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Search Institute, Celebrating 50 Years of Discovering What Kids Need to Succeed!
We're an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities.

 A Great New Search Institute Resource!

Ideas for Educators
By Nathan Eklund, M.Ed., and Adrienne Gilby, M.Ed

Tailor-made for busy educators looking for new and effective ways to create successful classrooms.

Ideas for Educators gives teachers and administrators a quick and easy way to learn and incorporate the Developmental Assets into daily teaching practices.

Listen to a podcast with the authors of Ideas for Educators.


Download sample pages of Ideas for Educators.



Take It Personally Workbooks (5 Pack) You Can Make a Difference for Kids (pack of 15) Vision: Awakening Your Potential to Create a Better World
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Sure, your group cares about kids. Now it’s time to Take It Personally! Maximize your asset-building potential with this set of five workbooks. Perfect as a handout for recruiting mentors and volunteers, this inspiring and personal message will touch the heart of every adult who reads it. Dr. Peter Benson leads a journey that helps readers mold their vision and reach their full potential.
40 Ways Anyone Can Build Assets (20 pack) 40 Developmental Assets Posters for Adolescents What's Your Spark? (20 Pack)
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40 Ways Anyone Can Build Assets
Want to inspire people to build assets? Motivate them with this poster! These posters are the perfect tools for introducing and promoting Developmental Assets in schools, child care programs, youth organizations, congregations, and other settings that nurture children and teenagers. What's Your Spark? prompts young people to think about their passion, or "spark." Sold in packs of 20.