids invited to learn business by running their own lemonade stands. We can shell out 50 bucks to Amazon-dot-com and have Lemonade Tycoon delivered in the mailbox.
3-25-2010 Jacksboro Topix
Student survey: Teens drinking less
Upper Bucks County has fewer teenagers who regularly drink alcohol than the country as a whole, according to a survey by a local youth development group.
3-25-2010 Jacksboro Gazette-News
New program helps 4-H’ers
What does ad valorem mean? What does a county clerk do? How are county governments in Texas structured, and what services do they offer? These and other questions are answered in a new statewide 4-H curriculum enrichment program developed to increase awareness and understanding of local government among seventh- and 12th-grade students.
3-22-2010 Hartford Courant
Hidden Treasures: A Community Variety Show
The eleventh annual Hidden Treasures: A Community Variety Show, sponsored by Healthy Communities Healthy Youth with support from Old Saybrook Youth and Family Services will take place on Friday evening, May 7.
3-15-2010
Telegraph-Journal
Survey will measure how well town connects with youth
2-25-2010
StarTribune.com
Media institute gets new home in Minneapolis
The National Institute on Media and the Family programs, which closed in December, will keep its programs in Minnesota.
2-23-2010
TMCnet.com
Media institute gets new home in Minneapolis
The National Institute on Media and the Family, which for years helped parents manage their children’s screen time, will transfer most of its programs to a veteran Minneapolis children’s nonprofit organization.
2-22-2010
Greater Tulsa Reporter
Youth Philanthropy Initiative Discusses Media
SEED SOWERS: Students in the Youth Philanthropy Initiative gathered at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa to spread the word to other students about the impact that the media has on the self-perception of teenagers.
2-20-2010
The Courier.com
Building assets strengthens our youth, community
When the word “assets” comes to mind, many folks think of building their bank account, increasing their net worth or acquiring property. But to a growing number of people in northwestern Ohio, it has come to mean a focus on building strengths in our youth to help them grow up into healthy, caring adults.
2-20-2010
Individual.com
Brookfield survey finds youth don’t feel appreciated
Parents need to do a better job of modeling good behaviors for their children, and Brookfield has to show more appreciation for the work its young people do.
2-15-2010
ConnPost.com
Survey: Brookfield teens say they think schools don’t care
About 75 percent of Brookfield teens said they spend three or more hours per week in sports or after-school activities and 64 percent feel safe at home, at school and in their neighborhoods.
2-09-2010
ABC News
Program Helps Kids Switch Over to Healthy Behaviors
Triple intervention enforces message at home, school and in the community, researchers say.
2-05-2010
Ktiv.com
Heineman to present parental involvement award
Gov. Dave Heineman will visit a middle school in Omaha’s Millard School District on Friday to present the Governor’s Award for Parental Involvement.
1-29-2010
SummitDaily.com
Alliance holds writing contest for elementary students
Essays due at elementary schools on Feb.
1-29-2010
eXaminer.com
Boston’s girls thrive with mentoring
The Big Sister Association of Greater Boston believes every girl has potential, and through mentoring they help Boston’s girls to face the challenges blocking that potential.
1-28-2010
GamePolitics.com
NIMF Programs Find New Home
The National Institute on Media and Family (NIMF), which was forced to shutter its doors at the end of last year, has found a taker to carry on some of its programs.
1-28-2010
eXaminer.com
Video Gaming 101 – What parents should know
Today, there are thousands of American children playing computer or video games. Evidence has shown that hours of video game playing have been linked to causing obesity, video-induced seizures and tendonitis.
1-12-2010
caymannetnews.com
Premier signs Support Our Youth Month proclamation
Cayman Premier to declare January as Support Our Youth Month.
1-06-2010
eXaminer.com
“Expand your universe – mentor a child.”
Colin Powell and other celebrities are calling on everyone to make a difference in a young person’s life by becoming a mentor. January is National Mentoring Month, making this volunteer opportunity a great way to start off the New Year.
1-03-2010 Cleveland Daily Banner (AP)
Hospital endowment grants available Monday
Money will be available Monday to the 14 programs receiving grants from the Bradley Memorial Hospital Endowment Fund.
1-03-2010
HudsonHubTimes.com
Businesses help build community assets
Hudson Community First will feature a new program in 2010 designed to educate the entire community about asset building.
