Train how to deepen your practice of positive childhood experiences
The HOPE National Resource Center trains professionals and organizations to use the HOPE framework to promote positive childhood experiences (PCEs) for the children and families they serve. When we honor and celebrate the positives in children’s lives, we are creating safe and supportive communities where children can grow into healthy and resilient adults.
We continually develop and update our training opportunities using feedback from our community members and partners. It is important for our trainings to honor the unique practices of different communities, organizations, and individual families.
No matter your size, sector, or needs, we have a training for you! Not sure which training is right for your organization? Contact us! We will work with you to customize a training program to meet your needs.
Introductory training options
Keynote presentations
Typically one hour in length, keynote presentations cover the research behind PCEs and their mitigating effects on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), an overview of the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, and the power of the brain to heal. These presentations introduce ideas of how to incorporate the HOPE framework into practice.
Introduction to HOPE workshops
Typically 90 minutes in length, the interactive Introduction to HOPE workshops engage participants in thinking through how they can promote access to the Four Building Blocks of HOPE in their work. Like the keynote, the workshop covers the research behind positive childhood experiences and their mitigating effects on ACEs and the Four Building Blocks of HOPE. It will also review Type 1 versus Type 2 thinking and what the HOPE framework adds to existing frameworks.
Online Courses
Our free, self-paced online courses offer access to comprehensive research on how positive childhood experiences drive healthy development and mitigate the effects of ACEs. Through interactive modules, featuring short videos, interviews with guest experts, short quizzes, and supplemental materials, you will learn what ACEs and PCEs are, how they affect adult health, and how to incorporate the HOPE framework when working with children, families, and communities.
You will find online introductory modules in English and Spanish, as well as sector-specific modules. These include HOPE and Home Visiting; HOPE and Substance Use Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment; HOPE and Child Welfare; HOPE and Strengthening Families; and HOPE for Pediatric Residents.
Intermediate Training options
2-hour workshop/4-hour workshop
We offer a variety of 2-hour workshops for organizations that want deepen their practice of the HOPE framework. Workshop topics include: Creating HOPEful First Encounters, HOPE-informed Intake and Assessment Forms, Using HOPE to Promote Equitable Access to the Building Blocks, Creating an Internal Culture of HOPE, HOPE for Policy Review, and HOPE for Challenging Interactions. These workshops are highly interactive and include case studies, breakout rooms, and whiteboard sessions.
Full-day workshop (6 hours)
The full-day workshops consist of two 3-hour sessions over one day (with a lunch break) or two days. If the organization is new to the HOPE framework, the first hour will include an Introduction to HOPE session. Alternatively, full-day workshops can be created to meet the needs of groups already familiar with the framework who are ready to dive into action. The subsequent hours will consist of focused skill-building exercises and small group work.
We work with each organization to customize this training to the needs of the participants. After completing the workshop, participants will have clear ideas of how to begin to incorporate the HOPE framework into their work.
Advanced Training Options
Train the Facilitator Certification
The Train the Facilitator Certification program is available to individuals who want to be certified to deliver the Introduction to HOPE workshop in their community or organization. At the end of the program, participants are certified HOPE trainers, can be listed on the HOPE National Resource Center website, and receive stipends for their trainings. We regularly offer public cohorts and can arrange private cohorts for organizations. Each cohort completes three sessions, each about two weeks apart.
HOPE Champion Certification
The HOPE Champion Certification program is available to certified HOPE Facilitators who want to increase their organization and network’s capacity to implement the HOPE framework sustainably and systematically. Champions will be the on-the-ground HOPE experts leading implementation projects and ensuring the HOPE framework results in actionable change in an organization. Each participant can certify one organization of their choosing as a HOPE-Informed organization. Each cohort completes three sessions, each about four weeks apart.
HOPE-Informed Organization Certification
The HOPE-Informed Organizational Certification program reshapes care and service delivery in ways that enable child- and family-serving organizations to better accomplish their own missions of improving the lives of the children and families they serve. This certification is a process that guides organizations through a journey of culture and organizational change.
Embarking on this certification journey signifies that an organization is actively committed to practicing the strengths-based HOPE framework, upholding the principle that all children and families should have equitable access to positive childhood experiences.
Community of Practice
Staff from the HOPE National Resource Center will facilitate monthly 60-minute calls with a cohort of individuals who want to dive deep on the implementation of the HOPE framework. The group will come together each month to talk through a component of the implementation, share lessons learned and barriers faced, and plan tangible steps for the next month.
Customized online courses
The HOPE National Resource Center will work with your organization to create customized online learning modules that introduce the basics of the HOPE framework, relate it to models and frameworks your team is already using, and review what implementation looks like specifically for your staff. This fully personalized option makes training staff on the HOPE framework more sustainable over time and can integrate with existing onboarding processes.
Start practicing the HOPE framework in your community
Whether you’re just learning about the HOPE framework, or you are already well-versed, we would love to work with you and your organization to deepen your experience with HOPE and positive childhood experiences. For questions and more information about our training opportunities, please contact us!
