Peter Craig Scales
MAY 2018
940 Chestnut Ridge Road
Manchester, Missouri 63021
(636) 225-2112 (phone & Fax)
Email: scalespc@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1976, Child and Family Studies
M.S., Syracuse University, 1973, Child and Family Studies
A.B., Cum Laude, Syracuse University, 1971, Psychology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016-current:
Senior Research Consultant in private practice
Senior Fellow, Search Institute (part-time)
June 1995-2016
Senior Fellow, Office of the President, Search Institute, Minneapolis
Adjunct Professor of Psychology, St. Louis University (1994-1998)
Based in St. Louis, conducted research and provided consultation on building healthy communities and promoting positive youth development: designed and managed two national studies (Gallup poll) about social norms of American adults around involvement with children and youth (2000, 2002); designed and managed a national study of the well-being of American children and adults, for the America’s Promise Alliance (2005); designed and managed 2 national studies of the nation’s 15 year olds’ hopes and dreams, for Best Buy (with Harris Interactive, 2008-2010); designed and managed global survey study of adolescent spiritual development among 12-125 year olds in North America, Europe, and Asia (2007-2009); created survey of developmental assets for 4th-6th graders; created theoretical framework and survey for measuring developmental assets in young adults ages 18-25; designed and directed national survey of parents as asset-builders of their children; providing research leadership to national project to develop indicators of youth thriving, in collaboration with Tufts and Stanford Universities and Fuller Theological Seminary; managed evaluation of 4 1/2 year project to strengthen religious youth programs, 3 year research effort on middle school service-learning programs, several studies on school achievement and developmental assets, research and training design to strengthen family support programs’ work with families of young adolescents; obtained funding for those and other projects; developed publications; provided conference keynote speeches and consultation to youth-organizations, government agencies, schools, media, others.
March 1992-August 1995
Director of National Initiatives, Center for Early Adolescence, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Visiting Scholar, School of Public Health, St. Louis University (1992-1993); Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Louis University (1994-1998)
Established Center’s St. Louis office upon marriage. Responsible for designing and directing research projects on positive youth development; directing the Center’s middle-grades teacher preparation initiative; developing the school-community collaboration training and technical assistance program; developing the Center’s linkages with other national organizations; playing leading role in long-range planning and fundraising; and providing conference keynote speeches and consultations across the country on young adolescent development, problem prevention, and school-community collaboration.
Oct. 1989-March 1992
Deputy Director, Center for Early Adolescence, School of Medicine, and Research Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Responsible for day to day management of $1 million national center providing research, information, training, and advocacy to better the lives of 10- to 15-year-olds. Represent the Center as speaker at conferences around the nation; provide overall guidance to major behavioral, educational, and social science research and training projects. Coordinate Center activities with other University departments and centers. In consultation with the Director, guide Center’s long-range planning and development activities.
1988-1989
Executive Director, The Anchorage Center for Families, and Chair, Governor’s Commission on Children and Youth, Anchorage, Alaska
Operated a family service agency with an annual budget of $1.3 million and 35 staff members, resulting from the successful consolidation of Family Connection with the Anchorage Child Abuse Board. Served 11,000 high-risk parents and children per year with a crisis nursery, home-based Parent Aide program, parent training, individual, marital, family, and group therapy, education programs, and publications. Served as chair of Governor’s blue-ribbon Commission on Children and Youth, a 22-member body including six legislators, five Cabinet members, and 11 public representatives; resulted in legislature funding more than $20 million in new children’s services over two years, and recognition as a leading children’s advocate.
1983-1989
Executive Director, Family Connection, Anchorage, Alaska
Managed entire operation of the community’s primary nonprofit family therapy and education center with an annual budget of $600,000 and a staff of 12 therapists and educators. Supervised outpatient therapy, group therapy, crisis counseling, home-based family services, volunteer foster homes program, PhoneFriend program, publications, and education programs. Developed long-range plan to enable the agency to focus more on prevention than on treatment. Conducted numerous community education programs on family communication, sexuality, runaways, stepfamily life, child abuse, etc. Produced and co-hosted a weekly radio talk show on children and family issues.
1982-1983
Director of Education, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, New York
Provided educational leadership for 190 affiliated programs nationwide. Represented federation in numerous external relations. Raised and managed $800,000 annual budget. Developed fully computerized library and information network, linking 50,000 volume library with program clearinghouse as a national database. Developed new publication program, “Emphasis Subscriber Service,” including a quarterly journal, fact sheets, “white papers,” etc. Oversaw production of the ground-breaking bilingual volume Latino Families in the United States: A Resourcebook for Family Life Education. Provided controversy management and media skills training in numerous cities across the country. Put together the first National Coalition for Family Sexuality Education Month, including the National Urban League, National Council of Churches, National Education Association, etc., and oversaw nationwide activities for the Month.
1981-1982
Consulting Sociologist, Denver, Colorado
Directed Colorado Department of Health’s Adolescent Health Task Force. Wrote final report, Adolescent Health in Colorado, and keynoted Governor’s Conference at which findings were released. Developed first draft of booklet that later became SIECUS’s best-selling guide Winning the Battle for Sex Education. Coordinated two special journal issues on sexuality education and family planning, one for the National Association of Independent Schools, and the other for the National Clearinghouse for Family Planning Information.
1978-1981
Senior Social Scientist, Mathtech, Washington, D. C.
Directed landmark national study on the politics of sexuality education in the United States, visiting 23 communities and interviewing hundreds of supporters and opponents, under a $225,000 Center for Disease Control contract. Team member for three other major sexuality education research and demonstration projects. Co-authored the five-volume An Analysis of U.S. Sex Education Programs and Evaluation Methods. Developed policy paper and recommendations from the 1979 Wingspread Conference on Early Adolescent Sexuality and Health Care. Consultant to Family Impact Seminar’s study of teenage pregnancy in a family context, including Washington policy conference and book chapter. Provided testimony to U.S. Congressional committees.
1977-1978
Director of Public Affairs, National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, Washington, D.C.
Directed public relations of national educational group, including media and Congressional relations. Directed national project which educated high school journalists on their First Amendment rights and journalistic responsibilities. Conducted national contest to honor high school student submitting the best article on teenage pregnancy. Produced the booklet Searching for Alternatives to Teenage Pregnancy.
1974-1977
Research Director, Institute for Family Research and Education, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Directed research for $223,000 NIMH grant in community family life education. Taught graduate course in family life education program development. Conducted participant-observation research on adolescent males and contraceptive services. Co-authored Community Family Life Education Programs for Parents: A Manual for Organizers, and, with Sol Gordon and Kathleen Everly, the basic source The Sexual Adolescent: Communicating with Teenagers About Sex (Duxbury, 1979).
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Psychological Association, Fellow
American Assoc. of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, public policy committee chair, 1981)
American Public Health Association
National Council on Family Relations
National Middle School Association
Missouri Public Health Association
Society for Adolescent Medicine, North Carolina/Virginia Regional Chapter
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Major Consultations (almost all have been paid consultations)
U.S. Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, consulted on development of a model and survey on school climate for grantee middle and high schools, 2010
Fielding Graduate University, School of Psychology, Santa Barbara, CA, served as External Examiner for Doctoral Dissertation, 2005-2006
Child Trends, Inc., Washington DC, prepare chapter on development of new brief measure of prosocial orientation for National Institutes of Health Conference on Positive Indicators of Youth Development, 2003
National Middle School Association, revise the chapter on “characteristics of young adolescents” in NMSA’s foundational resource, This We Believe: Successful Schools for Young Adolescents, for 30th Anniversary of NMSA, 2003
American Camping Association, consultant on National Research Study, “Youth Development Outcomes of the Camp Experience,” 2000-2005
William T. Grant Foundation, proposal reviewer on youth development reviewer, 1999-current
Texas Health Education Agency, Austin, and Suma Productions, Houston, co-authored and appeared as spokesperson in video promoting new Texas health education curriculum (used by all 615 school districts and university teacher preparation programs in Texas),1999
McGraw-Hill, reviewed and suggested extensive revisions for major text for college child & adolescent development course, 1998 St. Louis Public Schools, assisted community education division in planning principal’s training institute, 1995
American Camping Association, critiqued national study of parents’ views on increasing children’s self-esteem, 1995.
Teen Outreach Program, Association of Junior Leagues International, critiqued program curriculum, 1994.
Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, Teenage Pregnancy Initiative, Consultant, 1994; Evaluation Team chair, 1993; Steering Committee and Technical Advisory Committee member, 1992-1993.
Illinois Lt. Governor’s Office, consulted on substance abuse prevention and positive youth development strategies for the state,1992.
Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, consulted on youth and family issues for the Atlanta Project, a comprehensive community development effort in 20 Atlanta neighborhoods, 1992.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Scientific Review Consultant for Minority Youth Health Behavior Research Program 1992.
Media Resource Service, Scientists’ Institute for Public Information, member 1992.
Prentice-Hall Publishers, reviewed adolescent health book manuscript for 9th and 10th grades, 1992.
Youth Service America and RespecTeen, national spokesperson for National Youth Services Day, April 28, 1992.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, panel on grantmaking priorities for youth, community-based programming, and education, 1992.
DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund, developing school counseling initiative, 1992.
Scientists’ Institute for Public Information, policy strategies for promoting healthy youth development, 1992.
The Brush Foundation, developing school-based adolescent health programs, 1991.
Foundation for the Mid South, developed regional resource report and conference, 1991.
Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development, professional development of youth workers, 1991.
Children’s Television Workshop, consultant to PBS-TV program “What Kids Want to Know about Sex and Growing Up,” aired May 1992.
Public/Private Ventures, Inc., Youth Research and Technical Assistance Project, U. S. Department of Labor, advisory board, 1990-1991.
Southern Regional Project on Infant Mortality, North Carolina Pregnancy Prevention Work Group, 1990.
Wellesley College, School-Age Child Care Quality Assessment Project, review panel, 1990.
U.S. Catholic Conference, Catholic Telecommunications Network of America, video simulcast on early adolescence to 165 affiliated stations nationwide, 1990.
Ounce of Prevention Fund, curriculum reviewer and trainer, 1990.
Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, middle grades improvement grant proposal/consulting, 1990.
Educational Foundation of America, funding proposal consultant, 1979-1991.
American Home Economics Association, working group on standards for school-age child care, 1989.
National Conference of State Legislatures, subcommittee to study family life education policy, 1987.
National Council on Family Relations, committee on standards for certification of family life educators, 1983.
National Family Planning Information Center, guest newsletter issue editor, 1980 and 1983.
Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, educational strategy booklet, 1981.
National Association of Independent Schools, guest journal issue editor, 1981.
Education Commission of the States, meta-analysis of drug and alcohol abuse prevention studies, 1981.
Human Services, Inc., Denver, evaluation of Florence Crittendon Program, 1981.
West Arkansas Health Systems Agency, analysis of adolescent services, 1980.
Family Planning Council of Western Pennsylvania, development of 23-county regional service plan for adolescents, 1979.
Institute for Family Research and Education, Syracuse University, conference report for Wingspread Conference on Early Adolescent Sexuality and Health Care, 1979.
Family Impact Seminar, book chapter and policy conference on teenage pregnancy, 1979.
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Task Force on Adolescent Pregnancy and Related Problems, 1977.
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
International Journal of Developmental Science, manuscript reviewer, 2016-current
Child Indicators Research, manuscript reviewer, 2013-current
Journal of Adolescence, manuscript reviewer, 2012-current
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, manuscript reviewer, 2010-current
Journal of Adolescent Health, manuscript reviewer, 2010-current
Journal of Positive Psychology, manuscript reviewer, 2009-current
Journal of Adolescent Research, manuscript reviewer, 2008
Developmental Psychology, manuscript reviewer for special issue on Sports Participation and Positive Youth Development, 2007
Middle School Journal, editorial board, 1991-current
Child Welfare, editorial board, Child Welfare League of America, 1987-2008.
Applied Developmental Science, manuscript reviewer, 1999-current
Journal of Community Psychology, manuscript reviewer, 2001-current
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, manuscript reviewer, 2005-current
The Generator–Journal of Service-Learning and Service Leadership, winter 1997, 16(3), guest contributing editor for issue on research in service-learning.
Journal of Teacher Education, manuscript reviewer, 1995
Journal of Health Education, guest co-editor, theme issue, “Addressing the Health Education Needs of Young Adolescents,” November 1993 Supplement
Journal of School Health, manuscript reviewer, 1991-1992.
Communication Education, manuscript reviewer, 1991.
Journal of Early Adolescence, manuscript reviewer, 1991.
Family Relations, consulting editor, National Council on Family Relations, 1986-1991.
Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, consulting editor, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, 1985-1991.
Current Health Magazine, contributing editor, 1982-1983.
Journal of Sex Research, manuscript reviewer, Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, 1981-1985.
GRANTS FUNDED
Leveraging Developmental Relationships with Teachers to Enhance Student Motivation, U.S. Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Aug. 2017-May 2019, $400,000, lead investigator.
The Effect of a Relational Model of Perseverance on Middle School Students’ Academic Trajectories and Reduction of Achievement Inequities, Spencer Foundation, 2016-2018, $50,000, lead investigator
Linking Developmental Assets and International Development Priorities, U.S. Agency for International Development (sub-award through Education Development Center), 2011-2012, $190,000, lead investigator
Replication and Expansion of the Building Assets-Reducing Risks Program, U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation (i3) fund, 2010-2014, $5 million (49 funded, 2nd highest score out of 1,700 national applicants), core proposal writing team member and lead scientist
‘Opio Survey Development: Development of a Survey to Measure Student Assets with a Hawaiian Perspective on Well-Being, Kamehameha Schools, 2007-2008, $90,000, lead proposal author and lead investigator
Follow-up to National Promises Study: Mining the Data and Revising Measurement for the 2nd national promises Study, America’s Promise, 2007-2008, $372,000, lead proposal author and lead investigator
Developing and Measuring the Five Promises Among America’s Children and Youth, America’s Promise, 2005-2006, $290,847, lead proposal author and lead investigator
U.S. Principals’ Perspectives on Service-Learning, National Youth Leadership Council and State Farm Foundation, 2004, $100,000, lead investigator
The Role of School-Business Partnerships in Promoting Students’ Developmental Assets and School Success. U.S. Department of Education, 2001-2002 ($148,000-with the National Association of Partners in Education), lead author of proposal, lead investigator
Grading Grownups: American Adults Report on their Real Relationships with Kids. Lutheran Brotherhood, 2000-2002 (($375,000 to do the study in 2000, $176,000 in 2001 to prepare for repeat of study in 2002, $200,000 for repeat of study in 2002), author of proposal, designer of instruments, and lead researcher of national study (Gallup Organization national poll) on American social norms shaping adults’ involvement with children and youth.
