Risk & Resiliency Research

The Search Institute (www.search-institute.org/)
A nonprofit organization with the mission to provide leadership, knowledge, and resources to promote healthy children, youth, and communities. Based on their research, the Institute has developed a list of "40 Developmental Assets"—a set of positive experiences and personal qualities that young people need in order to grow up to be healthy, caring, and responsible.

Child Trends (www.childtrends.org/)
A nonprofit organization that conducts research in the following topic areas: Child Well-Being, Marriage/Family, Research Methods, and Welfare/Poverty to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children and their families.

Community Data and Descriptive Profiles-Hawai`i Specific

Hawai`i Outcomes Institute (www.hawaiioutcomes.org/Healthy%20Hawaii%202010_CHP_Release2%20pdf.htm)
Toward a Healthy Hawaii 2010 is a series of five statistical reports describing the health of residents-one for each of the four counties and another for the entire state. Data for individual health indicators can be downloaded in MS Excel or .pdf files.

University of Hawai`i Center on the Family Data Center (http://uhfamily.hawaii.edu/Cof_Data/datacenter.html)
The Center on the Family has collected and compiled a variety of data describing Hawai`i's children and families.

1. Child & Family Indicators (http://uhfamily.hawaii.edu/Cof_Data/cfi/family_indicators.html)
   Want to compare the well-being of families in your county with the state as a whole? Or, see how Hawai`i's families are doing when compared with the rest of the United States, by county, state, or the entire nation? See indicators related to child and family well-being at the national, state, and county levels. Can be searched by subject, age, and location.
2. School Community Profiles (http://uhfamily.hawaii.edu/Cof_Data/profiles/profiles.html)
   Want some information about substance abuse indicators for the community surrounding your child's school? Here, you can get a report for over 40 public school complexes.
3. Drug Prevention SIG (http://uhfamily.hawaii.edu/Cof_Data/drug_prevention_sig/social_indicators.html)
   Compilation of data describing youth drug use and listing of community resources.
4. Native Hawaiian Children and Families (http://uhfamily.hawaii.edu/Cof_Data/hi_child_ed/hi_child_ed.html)
   Data can be sorted by state, county or, for the island of O'ahu, by the six Moku (community divisions).

Community Data and Descriptive Profiles-National

KIDSCOUNT (www.aecf.org/kidscount/sld/index.jsp)
This is a national and state-by-state effort to track the status of children in the U.S. On this website, you can find state-by-state profiles and also create custom graphs, maps, or ranked lists that compare Hawai`i to other states.

Surveys of ATOD USE—Hawai'i

State of Hawai`i, Department of Health-Alcohol & Drug Abuse Division
(www.hawaii.gov/health/substance-abuse/prevention-treatment/survey/adsurv.htm)
Listing of reports from surveys—both youth and adult—dating back to 1995. Available for download in .pdf format (you will need Adobe Acrobat).

Communicating Effectively

Office of National Drug Control Policy-National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (www.mediacampaign.org)
The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign uses different forms of media to reach Americans everywhere. It is an effort to educate and empower youth to say no to illicit drugs.

Children Now/Kaiser Family Foundation-Talking With Your Kids (www.talkingwithkids.org)
This website offers practical and valuable information on strategies to use when talking to your children about a wide range of tough issues – including substance abuse and violence – that are difficult for children to understand and for adults to explain.

Substance Abuse

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) (www.samhsa.gov)
This website covers a large range of topics in the area of mental health. It includes information about substance abuse prevention through treatment, HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and disaster response, among many other topics.

Office of National Drug Control Policy-National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Keeping Your Kids Drug Free Booklet (www.theantidrug.com)
This booklet, provided by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, helps parents find the right words and approaches when talking to their children about the dangers of underage drinking, drugs, and other harmful substances.

The Partnership for a Drug-Free America (www.drugfree.org)
The partnership is a non-profit coalition of communication, health, medical, and educational professionals that are working together to reduce illicit drug use in our country. They use different forms of media to get their message across to help people live healthy, drug-free lives.

Aloha United Way-2-1-1 (www.auw.org/211/ )
211 is a statewide community information and referral service maintained by Aloha United Way. tHe service is accessible both my phone and the Internet 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Professional information and referral specialists can assist callers in finding help in their community for such complex issues as substance abuse, domestic violence, financial problems, and much more. All calls to 211 are confidential.

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Violence

Centers for Disease Control and other Federal Partners-National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (www.safeyouth.org)
THis resource center offers resources for professionals, parents, and youth that are working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.

American Psychological Association Help Center (www.apahelpcenter.org)
The APA Help Center offers resources on psychological issues that affect physical and emotional wee-being. It also gives information about referrals.

United States Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs-National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) (www.pbis.org)
This website was designed to offer schools capacity-building information and technical assistance in identifying, adapting, and sustaining effective disciplinary practices.

State of Hawai`i Department of Education-Positive Behavior Support (http://sssb.k12.hi.us/programdescriptions/PBS.htm)
This link provides some information about the Hawai'i State DOE's Positive Behavior Support process and capacities that the schools are building when they apply the process.

State of Hawai`i Department of Education-Chapter 19, Student Misconduct, Discipline, School Searches and Seizures, Reporting Offenses, Police Interviews and Arrests, and Restitution for Vandalism and Negligence
(Off-site URL)
tHis link takes you directly to the Hawai'i Administrative Rules, Title 8, Department of Education, Subtitle 2 Education, Part 1 Public Schools, Chapter 19.