May-29-2008
Search Institute Press Introduces New Educational Resource, The Best of Building Assets Together: Favorite Group Activities That Help Youth Succeed.
MINNEAPOLIS: Middle and high school teachers, youth program leaders, and after-school coordinators all know they can enhance education to youth through hands-on activities. But with so many daily demands, what teacher has time to search for effective group activities?
“If you are looking for innovative ways to build strengths in young people, The Best of Building Assets Together is exactly what you need!” says Angie Mentz, Coordinator, Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities.
The Best of Building Assets Together: Favorite Group Activities That Help Youth Succeed is filled with quality activities that will make any youth program successful and add value to the classroom. It offers the most popular activities from Building Assets Together and More Building Assets Together, plus 38 brand-new activities. Any teacher can benefit from the CD-ROM of reproducible handouts and the book’s well-organized layout that provides efficient lesson planning.
Search Institute has identified building blocks of healthy development, known as Developmental Assets®, which help young people grow up healthy, caring, and responsible. Author Jolene L. Roehlkepartain, experienced educator, writer, and speaker, is passionate about spreading the message of Developmental Assets to the education community. Roehlkepartain’s latest book, The Best of Building Assets Together: Favorite Group Activities That Help Youth Succeed, built on the Developmental Assets framework, is filled with field-tested activities and innovative ideas. The sensibly organized topics support values that schools and organizations teach, such as leadership, skill building, and positive communication.
With The Best of Building Assets Together, any teacher can get students to open up while promoting integrity and character development—all while having fun! Roehlkepartain packs the pages with ice-breakers, group games, and discussion questions that lend guidance to tackle tough topics like teen drug use and sexual activity.
From physically challenging to thought-provoking, engaging to reflective, every activity provides focus and powerful involvement with students. Team leaders empower young people to discover their own strengths, and The Best of Building Assets Together offers the tools they need to promote lasting change in the lives of youth.
Jolene L. Roehlkepartain is a parent educator, writer, and speaker on family and children’s issues. She has written and coauthored 25 books. Jolene presents workshops on asset development to parents, childcare providers, educators, health-care professionals, faith communities, librarians, people in the workplace, and community leaders.
Search Institute Press is the publishing division of Search Institute, an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. To accomplish this mission, the institute conducts research, communicates new knowledge, and brings together community, state, and national leaders. For more information, visit www.search-institute.org.
Book Details:
Title: The Best of Building Assets Together: Favorite Group Activities That Help Youth Succeed
Author: Jolene L. Roehlkepartain
Publisher: Search Institute Press, Distributed by Independent Publishers Group
Publication Date: January 2008
Price: $34.95 (CAN $38.95), Paper, 160 pages, 8.5 × 11. Includes CD-ROM with reproducible handouts. ISBN: 1574821598
Subject: Youth/Conduct of Life
Available at bookstores everywhere and through Independent Publishers Group, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago, IL 60610. Toll-free number for orders only: 1-800-888-4741. Visit us online at ipgbook.com.
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Bill Kauffmann, Trade Sales Coordinator
612-692-5527 • billk@search-institute.org
