title: Unleashing the power of community to strengthen the well-being of children, youth, and families: an asset-building approach.
abstract: Search Institute's decade-plus emphasis on the elements of positive human development and community approaches to asset building can make a meaningful contribution to the field of child welfare. The institute's framework of developmental assets identifies a set of interrelated experiences, relationships, skills, and values that are associated with reduced high-risk behaviors and increased thriving behaviors. Its community-building work emphasizes the human relations and developmental infrastructure children, youth, and families require for their health and well-being.
authors.affiliation: Search Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mannes
authors.forename: Eugene C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Roehlkepartain
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Benson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States