Research has shown that Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) help children grow into healthy, resilient adults. These PCEs can be categorized into 4 Building Blocks. This resource shares what each category is and how to increase access to them. This resource…
History has shown that financial stress increases rates of child abuse. As millions lost their jobs in 2020, experts feared for the worst. Listen to this episode of Radio Health Journal where Dr. Robert Sege and Ashley Rapp, an Epidemiologist…
Dr. Sege was interviewed on the podcast, Public Health Out Loud. Listen to him talk with co-hosts Dr. Philip Chan and Dr. Jim McDonald about how positive relationships, environments, engagements, and opportunities for emotional growth play a critical role in…
Faith communities are in a unique position to promote Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) for children, youth, and families. Lifelong engagement, access to the whole family, programming, consistent contact, and outreach during traumatic times and their aftermath. At HOPE National Resource…
The resources below are virtual libraries. They contain links to virtual book readings directly from YouTube. It is a wonderful opportunity to pause with your children and listen to heartwarming stories together. This practice can help build strong relationships.
This book contains coloring activities, word searches, and many more fun project for children to play with!
HOPE suggests that providers identify, celebrate, and promote positive childhood experiences. In this paper, published in the American Medical Association’s journal, JAMA Pediatrics, Bob Sege and Allison Stephens do just that. Polls and the HOPE NRC’s experiences have identified how…
HOPE begins with a shift in mindset that calls on each of us to identify, celebrate, and promote individual and family strengths in each moment. This resource, Moments of HOPE, shares examples of how HOPE can be integrated into existing…
This simple one pager displays the 4 Building Blocks in English and Spanish. Perfect for waiting rooms, offices, and any places where families gather, it can be printed in standard 8.5 x 11 or larger. If you’d like a bigger…
This simple one pager displays the 4 Building Blocks in English and Mandarin. Perfect for waiting rooms, offices, and any places where families gather, it can be printed in standard 8.5 x 11 or larger. If you’d like a bigger…