Developmental Asset-Based Evaluation of a High School Substance Abuse and School Failure Prevention Program. Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Education, and St. Louis Park, MN, High School ($50,000), developed and wrote evaluation plan for proposal
The Role of School-Business Partnerships in Promoting Students’ Developmental Assets and School Success. National Association of Partners in Education, 1999 ($150,000), co-author of proposal, manager of project
Developing a Comprehensive Plan and Capacity to Help School Communities Achieve their Mission through Asset Building. Bush Foundation, 1999, ($100,000),co-author of proposal
Engaging and Supporting Families in Distressed Communities to Build Development Assets in Children and Adolescents, 1998, co-author, $200,000, The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The Colorado Youth Polls, 1997-1998, principal author, project leader, $30,000, Norwest Bank Colorado
The Impact of Service-Learning on Young Adolescents’ Academic Success, 1997-1998, author, PI, $32,000, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Assets for Colorado Youth: A State and Community Initiative, 1997; 2002, principal author, primary editor of proposal, managed longitudinal research), $10 million, The Colorado Trust
Strengthening Family Support Programs’ Capacity to Serve Families with Young Adolescents, PI, 1996-1997, $10,000, A. L. Mailman Family Foundation, Inc., and $25,000, The Honeywell Foundation, Honeywell, Inc.
Training Religious Youth Workers to Build Assets for Youth, Senior Fellow and Evaluation Coordinator, co-author of proposal, 1995-1999, $1,175,888, DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund
Helping Families Promote Positive Young Adolescent Development, PI, 1995, $41,300, A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, Inc. (in collaboration with Family Resource Coalition)
Promoting Young Adolescent Development Through Religiously Based Institutions and Programs: A Feasibility Study, Co-PI, 1994, $170,000, DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund (subcontract of $68,000 through collaborating partner, Search Institute, Minneapolis).
Adults’ Impact on Adolescent Mental and Social Health, PI, 1994, $25,000, William T. Grant Foundation.
Strengthening Teacher Preparation for the Middle Grades, PI, 1992-1995, $1,113,500, DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund.
Production and Dissemination of A Portrait of Young Adolescents in the 1990s: Implications for Promoting Health Growth and Development, PI, 1991, $23,000, Carnegie Corporation of New York.
A National Study of Teacher Preparation for the Middle Grades, PI, 1990-1991, $100,000, Dewitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund.
Training for Middle Grades School Improvement, training, PI, 1989-1990, $12,000, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation.
Diagnosing and Treating Chronic Neglect, demonstration/research, co-author of proposal, recipient agency executive director, 1988-1991, $175,000, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.
Early Intervention and Preventative Youth Services, direct services grants, proposal author and PI, 1984-1989, $1,914,000, Alaska Division of Family and Youth Services.
Social Services for At-Risk Youth and Their Families, direct service grants, proposal author and PI, 1984-1989, $1,194,000, Anchorage Department of Health and Human Services.
Community Child and Family Services, direct services grants, proposal author and PI, 1986-1989, $242,000, United Way of Anchorage.
A Phonefriend Program for Children, direct service grants for latch-key child program, proposal author and PI, 1987-1989, $18,000, Atlantic Richfield Company Foundation.
Life Skills Education for Teens, publication development grant, co-author and PI, 1986, $5,000, Standard Alaska Production Company.
Development of a Support Network for Runaway Youth, demonstration/ research, co-author and PI, 1985, $25,000, U.S. Office of Human Development Services.
Runaway and Homeless Youth Basic Center Grant, direct service grants, author and PI, 1984-1986, $45,000, U.S. Family and Youth Services Bureau.
General Support, author and PI, 1984, $3,000, Skinner Foundation.
Development of the Planned Parenthood Library and Information Network, planning/direct service grant, coauthor and PI, 1982-1984, $450,000, Pew Charitable Trust.
General Support for Planned Parenthood Education Department, direct service, coauthor and PI, 1983, $50,000, George Gund Foundation.
General Support for Planned Parenthood Education Department, direct service, coauthor and PI, 1982, $40,000, Federated Department Stores.
A National Study of Perceived and Real Barriers to Sex Education, research, co-author and PI, 1979-1981, $225,000, U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Teaching Parents to be Primary Sex Educators of their Children, demonstration/research, co-author and senior project associate, 1980-1982, $325,000, U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
Evaluating and Improving Exemplary Sex Education Programs, demonstration/research, co-author and senior project associate, 1980-1984, $950,000, U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
A National Survey of Teenage Sexuality, research, co-author and senior project associate, 1980-1981, $30,000, Harper and Row Publishers.
Adolescent Pregnancy and the High School Press, demonstration/research, author and PI, 1978, $30,000, Educational Foundation of America.
A Community Family Life Education Program for Parents, demonstration/ research, co-author and research director, 1974-1977, $223,000, National Institute of Mental Health.
COMMITTEES
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, committee on the health of children and youth, 1989-1992.
Local
Parkway School District (Chesterfield, MO), Project Parkway, Planning Committee, 5-Year Comprehensive School Improvement Plan for 2011-2015
Parkway School District (Chesterfield, MO), Diversity and Discipline Review Committee, Leadership Team, 2004-2005
St. Louis Breast Cancer Coalition, Professional Advisory Board, 1995-1997
Webster University, St. Louis, Middle School Advisory Board, 1993-1995
Planned Parenthood of Greater St. Louis, Community Education Committee, 1993-1995
Vision for Children at Risk Collaborative, St. Louis, Steering Committee, 1992
United Way of Greater St. Louis, Evaluation Committee, 1992
Human Services Coalition of Anchorage, board member, 1988-1989.
Anchorage School District, Corporal Punishment Task Force, 1987.
Anchorage School District, Heath Education Curriculum Committee, 1985-1987.
Anchorage Mayor’s Runaway and Homeless Youth Task Force, chair, prevention committee, 1985-1986.
Scenic Park Community School Board, Anchorage, chair, 1984.
Sex Education Coalition of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., board member, 1980.
State
Missouri Comprehensive School Health Coalition, 1994-2000
North Carolina Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy, Board member, 1990
Alaska Governor’s Commission on Children and Youth, chair and vice chair, 1987-1989.
Action for Alaska’s Children, steering committee, 1988-1989.
Colorado Adolescent Health Task Force, director, 1981.
Regional
Southern Legislative Conference, Southern Strategic Planning Group on Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention, Family Life Education Committee, 1990-1991.
National
National Commission on Adolescent Sexual Health, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, 1994-1995
National Family Life Education Network, national advisory board, 1982-1999.
American School Health Association, study committee on health guidance in sex education,1987-1990.
National Center for Service Learning in Early Adolescence, Advisory Board, 1991-1995.
National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting, Advisory Council, 1991-1994
Freedom to Read Foundation, Board of Trustees, 1980-1982
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITY
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maternal and Child Health 211 “Family and Child Health” – responsible for six-week, 12-hour lab on adolescence, Spring 1990 and 1991, graduate course.
Syracuse University
Child and Family Studies 388 “Human Sexuality” – graduate assistant, lecturer and discussion group leader for undergraduate course, 1972-1976.
CFS 490 “Independent Study” – supervised 3 teams of undergraduates in research projects, 2 of which led to refereed journal articles, 1975-1976.
CFS 656 “Developing Community Family Life Education Programs” – co-taught graduate professional course, 1974-1976.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
IN PREPARATION
The relationship of Developmental Assets to college and career readiness among poor, urban middle and high school students. (Scales, Kent Pekel, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Amy K. Syvertsen).
Developmental Relationships, Character Strengths, and Students’ School Success: Five Key Research Findings. (Scales, Kent Pekel, and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
A family systems perspective on religious-spiritual engagement and family well-being. (Scales, Amy K. Syvertsen, and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
The Connection of School-Relevant Developmental Assets and Cultural Connection to Academic, Psychological, Social, and Civic Well-Being among Hawaiian Children and Youth: Results from the ‘Opio and Keiki Assets Studies (Scales, and Katherine Tibbetts).
SUBMITTED
Structural Effects of Student-Teacher Developmental Relationships on Middle-School Students’ Motivation, Engagement, and Performance (Scales, Martin Van Boekel, Kent Pekel, Amy Syvertsen, & Eugene C. Roehlkepartain) (submitted to Child Development)
Academic Year Changes in Student-Teacher Developmental Relationships and their Links to Change in Middle-School Students’ Motivation, Engagement, and Performance (Martin Van Boekel, Scales, & Kent Pekel) (submitted to the Journal of Educational Psychology)
Someone who “gets” me: Adolescents’ perceptions of relational engagement with key adults and its links with academic and civic outcomes. Journal of Relationships Research. (Laura V. Yoviene, Adar Ben-Eliyahu, Scales, & Jean E. Rhodes).
ACCEPTED
PUBLISHED
Seeking and finding positive youth development among Zulu youth in South African townships. Child Development, 2016 (Kelly D. Schwartz, Linda Theron, & Scales).
A Developmental Assets Approach in East Africa: Can Swahili Measures Capture Adolescent Competencies and Ecological Experiences? Child & Youth Care Forum (Drescher, C.F., Johnson, L. R., Kurz, S., Scales, P.C., and Kihilo, R.).
Protective Factors for the College Years: Establishing the Appropriateness of the Developmental Assets Model for Emerging Adults. Current Psychology doi:10.1007/s12144-016-9488-1. (Travis J. Pashak, Paul J. Handal, & Scales).
The crucial coaching relationship. Phi Delta Kappan. May 2016, 97(8), 19-23. (Part of special Sports in School section).
Aligning Youth Development Theory, Measurement, and Practice across Cultures and Contexts: Lessons from Use of the Developmental Assets Profile. Child Indicators Research. (Scales, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, & Maura Shramko). May 2016. DOI 10.1007/s12187-016-9395-x
Parental, familial, and community support interventions to improve children’s literacy in developing countries: A systematic review. The Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic Reviews, 2016, 12(4) (Elizabeth Spier, Pia Britto, Terri Pigott, Yael Kidron, Julia Lane, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Scales, Dan Wagner, Michael McCarthy, Mengli Song, & Janis Glover). http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/lib/project/289/
Developmental assets and sexual and reproductive health among 10-14 year olds in Uganda. International Journal of Child, Youth, & Family Studies, 2016, 7, 45-64. (Scales, Maura Shramko, and Kim Ashburn).
The dimensions of successful young adult development: A conceptual and measurement framework. Applied Developmental Science, 2016, DOI:10.1080/10888691.2015.1082429. Invited submission for special issue on Positive Youth Development and Intervention. (Scales, Peter L. Benson (deceased), Sabrina Oesterle, Karl Hill, J. David Hawkins, & Travis Pashak).
Brief report: Assessing Youth Well-Being in Global Emergency Settings: Early results from the Emergency Developmental Assets Profile. Journal of Adolescence, 2015, 45, 98-102 (Scales, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Teresa Wallace, Ashley Inselman, Paul Stephenson, and Michael Rodriguez).
Community developmental assets and positive youth development: The role of natural Mentors. Research in Human Development, 2014, 10(2), 141-162. Special issue on Familial and Non-Familial Relationships as Ecological Sources of Health and Positive Development Across the Life Span—A View of the Issues (ed. Richard M. Lerner & Edmond P. Bowers) (Sarah S. O. Schwartz, Christian S. Chan, Jean E. Rhodes, & Scales).
The interest-driven pursuits of 15-year-olds: “Sparks” and their association with caring relationships and developmental outcomes. Applied Developmental Science, 2014, 18, 76-89. (Adar Ben-Eliyahu, Jean E. Rhodes, and Scales).
Mental Toughness Tips Your Players Will Remember. ADDvantage Magazine, Sept. 2013, 36(9), 17-18, 23 (Official publication of the United States Professional Tennis Association). (www.ADDvantageUSPTA.com)
Intervening with practitioners to improve the quality of prevention: Findings from a two-year randomized trial of Assets-Getting To Outcomes. Implementation Science, 2013, 8, 87-105. (Joie Acosta, Matthew Chinman, Patricia Ebener, Patrick S. Malone, Susan Paddock, Andrea Phillips, Scales, and Mary Ellen Slaughter).
Intervening with practitioners to improve the quality of prevention: One year findings from a randomized controlled trial of the Assets-Getting To Outcomes intervention. Journal of Primary Prevention, 2013, 34, 173–191. PMC3703481 (Chinman, M., Acosta, J., Ebener, P., Burkhart, Q., Clifford, M., Corsello, M., Duffy, T., Hunter, S., Jones, M., Lahti, M., Malone, P.S., Paddock, S., Phillips, A., Savell, S., Scales, P., & Tellet-Royce, N.)
Building Developmental Assets to Empower Adolescent Girls in Rural Bangladesh: Evaluation of Project ‘Kishoree Kontha.’ Journal of Research on Adolescence, February 2013, 23(1), 171-184.Special Issue on Adolescents in the Majority World (Scales, Peter L. Benson, Larry Dershem, Kathleen Fraher, Raphael Makonnen, Shahana Nazneen, Amy K. Syvertsen, and Sarah Titus).
Establishing and Evaluating the Key Functions of an Interactive Systems Framework Based on Assets-Getting to Outcomes. American Journal of Community Psychology, 2012, 50, 295-310. PMC3399058 (Matthew Chinman, Joie Acosta, Pat Ebener, Q Burkhart, Michael Clifford, Maryanne Corsello, Tim Duffy, Sarah Hunter, Margaret Jones, Michel Lahti, Patrick S. Malone, Susan Paddock, Andrea Phillips, Susan Savell, Scales, & Nancy Tellet-Royce).
