How can we heal from Adverse Childhood Experiences?
Developing a practice that incorporates positive childhood experiences (PCEs) can lessen the lifelong effects of harmful experiences and allows the brain to heal from trauma.
2025 HOPE resource round-up
Throughout 2025, the HOPE National Resource Center was busy creating resources on PCEs and the Four Building Blocks of HOPE.
Resource highlight: Ten takeaways from recent positive childhood experience (PCE) research
We created a new resource that translates key research findings on positive childhood experiences (PCEs) to encourage action.
Why positive childhood experiences are important for all children and families
Positive childhood experiences are protective experiences that help heal the brain from trauma and promote healthy mental health in adulthood.
Opportunities for social and civic engagement help promote a sense of mattering and belonging
Social and civic engagement gets children involved in something bigger than themselves, instilling a sense of mattering, belonging, and importance.
Learning about positive childhood experiences in children TV shows like Bluey
Child-friendly TV shows, like Bluey, can help children discover what PCEs are and inspire parents to promote more PCEs with their children.
Promote positive childhood experiences (PCEs) by playing board games
Promote the Four Building Blocks of HOPE through different types of board games using luck, strategy, or playing cooperatively as a team.
New resource: Head back to school with the HOPE for Educators toolkit
Head back-to-school with the HOPE National Resource Center’s newly released collection of resources: HOPE for Educators toolkit.
Type 1 and type 2 thinking: A key component of the HOPE framework
Learn how a key component of the HOPE framework, Type 2 thinking, can help you slow down and improve your work with children and families.
HOPE’s commitment to including lived expertise in our work
In collaboration with our Family and Community Experts of HOPE sub-committee, we released our “The value of lived expertise” statement.