1-03-2010
Omaha World-Herald
Chalkboard
This year’s Project Connect contest put on by the Heartland Council of the Pioneers, a volunteer group, has ended.
1-02-2010
Daily Journal (AP)
University study sheds light on benefits of 4-H
The goal of 4-H is to help young people gain the skills they need to become competent, caring and contributing citizens. And, if you take a look at a list of 4-H alumni, you will find a long list of leaders in government, business and industry.
1-02-2010
5 Minutes For Mom (Blog)
Setting Resolutions with your Kids
12-29-2009 Vibrant Life
Eight Tips for Raising Healthy Kids
How to bring up children to be active, focused, and balanced.
12-16-2009 The Earth Times
Bakersfield Jam Opens Jam Events Center
The Bakersfield Jam Events Center will be home to the Bakersfield Jam Education Foundation, which will administer an after-school program built in response to the California data from the America After 3PM survey conducted by the Search Institute.
12-15-2009 Courier Press (AP)
Community service helps young develop leadership
In Africa the traditional greeting in the Masai tribe is “Kasserian ingera? (“How are the children?”). The traditional translated response is “All the children are well.
12-14-2009 ThirdAge
Affordable Holiday Fun With the Family
The holiday season … it’s simultaneously the most wonderful and most stressful time of the year. In the midst of all of the shopping, gift-wrapping and cooking, families have a great opportunity to spend time together during this time of year.
12-13-2009 The Courier.com
Weekend: Alternative education
For students at the Hancock County Alternative Opportunity Center, “the spirit of giving” is proving to be a good teacher, and not only at Christmastime.
12-12-2009 Atlanta Daybook
United Brothers of America & The LEAGUE Honor Morehouse Mentors Dec.12
Georgia proudly announces the award of its Learning to Give- Service Learning Leadership Award to Louis Deas for excellence in leadership and preparation to deliver service learning instruction to students at Brown Middle School in Atlanta.
12-11-2009 New Haven Register
Program eyes teen substance abuse
After working in substance abuse treatment centers and seeing patients’ anguish first-hand, Karolin Regan knew she wanted to help people avoid addiction in the first place.
12-05-2009 5 Minutes For Mom (Blog)
Sharing our Time, Talents and Treasure
It’s the season of giving and there’s no better time to include your children in kind and caring acts.
12-05-2009 Muskogee Phoenix
Library is nice, safe place for you
Books . . . to help you through the rough times as well as the good times.
12-03-2009 The Daily News
Celebrating holidays builds family
Research from the Search Institute shows families that celebrate holidays are more likely to raise kids who have a strong sense of identity, feel they belong, are healthy, have close ties to family members and succeed in school.
12-03-2009 Spooner Online
Donation made to 4-H for awards
Barron Electric Cooperative recently donated to the Washburn County 4-H program.
12-03-2009 The Review
Stark is recognized as leader in countywide initiative by Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Department of Education award for Stark County’s CARE Team Initiative, or iCARE program, which is working effectively in schools across the county.
12-02-2009 The-Press-News.com
Study reflects adoption benefits
Search Institute adoption study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health
11-13-2009 The Huntsville Item
‘Promise’ to host community health program
The Huntsville’s Promise will host a program on “Building a Healthy Community” on Monday from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wynne Home.
11-15-2009 Tree Hugger
Encourage children to read for pleasure
11-13-2009 Bainbridgega.com
A Plan Comes Together
When the State of Georgia’s Department of Community Affairs (DCA) announced that it would offer a small amount of funding to counties that participate in the Communities of Opportunity, local City and County officials agreed to use Family Connection’s juvenile delinquency prevention strategy, Elementary School Community Action Prevention Environment.
11-12-2009 Hartford Courant
Westbrook To Host Community Conversation
The Westbrook Assets Advisory Committee and the Youth Asset Team invite you to a Community Conversation November 17 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall. Learn which assets Westbrook youth have and help to brainstorm ways to make our community the best possible place for young people to thrive.
11-08-2009 The News and Tribune
Bridgewater: Asset No. 3 — Other adult relationships
Local Columnist Asset No. 3: Other adult relationships Think back to your youth. For most of you, it will be a quick trip to identify the adults in your life that you enjoyed spending time with and talking with.
11-07-2009 Lamonitor.com
Putting Assets into Action: Empathy-We’re Ameri-cans, not Ameri-can’ts
Feelings account for a lot. In fact, according to the Search Institute, youth benefit from possessing Asset #33, Interpersonal Competence.