Is Youth Spiritual Development a Universal Developmental Process? An International Exploration. Journal of Positive Psychology, November 2012, 7(6), 453-470 (Peter L. Benson, Scales, Amy K. Syvertsen, & Eugene C. Roehlkepartain). Published online Oct 2012, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2012.732102 (http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DpPg4td42xVP95bg5Wzm/full)
Peter Lorimer Benson (1946-2011). American Psychologist, May/June 2012, 67, 322 (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
All Kids Are Our Kids: Remembering Peter L. Benson. Applied Developmental Science, 16, January 2012, 1-3.
Youth Developmental Assets in Global Perspective: Results from International Adaptations of the Developmental Assets Profile. Child Indicators Research, 2011, 4(4), 619-645 (published first online DOI: 10.1007/s12187-011-9112-8).
Build Your Players’ “Developmental Assets” –and Chance for Success . ADDvantage Magazine (Official publication of the United States Professional Tennis Association), January 2011, 35(1), 9-11. (www.ADDvantageUSPTA.com)
Adolescent Thriving: The Role of Sparks, Relationships, and Empowerment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Winter 2011, 40(3), 263- 277 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson & Eugene C. Roehlkepartain). Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10964-010-9578-6.
Positive Youth Development and the Prevention of Youth Aggression and Violence. European Journal of Developmental Science (now the International Journal of Developmental Science), Fall 2009, 3, 218-234 (Peter L. Benson & Scales)
Remembering Sol Gordon (1923-2008): Brilliant, Ground-Breaking, Courageous, Outrageous. American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2009, 4(1), 75-79 (editor’s invited contribution).
The Definition and Preliminary Measurement of Thriving in Adolescence. Journal of Positive Psychology, Jan. 2009, 4(1), 85-104 (Peter L. Benson & Scales).
Promoting Equal Developmental Opportunity and Outcomes among America’s Children and Youth: Results from the National Promises Study. Journal of Primary Prevention, March 2008, 29, 121-144 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Kristin A. Moore, Laura Lippman, Brett Brown, & Jonathan F. Zaff)
Reducing Academic Achievement Gaps: The Role of Community Service and Service-Learning. Journal of Experiential Education, 2006, 29, 38-60 (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Marybeth Neal, James C.Kielsmeier, and Peter L. Benson).
The Contribution to Adolescent Well-Being Made by Nonfamily Adults: An Examination of Developmental Assets as Contexts and Processes. Journal of Community Psychology, 2006, 34(4), 401-413 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson, & Marc Mannes).
The Role of Developmental Assets in Predicting Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Adolescence, 2006, 29(5), 691-708 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Arturo Sesma, Jr., and Manfred van Dulmen).
Developmental Assets and the Middle School Counselor. Professional School Counseling, 2006, 9(2): 104-111.
Adolescent Spirituality. Adolescent and Family Health, 2006, 4: 41-51 (Peter L. Benson, Scales, Arturo Sesma, and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
School-Business Partnerships, Developmental Assets, and Positive Developmental Outcomes Among Urban High School Students: A Mixed-Methods Study. Urban Education, March 2005, 40: 144-189 (Scales, with Karen C. Foster, Marc Mannes, Megan A. Horst, Kristina C. Pinto, & Audra Rutherford).
Thriving in Adolescence: The voices of youth-serving practitioners, parents, and early and late adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 2005, 24: 94-112(with Pamela Ebstyne King, Elizabeth M. Dowling, Ross A. Mueller, Krystal White, William Schultz, Peter Osborn, Everett Dickerson, Deborah L. Bobek, Richard M. Lerner, Peter L. Benson, & Scales).
Conceptualizing and Modeling Individual and Ecological Asset Components of Thriving in Early Adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 2005, 24: 113-143(with Christina Theokas,Jason Almerigi, Richard M. Lerner, Elizabeth M. Dowling, Peter L. Benson, Scales, and Alexander von Eye).
The Role of Parental Status and Child Age in the Engagement of Children and Youth with Adults Outside their Families. Journal of Family Issues 2004, 25: 735-760(Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Nicole Hintz, Theresa K. Sullivan, and Marc Mannes).
The Relation of Community Developmental Attentiveness to Adolescent Health. American Journal of Health Behavior, 27 (Supplement 1): S22-S34 (special summer 2003 issue on positive youth development) (Scales, with Nancy Leffert and Renee Vraa).
The Role of Neighborhood and Community in Building Developmental Assets for Children and Youth: A National Study of Social Norms among American Adults. Journal of Community Psychology (2001), 29: 1-25 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Nicole R. Hintz, Theresa K. Sullivan, and Marc Mannes. (Reprinted in Psykhe (2004), 13(2): 213-230 (bilingual journal of the School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Catloica de Chile, Santiago)
The Public Image of Adolescents. Social Science and Modern SOCIETY, (2001), 38(4): 64-70.
Caring to Try: How Building Students’ Developmental Assets Can Promote School Engagement and Success. NASSP Bulletin (National Association of Secondary School Principals),November 2000, 84(619):69-78 (Scales, with Judy Taccogna). Reprinted in February 2001 Education Digest, 66(6):34-3, as “Developmental Assets for Success in School and Real Life.”
“Building Students’ Developmental Assets to Promote Health and School Success.” The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues, and Ideas, November 2000, 74(2): 84-88.
The Effects of Service-Learning on Middle School Students’ Social Responsibility and Academic Success.” Journal of Early Adolescence, August 2000, 20(3): 332-359(Scales, with Dale A. Blyth, Thomas H. Berkas, and James C. Kielsmeier).
“The Contribution of Developmental Assets to the Prediction of Thriving Outcomes Among Adolescents.” Applied Developmental Science, Winter 2000, 4(1): 27-46 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Dale A. Blyth, and Nancy Leffert)
“Building Developmental Assets: Response to Price and Drake.” Journal of School Health, August 1999, 69(6): 217-218(invited response to critical essay).
“Reducing Risks and Building Developmental Assets: Essential Actions for Promoting Adolescent Health.” Journal of School Health, March 1999, 69(3): 113-119.
“Increasing Service-Learning’s Impact on Middle School Students.” Middle School Journal, May 1999, 30(5): 40-44.
“Beyond the ‘Village’ Rhetoric: Creating Healthy Communities for Children and Adolescents.” Applied Developmental Science, Fall 1998, 2(3): 138-157 (with Peter L. Benson, Nancy Leffert, Scales, and Dale A. Blyth). Reprinted Feb. 2012 in Applied Developmental Science, 16, 3-23, as part of Special Issue on Peter L. Benson.
“Developmental Assets: Measurement and Prediction of Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents.” Applied Developmental Science, Winter 1998, 2(4): 209-230 (with Nancy Leffert, Peter L. Benson, Scales, Anu Sharma, Dyanne Drake, and Dale A. Blyth).
“The Role of Family Support Programs in Building Developmental Assets Among Young Adolescents: A National Survey of Services and Staff Training Needs.” Child Welfare, Sept./Oct. 1997, 76(5): 611-638. (special issue on Youth Development)
“Organizing Principles for Middle Grades Teacher Preparation.” Teacher Education Quarterly, Fall 1997 (with C. Kenneth McEwin, Thomas S. Dickinson, Thomas O. Erb, & Scales): 1-12.
“Extended Family Members and Unrelated Adults in the Lives of Young Adolescents: A Research Agenda.” Journal of Early Adolescence, 16(4): 365-389 (November 1996, Scales, with Judith L. Gibbons).
“The Effects of Comprehensive Middle Level Teacher Preparation Programs.” Research in Middle Level Education Quarterly 19 no. 2 (Winter 1996): 1-24 (Scales, with C. Kenneth McEwin).
“The Role of Middle Level Educators in a Responsive Ecology for Positive Young Adolescent Development.” The Clearing House 69 no. 4 (March/April 1996): 226-230.
“Strengthening Middle Grade Teacher Preparation Programs.” Middle School Journal 26 no. 1 (September 1994): 60-66.
“The Centrality of Health Education to Developing Young Adolescents’ Critical Thinking.” Journal of Health Education 24 no 6 (November 1993 Supplement): S10-S14.
“How Teachers and Education Deans Rate the Quality of Teacher Preparation for the Middle Grades.” Journal of Teacher Education 44 no. 5 (November/December 1993): 378-383.
“Sexuality Education in Schools: Let’s Focus on What Unites Us,” Journal of Health Education 24 no. 2 (March/April 1993: 121.
“Improving the Preparation of Middle-Grades Teachers” Educational Horizons 70 no. 4 (Summer 1992): 205-212.
“The Effect of Preservice Preparation on Middle Grades Teachers’ Beliefs about Teaching and Teacher Education.” Midpoints (Research paper series of the National Middle School Association) 2, no. 2 (May 1992): entire issue.
“From Risk to Resources: `Disadvantaged’ Learners and Middle Grades Teaching.” Middle School Journal 23, no. 5 (May 1992): 3-9.
“Developing Capable Young People: An Alternative Strategy for Prevention Programs.” Journal of Early Adolescence 10, no.4 (November 1990): 420-38.
“Keeping Children on Top of the States’ Policy Agenda.” Child Welfare 64, no.1 (Jan./Feb. 1990): 23-32 (Scales, with Blanche Brunk).
“Overcoming Future Barriers to Sexuality Education.” Educational Theory into Practice 28, no.2 (August 1989): 172-76. Reprinted in James Wm. Noel, ed., Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Educational Issues. Guilford, Conn.: Dushkin Publishing Co., 1991): 336-43.
“The Economics of Investing in Children and Youth.” Alaska Public Affairs Journal 4, no.3 (Fall 1988): 37-41.
“Sex, Psychology and Censorship: Preserving the Freedoms of the Mind.” The Humanist 47, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1987): 18-22, 36.
“Why Our Board Bucked Constituents and Outlawed Corporal Punishment.” American School Board Journal 174, no. 8 (August 1987): 30-31 (reprinted fall 1987 in The Last Resort, newsletter of the Collaboration for Connecticut’s Children, and others).
“How We Can Prevent Teen Pregnancy (And Why It’s Not the Real Problem).” Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 13, no. 1 (Summer 1987): 12-15.
“The Changing Context of Sexuality Education: Paradigms and Challenges for Alternative Futures.” Family Relations 35 (April 1986): 265-74.
“Promoting Adolescent Health: The Need to Model Positive Skills and Challenge Assumptions.” Health Education 17, no. 1 (February/March 1986): 27-30.
“Sex in Politics and Policy.” Marriage and Family Review 6, nos. 3-4 (double issue) (Fall/Winter 1983/4): 47-59. Reprinted in J. W. Maddock, G. Neubeck, and M.R. Sussman. Human Sexuality and the Family. New York: Haworth, 1983.
“Perceived Barriers to Sex Education: A Survey of Professionals.” Journal of Sex Research 19, no. 4 (November 1983): 309-26 (Scales, with Douglas Kirby).
“Sense and Nonsense About Sexuality Education.” Family Relations 32, no. 2 (April 1983): 287-95 (reprinted in Robert T. Francoeur, ed., Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Human Sexuality (3rd edition), Guilford, CT: Dushkin Publishing, 1991: 269-278).
“Slowing the Pendulum: Survival of Sex Education.” Child Welfare 61, no. 8 (November 1982): 553-560.
“Offset Outrage: Let Parents Help Plan Your Sex Education Program.” American School Board Journal 169, no. 7 (July 1982): 32-33.
“Sex Education Update: Community Action That Works. Journal of Sex Education and Therapy 8, no. 2 (Winter 1982): 17-20.
“Sex Education in the 70s and 80s: Accomplishments, Obstacles, and Emerging Issues.” Family Relations 30, no. 4 (October 1981): 78-87.
“An Analysis of State Guidelines for Sex Education Instruction in Public Schools.” Family Relations 30, no. 2 (April 1981): 229-37 (Douglas Kirby, & Scales).
“The New Opposition to Sex Education: A Powerful Threat to A Democratic Society.” Journal of School Health 51, no. 4 (April 1981): 300-304. Reprinted in D.R. Stronk, editor, Discussing Sex in the Classroom: Readings for Teachers. Washington, D.C.: National Science Teachers Association, 1982.
“A Review of Exemplary Sex Education Programs for Teenagers Offered by Nonschool Organizations.” Family Relations 30, no. 2 (April 1981): 238-46 (Scales, with Douglas Kirby; distributed to all Camp Fire, Inc., organizations in the U.S.).
“Barriers to Sex Education.” Journal of School Health 50, no. 6 (August 1980): 337-41.
“Teenage Pregnancy — What’s Next?” Journal of Current Adolescent Medicine 2, no. 6 (June 1980): 43-47.
“University Studies Lead to Student Health Care Services.” Journal of College Student Personnel 20, no. 2 (1979): 173-75 (Scales, with Robyn Weitzner).
“The Context of Sex Education and the Reduction of Teenage Pregnancy.” Child Welfare 53, no. 4 (April 1979): 263-73.
“How We Guarantee the Ineffectiveness of Sex Education.” SIECUS Report 6, no. 4 (March 1978): 1-3.
“A Community Sex Education Program for Parents.” Family Coordinator 26, no. 1 (1977): 37-45 (Scales, with Kathleen Everly).
“Male Involvement in Contraceptive Decision-Making: The Role of Birth Control Counselors.” Journal of Community Health 3, no. 1 (1977): 54-60 (Scales, with Robyn Etelis Weller and Norman Levitz).
“Males and Morals: Teenage Contraceptive Behavior Amid the Double Standard.” Family Coordinator 26, no. 3 (1977): 210-26.
“The Myth of the Normal Outlet.” Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2, no. 3 (1977): 101-103 (Sol Gordon, & Scales).
“Questions College Students Ask About Sex.” Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. no. 3 (1974): 42-43.
NON-REFEREED
PUBLISHED
“Remember the Relationships: The Missing Link that Makes Measures of Students’ Social and Emotional Learning More Understandable and Actionable” Feb. 2018 (http://www.searchinstitute.org) (Scales & Kent Pekel)
“To Get More Bang for the School Sports Buck, Promote Student-Coach Developmental Relationships.” Search Institute Connect, blog of Search Institute, May 24, 2016 (http://www.search-institute.org/blog/promote-student-coach-developmental-relationships).
