What if the most powerful thing an educator can do has nothing to do with curriculum? Search Institute has spent over 60 years studying what helps youth thrive — and the answer keeps coming back to one thing: relationships.
In this conversation with President & CEO of Search Institute, Ben Houltberg, PhD, LMFT, we unpack the science of developmental relationships — a specific, research-backed framework that goes far beyond simply “being nice” to students. We explore how a single teacher relationship can reshape a young person’s trajectory, and how to shift from a deficit mindset to a strengths-based one — even when you’re running on empty.
Because it turns out, the small things aren’t small at all.
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