11-07-2009 5 Minutes For Mom (Blog)>
Nurturing Your Child’s Sparks
Building Assets in your Kids by Kelly Curtis, M.S., author of Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things.
…kids to cultivate other adult spark champions in their lives. Search Institute has identified Other adult relationships and Sense of purpose as…
11-07-2009 The Pinetree.net
California Healthy Kids Survey Coming Up In Calaveras Schools
Students and faculty will contribute their perspectives and opinions on a wide range of topics related to school culture when three local school districts, Calaveras Unified School District, Bret Harte Union High School District, and Mark Twain Union Elementary School District, administer the state-mandated Healthy Kids Survey during the week of November 16, 2009.
11-03-2009
Orange County Register
Anaheim students participate in CHOC Walk
Barton and Loara the teams raise $1,300.
11-03-2009
KGFW 1340 AM
Buffalo County Youths Headed to National Conference
Buffalo County Community Partners announced Monday that members of the Youth Advisory Board will be attending the Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Conference held November 4-7 in Cincinnati.
11-02-2009
Palo Alto Online
Suicide-prevention efforts focus on tracks
Gunn principal describes list of support measures for students, staff, parents
11-02-2009
Cincinnati Business Journal
Cincy teen conference to draw 800-plus
Downtown Cincinnati will host more than 800 teens and adults from across the country this week for the 13th Annual Healthy Communities Healthy Youth Conference.
10-29-2009
County Times
On the Road for Kids’ Sake
“Why can’t they be like we were, perfect in every way? What’s the matter with kids today?” The words come from “Bye, Bye, Birdie,” which debuted in 1958, but 50 years later adults are still scratching their heads and wondering about adolescents, unable to fathom the many changes and challenges that young people face on the cusp of adulthood.
10-29-2009
Marquette County Tribune
This map of alcohol related crashes in Marquette County from 2004 to 2008 was distributed to the Marquette County Highway Safety Committee by Jeff Ryan from Alive and Well, the initiative to reduce alcohol crash deaths and injuries in the county.
At the October meeting of the Marquette County Highway Safety Committee, members discussed, among other issues, new equipment, safety, and alternate routes.
10-28-2009
New Group Hopes To Support Families Affected By Autism
GreenburgDailyNews.com
In early December, a new resource for families will begin in Decatur County. United Families and One Community One Family have been hosting support group meetings to educate parents in Ripley and Dearborn Counties and are now embarking upon similar groups in Decatur and Franklin Counties.
10-24-2009
Putting Assetes Into Action: Take responsibility for life
Lamonitor.com
This week, we take a look at Asset #30, Responsibility and Asset #31, Risk Taking. According to the Search Institute, “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when they take responsibility for their own actions (and) … believe it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol and drugs.
10-22-2009
C-FB Council PTA Presents “40 Developmental Assets”
Neighbors
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Council PTA will feature a preview of “Developing Success – 40 Developmental Assets” at its regularly scheduled meeting and program on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 9:45- 11:00 am, at the district administration building, 1445 N.
10-22-2009
Assets and Asset Building
Thenorthfieldnews
You may find yourself wondering, what exactly is an asset? Well, for starters, according to the Search Institute of Minneapolis Minnesota, an asset can be anything; they vary depending on the person.
10-17-2009
Take a Hike
Youth Worker Journal
SUPPLIES: Masking Tape SET UP: Place tape marks on teh floor in a circle (one less than the number of people in the group). SAFETY NOTE: Remind participants not to push others when rushing to find a new spot.
10-17-2009
Putting Assets into Action: Promoting integrity and honesty
Lamonitor.com
This week we take a look at Asset #28, integrity and Asset #29, honesty. According to the Search Institute, “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when the young person acts on convictions and stands up for his or her beliefs,” and “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when they are able to tell the truth, even when it is not easy.
10-13-2009
Armenia: Children at risk of violence need more effective system of protection
World Vision International
Extreme poverty and lack of an adequate social safety net since the fall of the Soviet Union have had considerable impact on Armenian families, seen in increased family disintegration, violence within the home and child abandonment.
10-11-2009
Speaker to explain ‘assets’ to help children thrive
InsideBayArea.com
Free talks on how to contribute to the well-being of children will be offered Wednesday and Thursday by the Glenn County Office of Education. Kristen Cushman, tobacco education coordinator for the county, said she is very excited about the program that will be given by Clay Roberts, who works with the Search Institute.