“The Intervention is a Relationship.” Search Institute Connect, blog of Search Institute, May 4, 2015 (Kent Pekel, and Scales) (www.search-institute.org/blog/intervention-is-a-relationship)
“Safe and Supportive Schools—Not Just Nice, Necessary!” Insights on Safe and Supportive Schools blog, Safe and Supportive Schools Technical Assistance Center website, American Institutes of Research, Feb. 28, 2011 (Scales, with Nathan Eklund).
“Finding the Student Spark: Missed Opportunities in School Engagement.” Search Institute Insights & Evidence, November 2010, 5(1), 1-13.
“Tips for Building the Developmental Assets Most Linked to Common Positive Youth Development Program Outcomes.” (November 2010). http://www.search-institute.org/system/files/PrevPrograms.pdf (Scales & Deborah Fisher).
“Early spirituality and religious participation linked to later adolescent well-being.” (May 2007). Fast Fact. From http://www.spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org/FastFacts4.
“Spirituality and adolescent well-being: Selected new statistics.” (Feb. 2007). Fast Fact. from http://www.spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org/FastFacts2.
“Developmental Assets: A Framework for Enriching Service-Learning.” Fact Sheet prepared November 2007 for Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, & Scales). http://servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/cb_facts/developmental_ assets/index.php
“Building Developmental Assets to Encourage Students’ School Success.” Instructional Leader (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association), May 2007, 20(3), 1-3, 8-10, 12 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson).
“Toward Quality and Equality: Fulfilling Our Promises to America’s Children and Youth.” Search Institute Insights & Evidence, Dec. 2006, 3(2), 1-10 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Kathryn L. Hong, & Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
“Positive Youth Development So far: Core Hypotheses and their Implications for Policy and Practice.” Search Institute Insights & Evidence, Nov. 2006, 3(1),1-13(Peter L. Benson, Scales, Kathryn L. Hong, Arturo Sesma, & Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
Boosting Student Achievement by Building Developmental Assets: New Research Strengthens the Case. Minnesota Schools Boards Association Journal, 58(3), Oct. 2005, 16-18 (Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Scales, & Kay L. Hong).
“Can Service-Learning Help Reduce the Achievement Gap? New Research Points Toward the Potential of Service-Learning for Low-Income Students.” (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain). In Growing to Greatness 2005: The State of Service-Learning Project. St. Paul, MN: NYLC.
“Service to Others: A Gateway Asset for School Success and Healthy Development.” 2004. (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain). In National Youth Leadership Council, Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project (pp.26-32). St. Paul, MN: NYLC.
“Community Service and Service-Learning in Public Schools: Preliminary Findings.” 2004. (Scales, with James C. Kielsmeier, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and Marybeth Neal). In National Youth Leadership Council, Growing to Greatness: The State of Service-Learning Project (pp.6-11). St. Paul, MN: NYLC.
“Boosting Academic Achievement: New Research on the Power of Developmental Assets.” Search Institute Insights & Evidence, 1(1), 1-11, Fall 2003 (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, available at www.search-institute.org)
“Developmental Assets Reduce the Driving Plus Alcohol Mix.” Health in Action (American School Health Association), August 2003 (with Arturo Sesma, Jr.).
“Grading Grown-Ups 2002: How Do American Kids and Adults Relate? Key Findings from a National Study.” ASSETS Magazine insert (12pp.), Fall 2002, 7(4) (Scales, with Peter L. Benson and Marc Mannes).
“Are Developmental Assets Related to School Success?” ASSETS Magazine (Search Institute), Fall 2002, 7(3): 14-15.
“Care and Challenge: The Sources of Student Success.” Middle Ground–The Magazine of Middle Level Education, October 1999, 3(2), 21-23.
“Does Service-Learning Make a Difference?” Search Institute SOURCE Newsletter, January 1999, 15(1), 1-3.
“Asset-building and Risk reduction: Complementary Strategies for Youth Development.” Pregnancy Prevention for Youth: An Interdisciplinary Newsletter, December 1998, 1(2), 1, 11-12.
“Mobilizing Communities to Build Youth Assets: How Family Support Can Help.” Family Resource Coalition of America Report, Spring 1998, 17(1), 28-31.
“Poll Finds Youth Are a Priority, But Many Adults Not Doing Enough to Make a Difference.” Search Institute SOURCE Newsletter, May 1998, 14(1), 1-3.
“Equipping Families for Asset Building: Support Programs Poised to Serve Families with Young Adolescents.” Search Institute SOURCE Newsletter, February 1997, 13(1), 1-4.
“Effects of Service-Learning on Youth: What We Know and What We Need to Know.” The Generator: Journal of Service-Learning and Service Leadership, Winter 1997, 17 no. 1: 6-9 (Scales, with Dale A. Blyth).
“Third Generation of Service-Learning Research Yields More Thorough Data.” The Generator: Journal of Service-Learning and Service Leadership, Winter 1997, 17 no.1: 10-11 (Dale A. Blyth, & Scales).
“How to Equip Our Children for Success.” Our Children (formerly PTA Today), Fall 1996, 22(1): 32-33.
“Seeking Common Ground: Youth Workers in Congregations Share Goals, But Don’t Work Together.” Search Institute SOURCE Newsletter, February 1996, 12(1): 1-3 (Eugene C. Roehlkepartain & Scales).
“Nonsensical Beliefs that Get in the Way of Helping Youth.” Family Life Educator 14(2) (Winter 1995/1996): 4-10.
“Middle School Teachers’ Views on Specialized Professional Preparation.” Quality Teaching (National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education) 5(1) (Fall 1995): 6-7 (Scales, with C. Kenneth McEwin).
“Lessons From Anguish.” Youth Today 4, no. 4 (July/August 1995): 35.
“Do Middle Schools Work? In a Word, Yes!” PTA Today 19, no. 1 (September 1993): 16-17 (reprinted in ERIC Digest, 1994 (in press) and also distributed electronically over MIDDLE-L, Internet discussion forum (middle-l@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu).
“Youth Service Answers the Question: `What Can I Do for My Community?'” PTA Today 17, no. 5 (March 1992): 21-22 (Scales, with Joan Schine).
“To Make a Difference: Young Adolescents and Public Policy in the 1990s.” Family Life Educator 10, no. 2 (Winter 1991/92): 4-7.
“Healthy Young Adolescents in 2000 — Can We Get There from Here?” New Designs for Youth Development 10, no. 1 (Winter 1992): 33-35.
“Emotional Fitness and the Young Adolescent.” PTA Today 15, no. 4 (December 1990): 8-9.
“Young Adolescents and State Prevention Policy.” Future Choices: Toward A National Youth Policy 2, no. 2 (1990): 61-65.
“Prevention and Early Adolescence: Why We Must Be Filled with Wishful Thinking.” Family Life Educator 8, no.4 (Summer 1990): 10-16.
“The Positive Possibilities of Young Adolescents.” Family Resource Coalition Report 9, no. 1 (May 1990): 2-3, 22.
“Consolidation: A Nonprofit Success Story.” The NonProfit World 7, no. 2 (March/April 1989): 20-22.
“Helping Young People Create Their Futures.” Family Life Educator 7, no.1 (Fall 1988): 4-10.
“An Agenda for Investing in Children and Youth.” Youth Policy 10, no. 5 (May/June 1988): 3-7.
“Sex Education Policies and Strategies: Lessons for Legislators.” Youth Policy 9, no. 11 (Nov. 1987): 3-6 (speech to National Conference of State Legislatures).
“All Children Need to Think Critically.” PTA Today 12, no. 7 (May 1987): 8-10. Reprinted in Common Ground, newsletter of the New England Association of Child Welfare Commissioners and Directors (November 1987).
“Forward to the Basics: Life Skills for Today’s Youth.” Family LIfe Educator 5, no. 3 (Spring 1987): 4-9.
“Dealing with the Real Issues in Teen Pregnancy Prevention.” Northwest Family and Child Health Bulletin 1, no. 2 (February 1987): 4.
“What To Do When a Runaway Child Comes Home.” PTA Today 11, no. 5 (March 1986): 22-23.
“Only Too Real: The Ins and Outs of Successful Stepfathering.” Family Resource Coalition Report 4, no. 3 (January 1986): 6-7.
“The Facts of Living: The Real Curriculum for Family Life Education.” Family Life Educator 4, no. 2 (Fall 1985): 4-10.
“Empowering Youth for the Future: The Responsibilities of Helping Professionals.” New Designs for Youth Development 6, no. 4 (July/August 1985): 3-6.
“Bringing Families Together at Family Connection.” Coping Magazine (Alaska Mental Health Association) (Winter 1984): 10-12.
“Values’ Role in Sexuality Education.” Planned Parenthood Review 2, no. 3 (October 1982): 6-8.
“Arguments Against Sex Education: Fact or Fiction?” Children Today 10, no. 5 (September 1981): 22-25.
“The Moral Basis of Education for Sexuality.” Free Inquiry 1, no. 3 (June 1981): 8-10 (debate with psychiatrist Thomas Szasz).
“Myths About Sex That Mislead Young People.” Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality 15, no. 4 (April 1981): 132-48.
“Politics and Sex Education: Lessons from a Two-Year National Study.” Sex Education Coalition News 5, no. 2 (April 1981): 5.
“The Challenge to Sex Education: Coming of Age in the ’80s.” IMPACT 80 1, no. 3 (1980): 8, 10, 12 (Institute for Family Research and Education).
“Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Family.” IMPACT 79 1, no. 2 (1979): 3-8 (Sol Gordon, & Scales).
“Teenage Leadership Makes Sex Education More Than Crisis Intervention.” Sharing 3, no. 3 (July 1979): 3-7 (National Clearinghouse for Improvement of Management in Human Services).
“The Credibility of a Girl’s `No.'” Medical Aspects of Human Sexuality 13, no. 7 (July 1979): 90.
“Is Teenage Pregnancy the Real Epidemic?” Sex Education Coalition News 3, no. 1 (January 1979): 1-2.
“High School Press Covers Sex.” Getting It Together 8, no. 5 (1978): 1-2, 7 (Planned Parenthood Federation of America).
“Teens Need Talk About Sex Values.” Zero Population Growth National Reporter 10, no. 6 (1978): 8.
“We Are The Majority — But Who Would Know It?” IMPACT 78 1, no. 1 (1978): 14-17.
“How To Reduce Teenage Pregnancy.” In Fertility and Contraception in America — Adolescent and Pre-Adolescent Fertility, 2, no. 3: 461-72. Washington: Hearings before the House Select Committee on Population, March 1978.
Books/Research Reports
Mental and Emotional Training for Tennis: Compete—Learn—Honor. To be published 2018 by Coaches Choice (coacheschoice.com).
Relationships first: Creating connections that help young people thrive. (2017). Minneapolis: Search Institute (www.search-institute.org/relationships-first). (with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Kent Pekel, Amy K. Syvertsen, Jenna Sethi, J., Theresa K. Sullivan, & Scales.
Don’t forget the families: The missing piece in America’s effort to help all children succeed. (2015). Minneapolis: Search Institute. (with Kent Pekel, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Amy K. Syvertsen, & Scales).
Do Developmental Assets make a difference in majority-world contexts? A preliminary study of the relationships between Developmental Assets and international development priorities (2012). Minneapolis: Search Institute, Final Report to United States Agency for International Development (USAID)and Education Development Center (EDC) (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, & Kathleen Fraher).
The American Family Assets Study. (2012). Minneapolis: Search Institute (with Amy L. Syvertsen, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Scales).
A Fragile Foundation: The State of Developmental Assets Among American Youth (2nd ed.) Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2011 (with Peter L. Benson, Scales, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, & Nancy Leffert).
The Connection of School-Relevant Developmental Assets and Cultural Competence to Psychological and Social Well-Being Among Hawaiian Youth: Initial Results from the ‘Opio Youth Development & Assets Survey. Minneapolis: Search Institute, Report to Kamehameha Schools (with Katharine Tibbetts).
Teen Voice 2010: Relationships That Matter to America’s 15-Year-Olds. Richfield and Minneapolis, MN: Best Buy Children’s Foundation and Search Institute, 2010 (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain & Peter L. Benson).
Kishoree Kontha Project Developmental Assets Profile (DAP) Data Analysis Report To Save the Children. Minneapolis: Search Institute, March 2010 (Scales, with Kathie Fraher).
Teen Voice 2009: Tapping the Hidden Strengths of 15 Year Olds. Richfield and Minneapolis, MN: Best Buy Children’s Foundation and Search Institute, 2009 (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain & Peter L. Benson).
Developmental Assets among Albanian Youth: Field Test Results from the Search Institute
Developmental Assets Profile. Minneapolis: Search Institute, Report to World Vision
International, August 2009.
With Their Own Voices: A Global Exploration of How Today’s Young People Experience and Think About Spiritual Development. Minneapolis: Center for Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence, Search Institute, 2008 (with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Peter L. Benson, Scales, Lisa Kimball, and Pamela Ebstyne King).
Keeping America’s Promises to Children and Youth: A Search Institute-Child Trends Report on the Results of the America’s Promise National Telephone Polls of children, Teenagers, and Parents. April 2006. Minneapolis: Search Institute (Final Report to America’s Promise) (lead investigator and author, Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Karen Bartig, Katherine Streit, Kristin A. Moore, Laura Lippman, Brett Brown, & Christina Theokas).
Community Service and Service-Learning in U.S. Public Schools, 2004. (Scales, with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain). St. Paul, MN: National Youth Leadership Council, 2004.
Coming Into Their Own: How Developmental Assets Promote Positive Growth in Middle Childhood. Minneapolis, Search Institute, 2004 (Scales, with Arturo Sesma, Jr., and Brent Bolstrom).
Other People’s Kids: Social Expectations and American Adults’ Involvement with Children and Adolescents. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2003 (Scales, with Peter L. Benson, Marc Mannes, Nicole Hintz, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, & Theresa K. Sullivan).
Building Strong Families—Highlights from a Preliminary Survey from YMCA of the USA and Search Institute on What Parents Need to Succeed. Chicago and Mineapolis: YMCA of the USA and Search Institute, 2002 (with Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Jolene L. Roehlkepartain, Scales, Carmelita Gallo, and Stacey P. Rude).
