Amherst Youth & Community Coalition: Asset Builders, are you one?

For many years now, the Town of Amherst and the public schools in the town have worked together to conduct the Search Institute Survey on behaviors and attitudes.  The survey is taken by eighth, 10th and 12th grade students every two years to measure the number of "assets" or positive supports and strengths youth possess.  The search has identified 40 assets and the more a person has, the more resilient and less likely they are to engage in dangerous behaviors.