10-05-2009
New drains being installed on Turkey Hill Road
The Daily News
Ward 5 City Councilor Brian Derrivan reminded residents last week that Turkey Hill Road will undergo some drainage work beginning today.
10-05-2009
Summer camp: Developmental benefits of Girl Scout camp
Helium
Positive Value Development of Campers at Girl Scout Camp
10-04-2009
Schools may cut off some nonprofits
Keysnews.com
Board to fund only groups with education mission
10-01-2009
Schools seek community connections to kids
News Times
Forest Grove district’s ‘Power of Five’ program aims to help kids succeed
9-30-2009
Group aims to keep children fit
Stjoenews.net
Youth Health Partnership looks back, sets new goals.
9-29-2009
Adam Stuart Looks to the Future
Shore Publishing
OLD SAYBROOK Retiring on Dec. 1 from the Old Saybrook Police Department after 25 years, Lt. Adam Stuart’s plan is to continue serving the town as its first selectman.
9-29-2009
The Matching Game
Youth Worker Journal
Were there any surprises? How well did most pairs know each other? Once you get to know someone pretty well, in what ways do you actively continue to learn more about each other? How can you apply the lessons of this game to your family? What questions could you ask to get to know your family better?
9-29-2009
Los Gatos mayor recognizes 68 organizations in Project Cornerstone
San Jose Mercury News
Since Project Cornerstone was first introduced to Los Gatos schools in 2006, it has grown beyond the schools to a community-wide program encompassing businesses, churches and service clubs.
9-25-2009
Youth connectedness
Williams Lake Turbine
10-01-2009
Today’s conference on youth to show benefits of Great KIDS
Journal Gazette
Regarding the story “Being a kid tougher than it used to be: Allen County children facing more hurdles, studies show” (Sept. 27): We’re an All-America City? How can that be when Sunday’s front-page story said that it is a bad time to be a child in Allen County? The headline was drawn from statistics compiled by the Indiana Youth Institute.
9-30-2009
Weekend Watch for Gates and Chili: Be a healthy family
MPNnow.com
Do you think you’ll be climbing the walls at home this weekend? Well, get outside and do it, and join in with other like-minded community folks while you’re at it.
9-28-2009
Tri Town Youth Services To Host Community Forum
Hartford Courant
A community forum on youth issues will be hosted by Tri Town Youth Services on Sept. 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. at John Winthrop Middle School, 1 Winthrop Road, Deep River.
9-24-2009
Talk, and listen
Times Observer
The second of the 40 developmental assets is Positive Family Communication. It is defined as “Young person and her or his parent(s) communicate positively, and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from parents.
9-22-2009
Dealing with homework
Lamonitor.com
This week we look at Asset #23, homework. According to the search Institute, “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when they report doing at least one hour of homework every school day.
9-21-2009
Clinton gets $125G to fight drugs
New Haven Register
The town’s Youth and Family Services Bureau has been awarded a $125,000 federal grant to fund its prevention programs for substance abuse — programs that town officials praise as a model for other communities.
9-21-2009
Teen Center Accepting Leadership Applications
Ksallink.com
The City, Salina’s teen center, is looking for applicants for the seventh year of its leadership program, ALIVE at The City. ALIVE stands for Asset Building, Leadership, Investment, Volunteering, and Education, and strives to produce leaders improving the quality of life in their communities, schools, homes, and jobs.
9-20-2009
Teen gambling on the increase
Jamaica-Gleaner
TEEN GAMBLERS in Jamaica are growing in numbers and their indulgence is now a matter for concern, research has shown. A study conducted by the Kingston-based Rise Life Management Limited in 2007, through funding by the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission of Jamaica, found that one out of every five adolescents in Jamaica is either a problem gambler or is at risk of becoming one.
9-17-2009
Morrisons media response to YES mural
Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader
Morrisons issued this media statement on Thursday, September 17 in response to claims by Yarra Ranges Shire Cr Tim Heenan that a mural designed by young people as part of a school holiday program contained references to illegal drugs.
9-11-2009
Sticky IDs
Youth Worker Journal
What other careers did you hear about that interested you? Name something memorable that you learned about a teammate.