An Exploratory Study of the Relation of School-Business Partnerships and Developmental Assets to School Success Among Urban High School Students. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2002 (final report to National Association of Partners in Education and U.S. Department of Education, Scales, with Karen C. Foster, Marc Mannes, Megan A. Horst, Kristina C. Pinto, and Audra Rutherford).
Grading Grownups: American Adults Report on their Real Relationships with Kids. Minneapolis, Search Institute, 2001 (report on national study done with Lutheran Brotherhood and The Gallup Organization, principal investigator and lead author, Scales, with Peter L. Benson, and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
The Role of School-Business Partnerships in Building Developmental Assets and Promoting Student Success: What We Know and What We Need to Know. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2000 (Scales, with Daniel Merenda, Renee Vraa, Barbara St. Amand).
Great Places to Learn: Creating Asset-Building Schools That Help Students Succeed. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2006 (2d ed.; orig. 1999) (Neal A. Starkman, Scales, & Clay Roberts).
Developmental Assets: A Synthesis of the Scientific Research on Adolescent Development. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1999 (Scales, with Nancy Leffert). Second edition, 2004.
A Fragile Foundation: The State of Developmental Assets Among American Youth. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1999 (with Peter L. Benson, Scales, Nancy Leffert, and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
Voices of Hope: Results of the Colorado Adult and Youth Polls. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1998 (Scales, with María Guajardo Lucero and Holly Halvorson (Woods)).
Boxed in and Bored: How Middle Schools Continue to Fail Young Adolescents–And What Good Middle Schools Do Right. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1996.
Working with Young Adolescents and their Families: A National Survey of Family Support Workers. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1996.
The Attitudes and Needs of Religious Youth Workers: Perspectives from the Field. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1995 (Scales, with Dale A. Blyth, James J. Conway, Michael J. Donahue, Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner, and Eugene C Roehlkepartain).
Youth Development in Congregations: An Exploration of the Potential and Barriers. Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute, 1995 (Eugene C. Roehlkepartain & Scales, in collaboration with Dale A. Blyth, James J. Conway, and Michael J. Donahue).
Building Bridges: Restructuring Middle-Level Teacher Preparation Through Middle School-University Collaboration. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 1995.
A Vision of Excellence: Organizing Principles for Middle Grades Teacher Preparation: Columbus, Ohio: National Middle School Association, and Carrboro, NC: Center for Early Adolescence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995 (with C. Kenneth McEwin, Thomas S. Dickinson, Thomas O. Erb, & Scales).
Connecting Communities and Middle Schools: Strategies for Preparing Middle Level Teachers. Carrboro, NC: Center for Early Adolescence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995.
Facing Facts: Sexual Health for America’s Adolescents. New York: Sex Information and Education Council of the U.S., 1995 (Report of the National Commission on Adolescent Sexual Health (ed. by Debra Haffner)–served on Commission, helped write and edit report).
Growing Pains: The Making of America’s Middle School Teachers. Columbus, Ohio: National Middle School Association, 1994 (Scales, with C. Kenneth McEwin)
Windows of Opportunity: Improving Middle-Grades Teacher Preparation. Carrboro, North Carolina: Center for Early Adolescence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992 (excerpts reprinted in Education Digest, September 1993).
A Portrait of Young Adolescents in the 1990s: Implications for Promoting Healthy Growth and Development. Carrboro, North Carolina: Center for Early Adolescence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991 (excerpts reprinted in Education Digest, April 1992).
Communities Caring for Kids: Building Opportunities for Young Adolescents in the Mid South. Carrboro, NC: Center for Early Adolescence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1991 (co-author, co-editor of resource report for Foundation for the Mid South).
Caring for Alaska’s Children: The Unfinished Agenda. Juneau, Alaska: Final Report of the Governor’s Interim Commission on Children and Youth, October 1989 (principal author).
Our Greatest Natural Resource: Investing in the Future of Alaska’s Children. Juneau: Report of the Governor’s Interim Commission on Children and Youth, January 1988 (Chair of the Commission and principal author).
The Front Lines of Sexuality Education: A Guide for Building and Maintaining Community Support. Santa Cruz, California: ETR Associates, Network Publications, 1984.
Adolescent Health in Colorado. Denver: Colorado Department of Health, Adolescent Task Force, 1982.
Facilitating Community Support for Sex Education. Springfield, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 1981.
An Analysis of U.S. Sex Education Programs and Evaluation Methods. 5 vols. Springfield, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, 1979 (Douglas Kirby, Judith Alter, & Scales)
The Sexual Adolescent: Communicating with Teenagers About Sex. North Scituate, Massachusetts: Duxbury Press, 1979 (Sol Gordon, Scales, and Kathleen Everly).
Community Family Life Education Programs for Parents — A Manual for Organizers. Fayetteville, New York: Ed-U Press, 1977 (with Sol Gordon, Scales, Kathleen Everly, and Joseph Fanelli).
A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Sex Education Programs for Parents. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University, Department of Child and Family Studies, unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, 1976.
Other Professional Publications:
Surveys
The Youth and Program Strengths Survey. 2015. Minneapolis: Search Institute. (Scales, and Justin Roskopf). Measures the quality of positive youth development programs.
The College DAP (C-DAP): Survey of College Student Strengths. 2014. Minneapolis: Search Institute (Scales, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, and team from Cleveland State University). Adaptation of Developmental Assets Profile to be appropriate for college students, plus brief measure of perseverance.
College Assets Measurement Profile for Undergraduate Students CAMPUS). 2012. Minneapolis, MN: Search Institute (Travis J. Pashak & Scales, based on Young Adult Developmental Assets Survey. 2009-2010, for which served as lead author and team leader for Search Institute survey measuring developmental assets, risk, and thriving indicators among college-going 18-25 year olds).
Thriving Orientation Survey. Minneapolis: Search Institute (for 6th-12th graders; pilot tested in 2007, field test 2009; with Peter L. Benson).
Teen Voice Surveys: 2009-2010. Surveys for national online surveys of 15-year-olds (Lead author and team leader for Search Institute projects sponsored by Best Buy Children’s Foundation, and conducted in collaboration with Harris Interactive).
National Five Promises Surveys for 12-17 Year Olds, Their Parents, and Parents of 6-11 Year Olds. Washington, DC: America’s Promise, 2005. (Lead author and team leader for collaborative Search Institute-Child Trends telephone survey developed for America’s Promise and conducted fall 2005 by the Gallup Organization).
Creating Great Places to Learn: Search Institute Student and Staff Surveys of School Climate. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2006(lead author and team leader for survey development and preparation of Technical Manual).
Me and My World: A Search Institute Survey of Developmental Assets In Grades 4-6. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2004 (lead author, with Art Sesma, and Brent Bolstrom). With associated Technical Manual for Me and My World, 2004
Developmental Assets Profile (DAP). Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2004 (senior member of survey development team led by Craig Edelbrock). (2009-current: project leader for international cultural adaptations of DAP in more than two dozen countries outside the U.S.)
Developmental Assets Profile-Preteens (DAP-P), K-3 DAP for Parents. Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2011. Led revision of DAP to be suitable for 4th-5th graders (DAP-P), and for parents to complete about their K-3rd graders.
Emergency DAP (Em-DAP). Mionneapolis: Search Institute, 2013. Led revision of DAP to create a briefer version suitable for use in emergency and conflict situations, including refugee camps.
Booklets
The Parent’s Perspective — A Family Album. Edited with Diana Weber. Anchorage: Anchorage Center for Families, Inc., 1988.
Finding Your Way — A Map of Life for Teens. Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Center for Families, Inc., 1986 (with Diana Weber).
Pamphlets
Listen So They’ll Talk — A Guide to Effective Family Communication. Anchorage, Alaska: Anchorage Center for Families, Inc., 1986 (with Diana Weber).
Sexuality Education: The Value of Values. New York: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1983 (reprinted in Adolescent Sexuality: Guides for Professional Involvement (Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 1992).
The Value of Education in a Total Family Planning Program. New York: Planned Parenthood Federation, 1982.
The Politics of Sexuality Education: Bibliography of Useful Resources. New York: Planned Parenthood Federation, August 1982.
God, Family and Country: How the Sex Education Opposition Claims Them All. Fayetteville, New York: Ed-U Press, 1980.
Are You Kidding Yourself? Santa Cruz: Network Publications, 1978 (illustrated by Alex Queral).
Editorships
“The Research Road–Service-Learning and School Reform.” Special Issue of The Generator–Journal of Service-learning and Service Leadership, Winter 1997, 17, no. 1 (guest contributing editor and co-author of two articles).
“Addressing the Health Education Needs of Young Adolescents,” Journal of Health Education 24 no. 6 (November/December 1993) (guest co-editor of special theme issue and author of one article).
Latino Families in the United States: A Resource Book for Family Life Education. New York: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1983 (supervised production of book edited by Sally J. Andrade).
“Family Involvement in Family Planning.” Health Education Bulletin no. 34 (May 1983) (coordinated issue and wrote lead article for National Clearinghouse for Family Planning information)
“Where is Sexuality Education Today?” Independent School 41, no. 1 (October 1981): 10-12 (coordinated issue and wrote lead article).
“Community Sex Education for the Family Planning Health Educator.” Health Education Bulletin no. 15 (April 1980): 1-4 (coordinated issue and wrote lead article).
Searching for Alternatives to Teenage Pregnancy. Washington, D.C.: National Alliance for Optional Parenthood, 1978.
Editorials
“Why We Need to Ban Corporal Punishment.” Alaska School Psychologist Review 8, no. 1 (Fall 1984): 3-4.
“Social Issues and the Moral Majority: Some Signs of Reaction to Censorship in the Name of Salvation.” Voice of Youth Advocates 4, no. 3 (August 1981): 9-10.
“A Dangerous Man.” Voice of Youth Advocates 2, no. 3 (August 1979): 4, 18.
“Are We Expecting Too Much From Today’s Sex Education?” Newsletter of the Midwest Health Center for Women, Minneapolis (June 1979).
Contributions to Books
Accepted
Developmental Assets and Developmental Relationships. In M.H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. 2018. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Developmental Approach to Work Readiness for Youth: Focus on Transferable Skills. In Suman Verma & Anne Petersen, Eds., Sustainable Development Goals: Using Developmental Science to Improve Young Lives Globally. 2018. NY: Springer. (with Nikhit D’Sa, Scales, & Eliel Gebru)
Published
The contribution of nonfamily adults to adolescent well-being: A global research and policy perspective. In Jennifer E. Lansford & Prerna Banati, Eds., The Oxford Handbook of Adolescent Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017 (Scales & Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
High-Quality OST Activities and Programs: Using the RISE Approach (Relationships, Interests and Sparks, and Empowerment) to Promote Thriving in Youth and Their Settings (2017). Chapter in In Helen Janc Malone, Ed., The Growing Out-of-School Time Field: Past, Present, and Future. Information Age Publishing.
Developmental Assets and the Promotion of Well-Being in Middle Childhood. In Ben-Arieh, Asher, Casas, Ferran, Frones, Ivar. and Korbin, Jill E. (Eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being. Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective, 2014, pp. 1649-1678. Dorcrecht: Springer.
The Relation of Spiritual Development to Youth Health and Well-Being: Evidence from a Global Study. In Ben-Arieh, Asher, Casas, Ferran, Frones, Ivar. and Korbin, Jill E. (Eds.), Handbook of Child Well-Being. Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective, 2014, pp. 1101-1135. Dorcrecht: Springer. (Scales, Amy K. Syvertsen, Peter L. Benson, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain and Arturo Sesma, Jr.).
Developmental Assets and Sex Education. Foreward, In Martha R. Roper, Healthy Teen Relationships: Using Values and Choices to Teach Sex Education, 2011, (pp. 5-7), Minneapolis: Search Institute Press.
Honoring Peter L. Benson. Dedication to A Fragile Foundation: The State of Developmental Assets Among American Youth (2nd ed.) Minneapolis: Search Institute, 2011 (with Peter L. Benson, Scales, Nancy Leffert, and Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
The Contribution of the Developmental Assets Framework to Positive Youth Development Theory and Practice. In Richard M. Lerner, Jacqueline V. Lerner, & Janette B. Benson, Eds., Advances in Child Development and Behavior: Positive Youth Development Research and Applications for Promoting Thriving in Adolescence, Elsevier, fall 2011, pp. 195-228. (Peter L. Benson, Scales, & Amy K. Syvertsen).
Developmental Assets. In Roger J.R. Levesque, Ed., Encyclopedia of Adolescence (pp. 667-683). Springer, 2011 (Peter L. Benson & Scales).
Thriving and Sparks. In Roger J.R. Levesque, Ed., Encyclopedia of Adolescence (pp. 2963-2976). Springer, 2011 (Peter L. Benson & Scales).
Spiritual Identity: Contextual Perspectives. In Schwartz, S. J., Luyckx, K., & Vignoles, V. L. (Eds.). The handbook of identity theory and research (pp. 545-562). New York: Springer, 2011 (Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, Peter L. Benson, & Scales).
Spirituality and Positive Youth Development. In L. Miller. (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Psychology of Spirituality and Consciousness, 2012, New York: Oxford University Press (pp. 468-485) (Peter L. Benson, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain, & Scales).
Positive Youth Development: Theory, Research, and Application in Sexual Violence Prevention. In K. Kaufman, Ed., Preventing Sexual Violence and Exploitation: A Sourcebook, 2010, pp. 85-106 (Holyoke, MA: New England Adolescent Research Institute Press (with Marc Mannes, Peter L. Benson, Scales, Arturo Sesma, Jr., & Jennifer Rauhouse).
Characteristics of Young Adolescents. In This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (pp. 53-62). Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association (now Association for Middle Level Education), 2010 (revised from 2003 edition).
“Altruism and Health: Is there a Link During Adolescence?” (with Peter L. Benson, E. Gil Clary, & Scales). In Stephen Post, Ed., Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research. (2007, pp. 97-115). New York: Oxford University Press.
“Positive Youth Development: Theory, Research, and Application.” In W. William Damon and Richard M. Lerner, Eds. (2006), The Handbook of Child Psychology, 6th Edition, vol. I. (pp. 894-941). New York: Wiley (with Peter L. Benson, Scales, Steven F. Hamilton, & Arturo Sesma, Jr.).
