Growing Relationship-Rich Organizations
Growing Relationship-Rich Organizations is a five-minute and 20-second video introducing the way Search Institute partners with five different youth-serving organizations to make developmental relationships an explicit priority organization wide.
Search Institute partners have found that the elements of the developmental relationships framework enabled them to focus on developmental relationships with young people and learn concrete strategies for strengthening them. They report that it motivates them and helps keep them focused on what really matters, while also improving relationships within their own organizations.
These organizations emphasized three strategies to ensure that all young people experience the developmental relationships they need to be resilient and thrive:
Fuel action with the common language using the Developmental Relationships Framework.
Unite your team with a shared commitment to developmental relationships.
Spark hope and possibilities for all youth and families.
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Growing Relationship-Rich Organizations
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Read Time
It really needs to be infused throughout your organization. You need to practice it daily, as a team — talking about some of the changes that need to be made, but also celebrating the successes.
Tasha Booker Fowler
City Year Columbus, Ohio
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Resources to Use across Your Organization
Relational Practice
Approaches to Providing Support
Ten approaches that can be integrated into classroom or program activities that build the Provide Support element of the developmental relationships framework.
Activity
Roses and Thorns
A check-in activity that invites participants to share the highs and lows of their week.
Activity
Learning from Failures and Mistakes
Activity where participants watch a video showing how celebrities learned from failure and interview adults in their life who overcame obstacles.
More About the Developmental Relationships Framework
Video
They Shape Who We Are
They Shape Who We Are is a five-minute video introducing the importance of Developmental Relationships in young people's lives
Activity
Marshmallow Towers
Activity where participants work together to construct a tower made of marshmallows and spaghetti and reflect on how they shared power in the experience.
Tool / Playbook
Relationship Check
The Relationship Check is a tool for self-reflection & conversation designed to assess where relationships with young people are strong and where they can grow.