9-11-2009
Aim for the CORE
DailyTimes (AP)
Kerrville students have been working since June to organize an event for families to spread the message of building assets in youth so they can thrive.
9-09-2009
First Selectman’s Task Force Receives Donation From The Federal Government
Hartford Courant
Clinton’s The First Selectman’s Task Force on Substance Abuse has been awarded a Drug Free Communities grant announced Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
9-09-2009
Ohio 28th in child well-being
News-Herald.com
Children are the future. And while some states, like Ohio, still struggle overall to meet their needs, Lake and Geauga counties say they’re doing the best with what they have.
9-08-2009
Redesigned website for parents
Yourhub.com
Search Institute recently updated their website for parents MVParents.com. For 50 years Search Institute has provided research and resources to promote positive change on behalf of youth.
9-08-2009
School transitions mark second decade of Century 21
Oregonlive.com
School opens for most west Washington County schools today and Wednesday and the 2009-10 academic year promises myriad challenges as staff and students transition into the second decade of the 21st Century.
9-05-2009
Something to Do About Bullying
5 Minutes For Mom (Blog)
Now that school’s back in session, many of us who have personally watched out for our children’s safety over the summer, are left to keep our fingers crossed during the school year.
9-04-2009
Klobuchar to introduce national anti-truancy legislation
HometownSource.com
With the new school year about to start, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar held a news conference yesterday (Thursday, Sept. 3) with Minnesota education leaders to announce that she will be introducing the Student Attendance Success Act to help schools better address the challenge of truancy, especially for students in the middle-school years.
9-03-2009 Asset 40: Positive View of Personal Future
Bainbridgega.com
Looking forward to a bright future Stories about people who have overcome incredible odds to make a difference or achieve a dream abound throughout history.
8-31-2009 Asset 39: Sense of Purpose
Bainbridgega.com
What if you live to be 100? If you lived to 100, what would you want people to remember about you? Would your actions over the years reflect what you believed in and stood for? When young people think today about what they want to accomplish in their lives, it shapes their sense of purpose.
8-31-2009 A sobering time for parents
The Irish Times
THERE CAN be few parents of teenagers who don’t worry about the possibility of drink or drugs derailing their youngster’s life. If there was a vaccination available against substance abuse for children entering adolescence, I suspect the uptake would be widespread.
8-30-2009 4-H provides lessons in life
The Observer
“What cannot be achieved in one lifetime will happen when one lifetime is joined to another.” If you had a chance to visit this year’s Chautauqua County Fair, you would have experienced a program that brings adult lifetime skills to area youth.
8-28-2009 Asset 38: Self-Esteem
Bainbridgega.com
Where does high self-esteem come from? High self-esteem doesn’t necessarily come naturally. Adults, by the way they act and interact, teach young people to believe in themselves and like themselves.
8-28-2009 Survey finds alcohol use down, pot smoking up at secondary schools
Lamonitor.com
Teenagers have healthier thoughts about alcohol than they did a few years ago, according to a survey conducted by Los Alamos public schools.
8-27-2009 Empleados de MUSD Arrancan con el Año Escolar 2009-10
EGPnews.com
Los estudiantes de Bell Gardens Intermediate (BGI) tal vez se alegren a saber que sus maestras Kris Hood, instructora literaria, Evelyn Barba, instructora de estudios sociales y lectura/escritura de quinto grado, y Lynette Gutiérrez, instructora de matemáticas y ciencias de sexto grado, todas quieren “divertirse” y “jugar.
8-27-2009 MUSD Kicks-Off the 2009-10 Year
EGPnews.com
Students at Bell Gardens Intermediate may be happy to learn that Literary Coach Kris Hood, fifth grade English and social studies teacher Evelyn Barba and sixth grade math and science teacher Lynette Gutierrez, all want to “have fun” and “play” too.
8-26-2009 Assets growing for Grantsburg youth
Burnett County Sentinel
The results are in and the Grantsburg School District is ready to begin the 2009-10 school year on a positive note. “We’re keeping them active in positive things,” Superintendent Joni Burgin told the school board at its meeting Monday night.
8-26-2009 Asset Development
Buffalo.com – Everything Buffalo
The Search Institute has identified 40 assets or building blocks of development that help young people to grow up healthy, caring and responsible.
8-23-2009 Asset 36: Peaceful Conflict Resolution
Bainbridgega.com
Whether it’s a spat between sisters over who should take out the trash or an argument between nations over natural resources, disagreements are a part of being human.