“The World of Adults Today: Implications for Positive Youth Development.” (2005). In E. Gil Clary & Jean E. Rhodes, Eds., Mobilizing Adults for Positive Youth Development: Strategies for Closing the Gap between Beliefs and Behaviors (pp. 41-61). New York: Springer.
“Positive Adaptation, Resilience, and the Developmental Assets Framework.” (2006). In S. Goldstein & R. Brooks, Eds., Handbook of Resilience in Children (pp. 281-296. New York: Kluwer/Plenum. (with Arturo Sesma, Jr., Marc Mannes, & Scales) (REVISED 2010 for 2nd edition for 2011 publication)
“Prosocial Orientation and Community Service.” (2005). In Kristin Moore & Laura Lippman, Eds., What Do Children Need to Flourish? (pp. 339-356). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum. (Scales, with Peter L. Benson).
“Adolescent Spirituality.” (2005). In Kristin Moore & Laura Lippman, Eds., What Do Children Need to Flourish? (pp. 25-40). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum. (with Peter L. Benson, Scales, Eugene C. Roehl;kepartain, & Arturo Sesma).
Four invited articles for Richard M. Lerner & Celia B. Fisher, (Eds.). (2004). Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage (“Search Institute,” (Vol. 2, pp. 968-970, “Developmental Assets,” (Vol. 1, pp. 340-344),“Developmentally Attentive Communities,” (Vol. 1, pp. 357-360), and “Thriving in Adolescence,” (Vol. 1, pp. 15-19), all with Peter L. Benson (and Marc Mannes on Developmentally Attentive Communities).
“Positive Indicators of Youth Development: Prosocial Orientation and Community Service.” (Scales, with Peter L. Benson). Invited chapter for National Institutes of Health conference on Positive Indicators of Youth Development, March 2003.
“Developmental Strengths and Their Sources: Implications for the Study and Practice of Community-Building.” In Richard M. Lerner, Francine Jacobs, & Donald Wertlieb, Eds. (2003). Promoting Positive Child ,Adolescent, and Family Development: A Handbook of Program and Policy Innovations, Volume 1, Promoting Developmental Assets—Community-Based Approaches (pp. 369-406). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications (Peter L. Benson, Scales, and Marc Mannes).
“Doing Service-Learning with Young Adolescents: The Lessons of Recent Research,” In Samuel Totten, Charlene Johnson, Linda Morrow, and Toni Sills Briegel, eds., Preparing Middle Level Educators: Practicing What We Preach. New York: Garland, 1999, 85-88.
“Service Learning in Teacher Preparation: Issues and Implications,” in Service Learning–97th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, edited by Joan Schine, Washington, DC: National Society for the Study of Education, 1997 (Scales, with Donna J. Koppelman): 118-135.
“Values and Choices: A Value-based Sexuality Education Curriculum for Young Adolescents and their Families.” In J.J. Card and Starr Niego, eds., Promising Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs, Los Altos, Calif: Sociometrics, 1997.
“Challenges to Sexuality Education in the Schools,” in The Sexuality Education Challenge, edited by Judy Drolet and Kay Clark, Santa Cruz: Network Publications, 1994: 69-90 (Scales, with Martha R. Roper)
“Sexuality Education Programs in the High School Classroom,” in The Sexuality Education Challenge, edited by Judy Drolet and Kay Clark, Santa Cruz: Network Publications, 1994: 147-162 (Martha R. Roper & Scales)
“Adolescent Sexuality and Education: Principles, Approaches and Resources.” In Adolescent Sexuality in a Changing American Society, edited by Catherine Chilman, 227-29. New York: John Wiley, 1983.
“From Macho to Mutuality: Helping Young Men Make Effective Decisions About Sex, Contraception and Pregnancy.” In I.R. Stuart and C.F. Wells, editors, The Pregnant Adolescent, 400-37. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981 (Scales, with Douglas Beckstein).
“Sex Education and the Prevention of Teenage Pregnancy: An Overview of Policies and Programs in the United States.” In T. Ooms, editor, Teenage Pregnancy in a Family Context, 213-53. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1981.
“Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Family.” In Social Competence in Children, edited by M.W. Kent and J.E. Rolf, 297-320, Vol. 3, The Primary Prevention of Psychopathology in Children. New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1979 (Sol Gordon & Scales).
Book Review
Otto, H.A., ed. The New Sex Education. Chicago: Association Press, 1978, in Journal of Marriage and the Family (November 1979): 911-913.
Articles in the Popular Press
“Closing Parks Ruins the Public Interest.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 9, 2011, p. A15. (http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/guest-commentary-our-parks-help-our-mental-health/article_e8ce8a1f-b7b3-50fe-85a3-76b9ea1575b8.html, as “Our Parks Help Our Mental Health”).
“Harassment-new Parkway school district policy protects all.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 8, 2005, p. C11.
“Sexuality and Breast Cancer–10 Strategies for Maintaining Intimacy.” Coping Magazine, Sept./Oct. 1996, 18(5): 46, 49.
“Special Courses for Middle-School Teachers,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 30, 1994: 7B.
“Middle-School Malpractice,” The Charlotte Observor, October 3, 1994: 9A.
“Just Say Yes to Sexuality Education,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 1, 1992: B3. Reprinted in: Planned Parenthood Press (Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region), February 1993: 1, 3; The Network (newsletter of the North Carolina Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy), Winter 1992: 8; Today (newsletter of Planned Parenthood of Summit, Portage, and Medina Counties (Akron, Ohio), Spring 1993: 1-2.
“Remembering Dad.” Anchorage Daily News, July 16, 1989: F1, F3.
“Fund Programs for Children; Invest in the Future.” Anchorage Daily News, January 24, 1989: B5.
“Children’s Commission Deserves Study.” Anchorage Times, May 4, 1988: A7.
“We Must Prepare Our Children to Make Sound Decisions” The Kentucky Post, April 21, 1988: 4K.
“Investing In Our Children Could Pay Dividends.” Anchorage Daily News, February 11, 1988: B13.
“Help Needed to Develop Broad Child Care System.” Anchorage Daily News, September 2, 1987: B7.
“Prevention is Key to Our Kids’ Mental Health.” Anchorage Daily News, April 10, 1987: C11.
“Big Island Surprises Visitors.” Anchorage Daily News, February 1, 1987: D1-2.
“Prevention By Education Can Deter Runaways.” Anchorage Daily News, November 10, 1986: B5.
“Alaska Should Ban Corporal Punishment in Its Schools.” Anchorage Daily News, September 30, 1985: C7.
“Life Skills Instruction Should Be Offered in Schools.” Anchorage Daily News, June 6, 1985: C15.
“Investments in Children and Youth Will Pay Off Down the Road.” Anchorage Daily News, December 7, 1984: B7.
“Boys and Girls Rate Each Other.” Current Health, Human Sexuality Supplement. Chicago: Curriculum Innovations, October 1983.
“Studies Show Public Backs Sex Education.” Newark Star-Ledger, July 17, 1983: 45.
“Sexual Exploitation.” Current Health, Human Sexuality Supplement. Chicago: Curriculum Innovations, May 1983.
“What Should Parents Know About Sex?” Current Health, Human Sexuality Supplement. Chicago: Curriculum Innovations, March 1983.
“Dating Dilemmas.” Current Health, Human Sexuality Supplement. Chicago: Curriculum Innovations, October 1982.
“A New and Challenging Look at Adolescent Health.” Denver Post, January 13, 1982.
“Pro and Con: Should There Be Sex Education in the Schools?” Family Weekly, November 30, 1980: 2 (versus psychiatrist Thomas Szasz).
“Pro and Con: Sex Education in the Public Schools?” U.S. News and World Report, October 6, 1980: 89-90 (versus economist Jacqueline Kasun).
“Teenage Sexuality: What Boys’ Clubs Can Do.” Keynote 8, April 1980: 28-29.
“But, Honey, Everyone’s Doing It…” Getting There, February 1980: 5, 13 (magazine for junior high, Washington, D.C.).
“For Men: The Right To…” Penthouse Forum 9, no. 8 (June 1979): 56-59.
“Parental Snooping?” New York Times Magazine, November 2, 1975 (letters).
MAJOR PRESENTATIONS
Webinars
“Measuring and Strengthening Perseverance: The Challenges and Opportunities of Working on Non-Cognitive Skills.” April 23, 2014 webinar for Search Institute (archived at www.search-institute.org) (Kent Pekel and Scales).
“Striving to be Your Best: Measuring and Strengthening Perseverance for Collective Impact.” March 19, 2014 webinar for STRIVE Together national network (www.strivetogether.com) (Kent Pekel and Scales).
“The Balance of Care and Challenge: Why All Kids Need It, and How All Adults Can Provide It.” ParentFurther.com (A Search Institute Resource for Parents and Families). May 15, 2013. (archived at http://www.parentfurther.com/webinars/developmental-relationships).
“Positive Youth Development, Developmental Assets, and the Prevention of Substance Abuse.” Sponsored by Canadian Association for School Health-International School Association, presented Oct. 24, 2012. (archived at http://www.schools-for-all.org/page/Archive+of+International+Webinars%2C+Web+Meetings+and+Online+Presentations).
“Addressing Risk Behavior through Positive Youth Development Strategies.” U.S. Department of Education School Climate Webinar series, provided through the national Safe and Supportive Schools Technical Assistance Center, American Institutes for Research, April 13 & 14, 2011 (with Clay Roberts) (archived at http://safesupportiveschools.ed.gov/index.php?id=65).
Keynotes
“The Role of Developmental Assets in Community-Wide Efforts to Raise Healthy Adolescents.” Missouri Department of Health, Conference on Parenting the Adolescent: A Community-Based Effort, Osage Beach (Tan-Tar-A), Missouri, March 16, 2000.
“How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed—Great Places to Learn.” Staff Development Day, Parkway South High School, Manchester, Missouri, Feb. 18, 2000.
“The Scientific Foundation of Development Assets for Youth: The Research Behind the Framework.” Alaska Public Health Summit, Anchorage, December 3, 1998.
“More than the Sum of their Parts: Risk Reduction, Asset Building, and Adolescent Health.” American School Health Association Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Oct. 9, 1998
“Equipping Young People for Success.” Boy Scouts of America National Outdoor Program Conference, Dallas, Oct. 3, 1997
“What Youth Need to Succeed: Developing Assets that Make a Difference.” Ohio Department of Education Statewide Prevention and Education Conference, Columbus, November 13, 1996.
“Equipping Youth for Success.” American Camping Association Annual Conference, San Diego, March 1996.
“Moving Beyond Hope: How Communities Can Promote Family and Youth Success.” Ounce of Prevention Fund Family Centered Services Statewide Conference, Champaign, IL, Sept. 6, 1995.
“Community Connections and Effective Middle Schools.” St. Louis Public Schools, Principals’ Summer Institute on Community Education, July 1995.
“What Kids Need to Succeed: Assets That Make A Difference.” Building Blocks for Healthy Communities Conference, Missouri Association of Community Task Forces and Ozarks United Way, Springfield, Missouri, April 28, 1995.
“What’s Right with America’s Youth?” Chicago Public Library, Blue Skies for Library Kids Conference, January 25, 1994.
“Challenges and Issues Facing Adolescents in the 1990s.” West Virginia State Health Department Conference on Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parenting, Romney, WV, October 15, 1993.
“Adolescent Sexuality: How Should Communities Respond?” Teenagers At Risk Community Health Conference, Erie, Pennsylvania, March 2, 1993.
“A Portrait of Young Adolescents in the 1990s: Developmental Implications for Middle-Grades Schooling and Problem Prevention.” National Middle School Association West Region Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 5, 1993.
“At the Crossroads: The Politics of Promoting Positive Adolescent Development.” West Virginia Statewide Conference on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting, Charleston, October 19, 1992.
“Adolescent Sexuality: Adults Taking Responsibility for Tomorrow.” United Health Services and YWCA of Dayton Adolescent Sexuality Conference, Dayton, Ohio, September 18, 1992.
“Parents: The First Sexuality Educators.” Parents as Teachers National Conference, St. Louis, June 20, 1992.
“What’s Right with America’s Youth?” YMCA of the USA “Keep Kids Drug Free” National Conference, Chicago, September 24, 1992; 17th Annual Northwest Region Sexuality Conference, Marion County Health Department and U. S. Public Health Service, Region X, Salem, Oregon, April 24, 1992; and Ounce of Prevention Fund, Primary Prevention Forum, Chicago, April 9, 1992.
“Adolescents and Their Needs — Remember?” Public/Private Ventures’ National STEP (Summer Training and Education Program), New Orleans, March 25, 1992.
“Adolescence: Moving into the Future.” University of Missouri-Columbia National Conference on Adolescence in the 1990s, St. Louis, September 13, 1991.
“Root Causes, Real Solutions: Making a Difference for Adolescents in the 1990s.” Minnesota Department of Education Pregnant and Parenting Teens Conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, February 20, 1991; Indiana Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, Indianapolis, April 19, 1991; Cleveland Planned Parenthood, May 9, 1991.
“From Risks to Resources: `Disadvantaged’ Learners and the Challenge of Middle-Grades Teaching.” Arkansas Middle Grade Policy and Practice Task Force, Little Rock, January 14, 1991, and University of North Dakota Center for Teaching and Learning Statewide Teleconference, January 12, 1991.
“The Developmental Needs of Young Adolescents Today and Tomorrow.” American Camping Association Symposium on Year-Round Schooling, Tampa, Florida, November 16, 1990.
“Teenage Pregnancy Prevention: A Community Approach.” Adolescent Resource Network Conference, Family Health Council, Inc., Pittsburgh, October 25, 1990.
“Family Communication about Sexuality.” Moore County Coalition on Adolescent Pregnancy, Southern Pines, North Carolina, October 22, 1990.
“Root Causes…Real Solutions.” National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting, Atlanta, October 18, 1990.
“Ages and Stages: The Positive Possibilities of Young Adolescents.” Ulster County Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect Annual Meeting, Kingston, New York, October 11, 1990.
“The Positive Possibilities of Young Adolescents.” Charlotte Area Health Education Center Social Worker Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 17, 1990.
