HOPE — Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences
We are inspiring a movement to advance health and well-being for children, families, and communities.
Every child needs positive childhood experiences (PCEs).
PCEs help children grow into healthy adults.
Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) drive healthy child development and lessen the lifelong effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). PCEs help children build resilience and grow into thriving, healthy adults.
Everyone can promote PCEs.
The HOPE framework centers on those key types of PCEs to help everyone – parents and caregivers, professionals, organizations, and agencies – promote health and well-being for children and families.
The HOPE framework
The HOPE framework can be used to promote PCEs for all children
The HOPE framework centers around the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, key types of positive childhood experiences that all children need to thrive, and helps organizations, communities, and individuals make changes to practices, policies, and programming to ensure that all children have equitable access to PCEs.
The Four Building Blocks of HOPE
The Four Building Blocks of HOPE provide an accessible, actionable way of talking about the key types of PCEs:
Relationships
Safe and supportive relationships within the family and with other children and adults.
Environment
Safe, equitable, and stable environments where children can live, learn, and play.
Engagement
Opportunities for social and civic engagement to develop a sense of belonging and connectedness.
Emotional Growth
Opportunities for emotional growth where children feel supported through difficult events and emotions.
What we offer
The HOPE National Resource Center
Based out of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the HOPE National Resource Center offers trainings, resources, and research centered around the HOPE framework and positive childhood experiences. The HOPE framework has helped communities, professionals, and organizations big and small, in every field from home visiting to education and health care to the justice system, to accomplish their missions. Learn how you can use the HOPE framework:
Training opportunities
Virtual Learning Hub
Complete our online courses that you can take at your own pace!
Presentation Requests
Request us to present keynote addresses and workshops!
Certifications
Practice HOPE as certified trainers and organizations!
Local HOPE Trainers
Find a local HOPE Facilitator or Champion near you!
Recent blog posts
Safe, stable, and nurturing environments are key to accessing positive childhood experiences (PCEs)
To promote more positive childhood experiences (PCEs), we need to create safe environments where children can grow into healthy adults.
HOPE’s commitment to equity
The HOPE National Resource Center remains committed to practicing anti-racism and prioritizing equity in our work with PCEs.
PCE’s over time: Positive childhood experiences in caregivers may support the development of the children they care for
Dartmouth public health master’s student Jessica Leishman is helping us look backwards in time at the childhood experiences of caregivers.
Recent resources
HOPE as an anti-racism framework in action guide
How to ensure PCEs for all children through policy and practice changes This guide walks you through the process of…
Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) findings in BRFSS reports handout
BRFSS reports reveal important findings on PCEs Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) are surveys conducted by each U.S. state…
Four Building Blocks Worksheet for Pediatric Clinics
Learn how your patients are practicing the Four Building Blocks of HOPE Learn how your patients are practicing the Four…
Recent publications
Health Associations of Positive Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review of the Literature
Exploring the current research on PCEs We conducted a scoping review of the literature to explore the current research on positive…
The Impact of Positive and Adverse Experiences in Adolescence on Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Early Adulthood
The Impact of Positive and Adverse Experiences in Adolescence on Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Early Adulthood This study evaluated…
The Pediatrician’s Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment: Clinical Report
Supporting children well-being from infancy through adolescence Pediatricians have always seen the value of preventing health harms; this should be…
Contact us
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