Developmental Relationships in Real Life
A video highlighting the effects of implementing Search Institute’s developmental relationships framework with five organizations working with young people.
Developmental Relationships in Real Life is a five-minute video that shows practitioners from five organizations that have partnered with Search Institute to implement the elements and actions of the developmental relationships framework: Camp Fire, City Year, Communities in Schools, Generation Citizen and the National Center for Families Learning.
It shows how leaders, youth, and practitioners grew as they put into practice the five elements of the developmental relationships framework:
- Express Care
- Challenge Growth
- Provide Support
- Share Power
- Expand Possibilities
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"Having that common language really allows you to grow and have conversations."
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