“From Controversy to Commitment: HIV/AIDS Education.” Iowa Department of Education Statewide School Administrators Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, September 12, 1990.
“Improving the Odds of Success.” Wellesley College, Center for Research on Women, National Conference on Teen Parenting and Child Care, Boston, April 19, 1990.
“To Make a Difference: Caring and Community in the Lives of Youth and Young Adults in the 1990s.” Center for Youth Ministry Development, Chicago, March 26, 1990, and Worchester, Massachusetts, May 16, 1990.
“Prevention and Early Adolescence: Why We Must Be Filled with Wishful Thinking.” National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1989.
“Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Challenges.” Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Sixth State Legislative Conference, Madison, May 24, 1989.
“The Unfinished Agenda: Alaskan Children in the 1990’s.” Statewide Job Training Partnership Act Youth Issues Conference, Anchorage, March 3, 1989.
“Pregnancy Prevention: Confronting the Policy Issues.” Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy Statewide Conference, Collinsville, Illinois, March 17, 1989.
“Priorities for Children and Youth: The Next steps for Investing in Prevention.” Atlantic Richfield Company Annual Legislative Forum, Anchorage, December 6, 1988.
“Meeting the Needs of Children and Families in the Next Century.” National Association of Child Advocates, Fourth National Advocacy Conference, Tucson, Arizona, September 25, 1988.
“An Agenda for Investing in Children and Youth.” Alaska Department of Education Wellness Conference, Seward, June 7, 1988, and statewide Youth at Risk Conference, Anchorage, March 11, 1988.
“Teenage Pregnancy: The Real Problem?” South Carolina Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, Columbia, February 5, 1988.
“The Front Lines of Controversy: Building and Maintaining Community Support.” Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Annual Family Life Education Conference, Burlington, Vermont, November 3, 1987.
“Values, Choices, Decisions: Education in a Time of Crisis.” Center for Family Life Education Annual Conference, Tenafly, New Jersey, October 29, 1987.
“Helping Adolescents Create Their Futures.” Idaho Nurses Association Annual Meeting, Twin Falls, April 4, 1987.
“The Facts of Life: The Real Issues of Adolescence.” Fairbanks Counseling and Adoption Fall Community Education Series, September 17, 1986.
“Adolescent Sexuality is More Than Sex.” National Resource Center for Youth, annual conference on Working With America’s Youth, Denver, Colorado, August 26, 1986.
“The Facts of Living: The Real Curriculum for Family Life Education.” First Alaskan Conference on Teenage Pregnancy and Parenthood, Fairbanks Health Center and Fairbanks Counseling and Adoption, May 2, 1986.
“Sex, Psychology and Censorship.” Alaska Library Association Annual Conference, Anchorage, March 11, 1986.
“On Becoming a Stepfamily.” National Symposium on the Future of Parenting, Eterna International, Chicago, March 22, 1985.
“The Changing Context of Sexuality Education: Paradigms and Challenges for the Future.” National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October 18, 1984.
“Promoting Adolescent Health: Looking First Inside Ourselves.” Region X, Adolescent Health and the Family Conference, Seattle, May 1984.
“Sexuality Education: The Value of Values.” Planned Parenthood of Mahoning Valley Annual Meeting, Youngstown, Ohio, September 30, 1983.
“Trends in Sexuality: It Takes Two.” Oregon Association Concerned with School-Age Parents, Third Biennial Western Region Conference, Portland, June 27, 1983.
“Managing Educational Controversies in the ’80s.” Family Planning Advocates of New York State Annual Meeting, Albany, June 10, 1983.
“Sexuality Education and American Freedom in the ’80s.” Planned Parenthood of Albany Annual Meeting, Albany, New York, June 9, 1983.
“Sex Education: State of the Art.” Sex Information and Education Council of Connecticut Annual Meeting, New Haven, June 1, 1983.
“The Sexual Adolescent.” Maryland School Health Council Annual Meeting, Ocean City, April 28, 1983.
“Why Parents are Asking for Sexuality Education.” Planned Parenthood of Vermont Legislative Luncheon, Montpelier, March 30, 1983.
“Sexuality and American Freedom in the ’80s.” Planned Parenthood of Miami Valley and Dayton Civil Liberties Union Spring Conference, Dayton, Ohio, March 24, 1983.
“Sexuality Education and American Freedom in the ’80s.” Planned Parenthood of the Upper Valley Annual Meeting, White River Junction, Vermont/New Hampshire, December 1, 1982.
“Self Reliance in the ’80s: Sex and the Politics of Youth.” California Alliance Concerned with School-Age Parents Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 17, 1982.
“Politics of Sexuality Education in America.” Kalamazoo Planned Parenthood Annual Meeting, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 6, 1982.
“Sexuality Education and American Freedom in the ’80s.” American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists Western Region Annual Meeting, Long Beach, California, September 26, 1982.
“Debate on Sex Education in the Schools.” (vs. Erica Carle). Indiana University School of Education and School of Continuing Studies, National Conference on the Public Schools and the First Amendment, Indianapolis, April 21, 1982.
“How We Can Enhance Adolescent Health.” Colorado Department of Health, Governor’s Conference on Adolescent Health, Denver, January 22, 1982.
“Adolescents and Family Planning.” Ohio Department of Health Statewide Family Planning and Adolescent Health Conference, Columbus, June 18, 1981.
“The Challenge of Controversy: Successful Strategies for administrators.” Educational Improvement Center, Family Life Education Conference, Morris Plains, New Jersey, January 28, 1981.
“Teenage Pregnancy: An Ounce of Prevention.” Maine Family Planning Association Annual Meeting, Augusta, Maine, November 12, 1980.
“Sex Education and the First Amendment.” Cincinnati Women’s Club Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 10, 1980.
“What are Men’s Issues?” National Association of Social Workers, Maryland Chapter, Annual Fall Conference, Baltimore, October 22, 1980.
“Exploring Adolescence.” Community Health Services Spring Conference, Portland, Maine, May 12, 1980.
“Sex Education for the ’80s.” Nassau County Coalition for Family Planning Annual Meeting, Hempstead, New York, May 7, 1980.
“Teenage Sexuality is More Than Sex.” Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Adolescent Health Program Teen Conference, Camden, Maine, March 17, 1980.
“Adolescent Sexuality and Health Care.” St. Louis Regional Maternal and Child Health Council Annual Meeting, October 12, 1979.
“Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s Family.” Wingspread Conference on Early Adolescent Sexuality and Health Care, Racine, Wisconsin, June 3-5, 1979.
“Myths About Teens and Sex.” Adolescent Pregnancy Consortium of Cumberland County Spring Conference for Teens, Portland, Maine, May 1979.
“Teenage Pregnancy: What Next?” Minnesota Conference on Unmarried Parents, Minneapolis, May 4, 1979.
“Who Says Men Aren’t Involved in Family Planning?” St. Louis Family Planning Council Annual Meeting, November 14, 1978.
“Finding Your Own Solutions.” Governor’s Conference on Voices of North Dakota Youth, Bismark, October 30, 1978.
“Teenage Pregnancy: A Major Problem for Minors.” Virginia Department of Health Conference Series, Virginia Beach, August 25, 1978.
“Adolescents and Pregnancy: Searching for Alternatives.” Florida Alliance for Responsible Adolescent Parenting Annual Meeting, Tallahassee, April 1978.
Speeches and Papers
“Teen Voice 2009: The Untapped Strengths of 15-Year-Olds.” Learning Session presented at annual Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 6, 2009.
“With Their Own Voices: A Global Exploration of How Today’s Young People Experience and Think About Spiritual Development.” Center for Spiritual Development team pre-conference Summit for spiritual development scholars and practitioners, Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth annual conference, Minneapolis, Nov. 5, 2008.
“The Thriving Youth Project.” Mini-Plenary presented at annual Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2006 (with Peter L. Benson).
“Developmental Assets and Academic Achievement. Mini-Plenary presented at annual Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth conference, Dallas, Texas, November 2005 (with Clay Roberts).
“Positive Indicators of Youth Development: Prosocial Orientation and Community Service.” (with Peter L. Benson). Invited paper to conference on Positive Indicators of Youth Development, sponsored by Child Trends and National Institutes of Health, Washington, DC, March 12-13, 2003.
“What We Know—and Can Do—About the African American-White Achievement Gap.” Consulting discussion with Parkway South High School Achievement for All Committee, Manchester, MO, Dec. 11, 2002.
“Grading Grown-Ups 2002: National Studies of Adults and Youth. Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth National Conference, Minneapolis, Nov. 7, 2002 (with Marc Mannes).
“Creating a New Lens: The Thriving Indicators Project.” Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth National Conference, Minneapolis, Nov. 8, 2002 (with Peter L. Benson, Richard M. Lerner, and Pamela King).
“About Me and My World: Assets Survey for 4th-6th Grades.” Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth National Conference, Minneapolis, Nov. 7, 2002 (with Art Sesma and Brent Bolstrom).
“Grading Grown-Ups: American Adults Report on their Real Relationships with Young People.” Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth National Conference, Minneapolis, November 2, 2000 (with Nicole R. Hintz).
“Do Assets Make You Smarter? The Contribution of Developmental Assets to Academic achievement.” Healthy Communities.Healthy Youth National Conference, Minneapolis, November 2, 2000 (with Renee Vraa)
“The Contribution of Developmental Assets to School Success.” Clayton School District Curriculum Council, Clayton, Missouri, April 19, 2000.
“How School Success Happens: What the Research Says.” Coalition of Essential Schools, Parkway South High School, Manchester, Missouri, March 24, 1999.
“Reflections from a Research Psychologist.” Presentation and discussion for Family and Consumer Science Classes, Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School, St. Louis, Missouri, February 25, 1999.
“Using a Developmental Assets Framework in the Evaluation of Youth Development Programs: Promise and Pitfalls.” North Central Regional 4H Conference, St. Louis, May 6, 1998.
“The Impact of Service-Learning Programs on Young Adolescents’ Academic Success.” National Middle School Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Oct. 31, 1997.
“Evaluation of Programs Using a Developmental Assets Approach.” Family Service America Annual Conference, St. Louis, Oct. 25, 1997.
“Strengthening Family Support Programs’ Capacity to Serve Families with Young Adolescents: Report on A National Study of Family Support Workers.” Family Resource Coalition Biennial Conference, Chicago, May 2, 1996.
“Understanding Adolescent Development and Risk Prevention.” Ladue Chapel, St. Louis, Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Series, Nov. 5, 1995 (with Martha R. Roper).
“Intimacy and Sexuality: The Best May Be Yet To Come.” St. Luke’s Hospital, Chesterfield, Missouri, FOCUS Breast Cancer Support Group, October 10,1995.
“Libraries and the Positive Development of Young Adolescents.” Chicago Public Library, January 25, 1994.
“How Strong Are Middle-Grades Preservice Preparation Programs?” National Middle School Association Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 5, 1993 (with C. Kenneth McEwin).
“Adolescent Development and the Teenage Parent.” National Parents as Teachers Symposium, St. Louis, June 15, 1993.
“Recent Research on Middle Grades Teacher Education.” Working Conference on Middle Level Teacher Education: Professors and Reform, National Middle School Association, Sanibel Island, Flroida, May 28, 1993.
“Primary Prevention and Adolescents: How Can Policymakers Respond?” Ounce of Prevention Fund Board and Donor Luncheon, Chicago, April 9, 1992.
“Teacher Preparation in the Middle Grades: Reform Recommendations of Teachers, Teacher Education, and State Education Officials.” National Middle School Association annual meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, November 9, 1991.
“The Facts of Living: The Real Curriculum for Family Life Education.” Anchorage School District In-Service Conference, April 29, 1989.
“The Unfinished Agenda: Alaskan Children in the 1990’s.” Fairbanks School District Youth at Risk Conference, April 21, 1989.
“Children and Education.” Alaska Association of Secondary and Elementary Principals Annual Conference, Anchorage, October 1988.
“Community Organizing Strategies for Adolescent Health.” Fairbanks Adolescent Health Coalition, September 18, 1989.
“Children and Youth Issues in Alaska.” Douglas High School, Juneau, January 20, 1988 (with Gov. Steve Cowper).
“Sex Education Policies and Strategies: Lessons for Legislators.” National Conference of State Legislatures Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 27, 1987.
“Blended Families: The Complexities of Step-Parenting.” Humana Hospital Community Education Series, Anchorage, January 21, 1987.
“The Psychodynamics of Opposition to Sex Education.” Behavioral Sciences Conferences of the North, University of Alaska-Anchorage, Department of Psychology, April 19, 1986.
“From Adolescence to Manhood.” Humana Hospital Community Education Series, Anchorage, October 26, 1984.
“Censorship and the Community” and “Building Bridges to Sexuality Education.” Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan Community Education Conference, Grand Rapids, October 6, 1983.
“Between Parent and Child: Communicating About Sex.” Family Connection, Inc. Community Education Workshop, Anchorage, Alaska, August 30, 1983.
“Using Controversy to Your Advantage.” Planned Parenthood of Dutchess and Ulster Counties Annual Meeting, Rhinebeck, New York, March 1983.
“Families and Sexuality.” Planned Parenthood of Mid-Iowa Fall Families Conference, Des Moines, October 4, 1982.
“Successful Strategies for Dealing with Controversy.” Colorado School Health Association, Granby, Colorado, June 10, 1981.
“The Politics of Sexuality Education: Results of a National Study.” American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 4, 1981.
“Censorship and the Adolescent.” American Library Association Annual Meeting, Denver, April 1981.
“Myths About Sex and Relationships.” Essex County Vocational High School, Newark, New Jersey, October 1980.
“The Impact of Sex Education in the U.S.” National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., July 1980.
“Sexuality Education in the United States: Obstacles and Strategies.” University of Minnesota, Adolescent Health Program Spring Conference, Minneapolis, May 15, 1980.
“An Overview of Sex Education Programs and Evaluation in the United States.” Midwest Health Center for Women Community lecture, Minneapolis, January 30, 1980.
“The Politics of Sex Education.” Planned Parenthood Federation of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, November 15, 1979.
“An Overview of Sex Education Programs and Evaluation in the United States.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New York City, November 7, 1979.
“How to Reduce Teenage Pregnancy.” Cleveland Federation for Community Planning and New Generation, Inc., August 29, 1978.