8-22-2009 PUTTING ASSETS INTO ACTION: Lovin’ the Los Alamos Middle School Hawks
Lamonitor.com
This week, I had the priviledge of working with the Los Alamos Middle School Hawks on A Change of Heart. A Change of Heart is a 40 Developmental Assets based approach to improving school climate.
8-21-2009 Meetings to lend insight on what BD teens want
WiscNews.com
High Expectations will be hosting two meetings next week to help community members better understand how teens feel about growing up in Beaver Dam.
8-20-2009 Asset 35: Resistance Skills
Bainbridgega.com
Learning resistance is one of the most important social skills to develop. This skill gives young people the confidence to say “no” to people or situations that make them uncomfortable.
8-15-2009 Professional Media
LibraryJournal.com
As in other YA manuals, she has integrated the Search Institute s 40 Developmental Assets into her design and implementations . . .
8-14-2009 Larry Skerker Named Boy Scout SCOTY Honoree
PR Web
The Boy Scouts of America, Greater Niagara Frontier Council have named Larry Skerker as Scouter Citizen of the Year (SCOTY).
8-13-2009 New School Cell Phone Policy
WOWT.com
Millard North is loosening restrictions on cell phone use.
8-13-2009 More than test scores
Omaha World-Herald
When Principal Pat Hutchings thinks about the culture of competition at Westside High School — and many other schools — she sometimes worries that numbers have become as important as names.
8-13-2009 Community advocate Penny Dagley chosen as 2009 Gurnee Days Honoree
Trib Local
Dagley has also been involved for more than 10 years with Healthy Communities Healthy Youth, a consortium of local organizations working together…
8-08-2009 Greece: They still get a kick out of running this business
MPNnow.com
8-07-2009 Youth program needs funding now Williston Daily Herald
8-01-2009 Putting Assetes Into Action: 40 never looked so good
Lamonitor.com
8-08-2009 Asset 32: Planning and Decision Making
Bainbridgega.com
8-04-2009 Asset 31: Restraint
Bainbridgega.com
Let them know you’re here for them-no matter what Sex, alcohol, drugs . . . These are subjects many adults would just as soon not discuss with young people.
8-01-2009 Asset 30: Responsibility
Bainbridgega.com
Give young people a chance to stand on their own two feet Following rules is important, but is doing as you’re told enough? To become strong, upstanding, and successful adults, possessing a personal desire to be responsible is also significant.
8-01-2009 Empower Through Separation Anxiety
5 Minutes For Mom (Blog)
Building Assets in your Kids by Kelly Curtis, M.S., author of Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things.
7-31-2009 Of Hollywood, Orphans, and Us
The Corner on National Review
One of history’s most cherished orphan stories is that of Esther, the brave adopted girl who became queen of Persia and rescued the Jewish people from annihilation.
7-31-2009 Crime Prevention: Developmental assets could be key to success
Daily Herald-Tribune
7-23-2009 James J. Smith Honored for Accomplishments in Community Service Management
Management News Articles
7-29-2009 Asset 29: Honesty
Bainbridgega.com
Honesty is the best policy Honest people are trustworthy, sincere, and genuine. They display dignity and earn respect from peers and others in the community.
7-06-2009 Asset 19: Religious Community
Bainbridgega.com
Meeting the needs of the spirit Young people involved in a faith community benefit in at least three ways: 1. They are more likely to have positive values; 2.
7-05-2009 Asset 18: Youth Programs
Bainbridgega.com
After-school activities: They may be extra but they’re also essential It’s appropriate that the word extracurricular starts with the letter “E.” But the word should really be essential-curricular.
7-04-2009 Reading for Pleasure – What are Your Kid’s Favorite Books?
5 Minutes For Mom (Blog)
- Monthly Feature Column *** Positively Speaking Building Assets in your Kids by Kelly Curtis, M.S., author of Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things.
7-03-2009 That’s Me!
Youth Worker Journal
(Sample answer: I walk on two legs.) What do you have in common iwth some people in the group?Advertisement (Sample answer: I was born in a big city.) What is something you have in common with a few people in the group? (Sample answer: I wear contact lenses.
7-01-2009 Asset 17: Creative Activities
Bainbridgega.com
The arts for fun and learning Whether it’s Mozart or the Rolling Stones, Picasso or graffiti, most people like some type of music or art. Being creative-singing, playing the piano, drawing, or acting-can be fun, and helps young people improve basic and advanced thinking skills.
