Helpful Links and Materials

In this section, you can find materials that we thought would be helpful as you continue to work with and build stronger relationships with the youth in your life.

Tools to help build relationships

  • Developmental Relationships Bingo: On this bingo sheet are 19 different things you can do to help build developmental relationships with the young people in your life. If you fill up the page, take a pic and share it with us on social media!


our social media

Check out our various social media pages for different and more frequent content. Our Twitter and Facebook accounts engage in public discussions (e.g. tweetchats, discussions, etc). There, you can reply to us about how you are doing with your monthly caring adult challenge.

Our Instagram page posts some of the media content we develop. Our Youtube page hosts some of our longer videos, and serves as a great resource library for other videos and TedTalks that discuss Positive Youth Development.

For the month of August, we suggest the following videos about identifying “Sparks”!

from the Search institute

Relationships First: This document overviews in great detail the research determining the importance of Developmental Relationships.

Developmental Relationships Framework (Doc 1 and Doc 2): These two one-pagers give an overview of the 5 Developmental Relationship elements and provide brief answers to some frequently asked questions.

Assets By Age: This document overviews different assets that are important to young people based on their age group.

organizations that support positive youth development

Below is a list of organizations that we’ve trained in Positive Youth Development. This map is ever-evolving. If we miss you, please feel free to Contact Us.

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The Central MetroWest Substance Abuse Prevention collaborative

The CMSAPC is responsible for leading and managing MetroWest CAN. More information about their work can be found here.

The following communities are part of the CMSAPC: Ashland, Framingham, Hudson, Natick, Northborough, and Southborough. Other communities in Massachusetts are also served by the SAPC grant through the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services. Check out the map here.