“Toward a National Program of Sexual and Reproductive Choice.” Grove’s Conference on Marriage and the Family, Washington, D.C., April 27-30, 1978.
“The Role of the Pharmacist in Preventing Illegitimate Pregnancy and Venereal Disease.” Third International Conference on Public Health and Venereal Disease Prevention, Pharmacists Planning Service, Jerusalem, Israel, April 1977.
“Preparing Community Leaders to be Sex Educators of Parents.” Society for the Scientific Study of Sex Annual Meeting, New York City, November 2, 1975.
Panels
“Youth supports and strengths in Flames de La Vida: A mixed-methods study of developmental assets in rural Bolivia.” Panel for Comparative International Education Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, March 2016 (Teresa Wallace, Maura Shramko, and Scales).
“How do we measure youth developmental assets across countries? Balancing consistency with flexibility.” Panel for Save the Children’s Youth in Action Project, Comparative and International Education Society, Toronto, Canada, March 15, 2014 (Maura Shramko, Scales, and Gene Roehlkepartain).
“Defining Success for Youth Programming in International Development.” American Evaluation Association, Minneapolis, Oct. 26, 2012 (Christy Olenik, Clare Ignatowski, Bonnie Politz, Scales, Eugene C. Roehlkepartain).
“The Health of American Families: An Assets‐Based Perspective.” National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, Nov. 3, 2012 (Amy Syvertsen, Peter C. Scales, Eugene Roehlkepartain).
“Developmental Assets.” Parkway School District Middle School Black Men Mentoring Program, Manchester, Missouri, Jan. 21, 2012.
“Understanding Critical Issues in Adolescent Development.” American School Counselors Association Leadership Conference, St. Louis, July 28, 1994.
“What Kids Count Teen Outcome Measures Tell Us.” Missouri Kids Count Conference, Citizens for Missouri’s Children, St. Louis, November 3, 1993.
“What We’ve Learned About Positive Youth Development Strategies.” Carter Presidential Center’s Atlanta Project Conference on Youth and Families, Atlanta, November 30-December 1, 1992.
“Improving Middle Grades Teacher Preparation.” National Middle School Association Professional preparation and Certification Committee Preconference Workshop, San Antonio, November 5, 1992.
“Teacher Preparation for the Middle Grades: Results and Recommendations from A National Study.” National Middle Grade School State Policy Initiative Workshop, Carnegie Corporation of New York and Council of Chief State School Officers, San Diego, October 22, 1992
“Prevention with School-Age Children.” National Governors’ Association, National Forum on Prevention Programs for Children, New Orleans, June 26, 1990.
“A Perspective on Teenage Pregnancy.” Alaska Municipal League Annual Conference, Anchorage, November 13, 1987.
“Preventing Teenage Pregnancy.” National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Northwest Region Annual Conference, Anchorage, September 11, 1987.
“Supporting Sexuality Education in the ’80s: Problems and Priorities.” Council on Foundations Annual Meeting, Detroit, April 30, 1982.
“Family Life Education: A Public Issue.” Rutgers University, Department of Community Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 1980.
“Perspectives on the Delivery of Family Planning to Adolescents.” National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 29, 1980.
“The Politics of Sex Education.” Planned Parenthood Federation of America Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, November 15, 1979.
“The Evaluation of Sex Education.” George Washington University, Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, D.C., July 1978.
Workshops
“Let’s Get Political: How to Fight for Sex Education in the Public Schools.” National Sex Ed Conference, Center for Family Life Education, Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey, Somerset, NJ, Dec. 8, 2011(with Martha R. Roper).
“Parenting with a Purpose: An Assets-Based Approach to Helping Parents Raise Confident, Caring Youth.” Colorado Family Resource Network Regional Conference, Denver, May 8, 1997 (with James J. Conway).
“Talking Points: Communicating Effectively About Sexuality Education.” Planned Parenthood of Greater St. Louis, December 15, 1993.
“Where and How Do we Spend the State’s Resources on Human Services?” University of Alaska, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Third Annual Mental Health Conference, Anchorage, May 19, 1988.
“Helping Adolescents Create Their Futures.” Idaho Nurses Association Annual Meeting, Twin Falls, April 4, 1987.
“Living and Working with Adolescents.” Alaska Council on the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Annual Prevention Symposium, May 1985.
“One Minute Parenting.” Anchorage Community College Spring Families and Work Conference, Anchorage, April 13, 1985.
“Involving the Family in Family Planning.” North Dakota Department of Health, Bismarck, December 1983.
“Censorship and the Community” and “Building Bridges to Sexuality Education.” Planned Parenthood Centers of West Michigan Community Education Conference, Grand Rapids, October 6, 1983.
“Managing Educational Controversies in the ’80s.” Family Planning Advocates of New York State Annual Meeting, Albany, June 10, 1983.
“Sex Education: Developing a Parent-School Partnership.” Illinois Department of Education, Regional Training Workshop, Rantoul, Illinois, April 19, 1983.
“Effective Family Life Education.” Indiana Family Health Council Region V Training Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 10, 1983.
“Handling Controversial Issues.” Planned Parenthood of Arizona Community Education Conference, Phoenix, January 1983.
“Building Community Support for Sexuality Education.” Planned Parenthood Federation of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, October 1982.
“Family Life Education: A Public Issue.” Rutgers University, Department of Community Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 1980.
“Innovative Strategies for Involving Adolescents.” Region I Contraceptive/Medical Update Conference, John Snow Public Health Group, Boston, May 1979.
“What If it Were You Who Could Get Pregnant?: A Video Resource for Male Involvement.” National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 1977.
Visiting Lectureships
“Promoting Developmental Assets as a Positive Youth Development Strategy in a Global Context.” Feb. 21, 2014, for Harvard University Graduate School of Education Course, Adolescence in the Global Context: Salient Issues and Intervention Strategies (with Maura Shramko).
“The Psychology of Early Adolescent Development and Implications for Prevention Programs.” St. Louis University, Graduate School, Advanced Developmental Psychology class, April 8, 1996.
“Adolescent Development and Implications for Sexual Health.” St. Louis University, School of Nursing, Graduate Course, Adolescent Sexuality, Childbearing, and Childrearing, February 3, 1994, Feb. 9, 1995, and Feb. 15, 1996.
“Adolescent Pregnancy: Primary Prevention and the Physician’s Roles.” Washington University School of Medicine, First Year Course on Health Care Delivery for Children of Poverty, St. Louis, January 28, 1993.
“Research Challenges in A Study of Middle Grades Teachers.” Maryville University, St. Louis. Masters Course on Research Methods in Education, November 10, 1992.
“How Should Teachers Be Prepared for the Middle-Grades Student?” Maryville University, St. Louis, Division of Education Faculty Retreat, May 11, 1992.
“Adolescents and Sexuality Education.” Webster University, St. Louis, Master of Arts in Teaching Program, April 15, 1992.
“Making a Difference in Young People’s Lives.” University of Wisconsin-Platteville, June 8, 1992.
“Children and Social Policy.” University of Alaska-Fairbanks, College of Human and Rural Development, Social Welfare and Policy Issues class, March 24, 1988.
“Forward to the Basics: Life Skills Education for Today’s Youth.” University of Montana, Department of Home Economics Community Lecture Series, Missoula, May 8, 1986.
“Trends, Attitudes and Current Information on Human Sexuality.” Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, November 12, 1985.
“Empowering Youth: The Responsibilities of Helping Professionals.” San Diego State University, School of Family Studies, May 1985.
“Methods of Family Life Education.” Ohio State University, Columbus, June 25, 1981.
“Role of the Teacher in Family Life Education.” James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, September 1980.
“Barriers to Sexuality Education in the U.S.” Syracuse University, Institute for Family Research and Education Annual Summer Sexuality Workshop, Syracuse, July 1980.
“Adolescent Sexuality, Education and Counseling.” University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health Fall Conference, September 10, 1979.
“Developing Male Involvement Programs in Family Life Education.” Florida State University, Department of Human Sciences and Services, April 1979.
HONORS, AWARDS, AND MEDIA
Coverage in New York Times, New York Daily News, U. S. News and World Report, USA Today, Newsweek, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Huffington Post, McCall’s, Ladies Home Journal, Readers’ Digest, Seventeen, Sports Illustrated, Glamour, Better Homes and Gardens, The Christian Science Monitor, and numerous other national publications.
Invited Biography in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America, 2011.
Radio and television appearances in over 200 U. S. cities and in Europe over the “Voice of America” and BBC-Radio.
Features on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America.”
“Outstanding Young Man of America” community leadership award, 1982.
Michigan Legislative Resolution 1982 honoring “outstanding contributions to sexuality education.”
Who’s Who in American Education, 1992/93, 1993/94.
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, 1991/92, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1996/97.
Who’s Who in the West, 1986/87, 1988/89.
Who’s Who Among Human Service Professionals, 1987.
International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 1987/88.
Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1988, 1990, 1992.
Who’s Who in the World, 1995/96.
Served as “Cybersource” consultant on adolescence for day-long Internet consultation with 300 journalists nationwide, for “Kidbeat” listserv sponsored by Casey Foundation Journalism Center for Children and Families, University of Maryland, Dec, 15, 1999.
Spokesperson for the first National Kids Day (August 5, 2001), a movement spearheaded by Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 4-H, and the YMCA; media included appearance as content expert on Internet chat on iVillage.com, July 25, 2001
Produced and hosted weekly radio talk show, “The Family Connection-Anchor Line,” Anchorage station KENI-AM, 1987. Regular guest on KMOX-Radio (CBS Network), St. Louis, 1992-95.
Society for Research in Adolescence Social Policy Award, 2002, nominee for research article on how developmental assets contribute to prediction of adolescent thriving.
Lifetime Professional Service Award, 2001, Planned Parenthood of the Greater St. Louis Region (co-awardee with wife, Martha R. Roper)
Named one of “America’s visionaries” for children, by National Association of Child Advocates, 1988
Named one of the “Pioneers and Giants of Middle Level Education” for resource book, Preparing Middle Level Educators: Practicing What We Preach (New York: Garland, 1999, Eds., Samuel Totten, Charlene Johnson, Linda Morrow, and Toni Sills Briegel)
Hedley S. Dimock Award Recipient, presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to youth development from a field related to outdoor programs, American Camping Association, 1998
Arctic Alliance for People Public Service Award, 1988 (awarded to members of the Governor’s Interim Commission on Children and Youth in Alaska).
U.S. Administration for Children, Youth and Families Commissioner Award honoring “exceptional efforts to prevent child abuse, and a spirit which is an inspiration to others,” 1988.
Alaska State Legislature Citation honoring contribution on Governor’s Interim Commission on Children and Youth, March 21, 1989.
Educational Press Association of America Award for “Excellence in Educational Journalism” (as an article contributor to “Sexuality Education” journal issue of Educational Theory Into Practice, 1989).
Featured in an “Orange Spotlight” profile on notable alumni, in the Syracuse University Magazine, Spring 2010.
Included in the Expert Roster of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), that allows policymakers and practitioners to find worldwide experts for designing and implementing impact evaluations, 2017.
Nominated for International Society for Child Indicators’ Impact Award, for applied research on positive youth development in 30 countries, that through the policies and programs of the US Agency for International Development, World Vision International, and Save the Children, has improved the quality of life for millions of young people worldwide, 2017.
As Search Institute’s Senior Fellow for 23 years, was major contributor to Search Institute 2018 Society for Research on Adolescence Award for Organizational Excellence in Research and Programming for Youth. The award recognizes organizations that have made a major contribution to understanding youth and improving their lives. “Search Institute has shown exemplary leadership in its research-to-practice and translational work, which has positively influenced both research on adolescence and the lives of youth from diverse backgrounds, communities, and countries. Moreover, the Developmental Assets Framework has contributed to theory and research as evidenced by its prominence in the scholarly literature. As our field attempts to make more of a difference in the lives of young people and their families and communities, we know that your efforts to stimulate relevant research and practice are paving the way.”
PERSONAL
Husband, father, grandfather. Married to high school health teacher (ret.) Martha R. Roper; Son Dane is attorney in the Office of the Public Defender, Jefferson County, MO.
Activities:
Music:
Contemporary Christian Soloist (tenor) in numerous churches; Songwriter, musician, & singer:
2002: released CD of original songs, Peter Scales—20Years Late
2007: released CD of contemporary Christian vocals titled I Will Be Here (www.peterscales.net)
2011: released 2-CD set of original songs, Passing Circumstances: The Collected Original Songs of Peter Scales 1972-2002
2016: released CD of original songs, You’ve Been On My Mind: The Collected Songs of Peter Scales Vol. 2
(all CDs available at www.peterscales.org, and www.cdbaby.com/peterscales)
Sports:
High School Tennis Coach
Head Junior Varsity Coach, Parkway South High School, Manchester, MO (Girls JV fall 2008-current; Boys JV, spring 2009-current)
Lead Instructor, Parkway Summer Tennis Camp, 2nd grade to college students, Summer 2008-current
Instructor, FILA-Sponsored Washington University in St. Louis Junior Bears Summer Tennis Camp, Summer 2016-current
Created and maintain high school tennis team website: https://sites.google.com/site/parkwaysouthhighjv2tennis
Certified Professional Tennis Teacher/Coach, United States Professional Tennis Association, 2013-current (USPTA website: http://coachpetescales.usptapro.com)
Certified Double-Goal Coach, Positive Coaching Alliance, 2014-current
Assistant Basketball Coach:
4th-5th Grade Co-ed Team, Manchester United Methodist Church (2002-2004)
Middle and High School Girls Team, Manchester United Methodist Church (2005-2007)
Middle School Boys, YMCA of West St. Louis County (2007)
Former Competitive Tennis Player:
Singles, doubles, and mixed doubles
4.0 NTRP Rating
2007 St. Louis Senior Olympics, bronze medal, singles tennis
Community:
Member, Webster Groves Presbyterian Church
Neighborhood Block Home for Parkway School District, 1999-2008
Parkway School District Discipline & Diversity Task Force, 2003-2004
Project Parkway, School Climate and Bullying Subcommittee, 2010
Parkway School District, Advisor to Superintendent on Healthy Relationships and Sexual Health Curriculum, 2016