How the HOPE framework helps children now and in the future All children need positive childhood experiences (PCEs). The HOPE National Resource Center believes that every child in each community should have access to the key types of PCEs that…
Key takeaways This interview features Heather Forkey, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and Moira Szilagyi, MD, PhD, general academic pediatrician at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Covid-19 pandemic placed even greater…
Robert Sege, MD, PhD, and Melissa Merrick, PhD published a CNN article explaining how to minimize adverse experiences for children, and focus on positive experiences.
Creating safe environments during these difficult times Another week into the pandemic, we are slowly adjusting to a new reality. We are all wondering how long precautions and closures will last. This blog focuses on one of the Four Building…
On January 1, 2020, California launched a first of its kind program to combat the ill effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), the ACES Aware Initiatives spearheaded by California Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris, MD. Through this program, the state…
Dr. James Mercy, Director of the Division of Violence Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), invited the HOPE team to visit the CDC on January 29,…
At the beginning of December, I finished my year-long workshops on the HOPEframework with a visit to the nearby Middlesex County Massachusetts District Attorney’s (DA) office. The room was packed with police, lawyers, outreach workers, social workers, and District Attorney…
In a Boston globe article, Kay Lazar highlights the research on positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and the HOPE framework.