6-25-2009 40 Assets Survey Released
NBC Newschannel 6
There are 40 assets that youth need to succeed and become confident and caring adults. Those assets include things like support, values and responsibility.
6-23-2009
Asset 12: School Boundaries
Bainbridgega.com
Make sure everyone knows the rules—All schools need rules. In fact, young people actually learn better when school boundaries-expectations for how they should act-are clear and consistent.
6-22-2009
Asset 11: Family Boundaries
Bainbridgega.com
Clear, concise, consistent boundaries-for all—What happens if you’re late to a business meeting? Run a red light? Fail to pay for your morning coffee? Rules and expectations are important.
6-21-2009 Father’s Day started at YMCA
The Times-Reporter
Father’s Day began at a YMCA in Spokane, Wash., with a young woman named Sonora Louise Smart. She was the daughter of a Civil War veteran raising his children alone after the death of their mother.
6-20-2009 Follow your own expectations
Lamonitor.com
This week we take a look at Asset #15, High Expectations. According to the Search Institute, youth are more likely to grow up healthy when their parents have high expectations.
6-20-2009 Asset 10: Safety
Bainbridgega.com
Combating fear, and growing up safe in an unsafe world Young people who feel threatened, unsafe, or scared often spend a lot of time trapped in fear or in their attempts to protect themselves.
6-17-2009 Your View: Keep Mankato healthy for youths
MankatoFreePress.com
Many letters to the editor have been written recently in regard to some human interest issues, for example, the letter about the Theresa House and its need for donations to ensure continuation of services for the homeless; the letter about funding early childhood education, as it is the cornerstone of so many factors in a child’s life; and many others.
6-15-2009 KidsFirst Saskatoon Launches Asset-Based Public Service Announcements
Playing on CTV and Global
KidsFirst Saskatoon has launched a Developmental Asset Public Service Announcement campaign developed by the Regina Qu’Apple Health Region.
6-14-2009 Asset 6: Parent Involvement in School
Bainbridgega.com
When children start kindergarten, most parents are quite involved with their education. They attend parent-teacher conferences, cheer on their children at school concerts, and proudly display their children’s artwork.
6-11-2009 Asset 5: Caring School Climate
Bainbridgega.com
Every place has a climate, even a classroom The way young people feel about going to school and how well they learn is directly tied to what kind of "climate" their school has.
6-11-2009 Asset 4: Caring Neighborhood
Bainbridgega.com
Do you remember coming home from school and running through the neighborhood at a thundering speed, playing catch with your pals, and having a last-minute pizza dinner with your best friend’s family? Past generations have enjoyed much more freedom and safety than young people today.
6-11-2009 Renfro outlines “40 Assets” at Rotary Club meeting
The Daily American
Be proactive in the lives of children. That was the message delivered at Tuesday’s meeting of the West Frankfort chapter of the Rotary Club International.
6-09-2009 Asset 3: Other Adult Relationships
Bainbridgega.com
When times get tough, kids need adults they can trust Who did you turn to for advice, comfort, and understanding when you were young? Was there an adult you trusted and enjoyed talking with?
6-09-2009 The Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets
Suite101.com
Helping Teens Prevent Risky Behavior and Promote Resiliency
6-08-2009 Only Seven Percent of U.S. Fifteen Year-Olds Have All Three Life Experiences Key to Their Futures
Business Wire EON
“Teen Voice 2009” Study Underscores Opportunity to help Teens Identify their Passions, Find their Voices and Build Relationships That Support Their Development.
6-06-2009 Finding a Balance with Summer Youth Programs
5 Minutes For Mom (Blog)
Positively Speaking Building Assets in your Kids by Kelly Curtis, M.S., author of Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things.
6-08-2009 Asset 2: Positive Family Communication
Bainbridgega.com
The importance of an open door Sometimes conversations with young people-especially your own children-can become confrontational. Learning to listen can help prevent slamming doors and, instead, open them.
6-07-2009 Development Asset #1: Family Support
Bainbridgega.com
Love and support: The family foundation You can show the children in your family that you love and support them in many ways. When you hug them or say, "I love you," the sentiment is obvious.
6-03-2009 Best Buy to Host Panel Discussion, Unveil New Report on Teen Motivation, Encouragement.
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