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PCE and Adult Mental Health

In this video, Dr. Sege presents the results of his study published in September, 2019 about the negative lifelong health effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the protective/buffering l…

Four Building Blocks of HOPE

The four building blocks of HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) as presented by Dr. Sege.…

Positive Childhood Experiences and Adult Mental and Relational Health in a Statewide Sample

Questions about seven Positive Childhood Experiences related to family, friends, and school/the community were added to the 2015 Wisconsin Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (BRFS). From this survey data, …

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HOPE: Phinneus Gauge and Rebuilding the Brain

HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) educational modules presented by Dr. Sege, produced by the Tufts Clinical Translational Science Institute. To see all the videos in this series playli…

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CDC: Childhood Trauma Is A Public Health Issue And We Can Do More To Prevent It

This article by NPR discusses a report on childhood trauma published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in November, 2019. The report emphasized the serious, lifelong health effects of …

Family Resilience And Connection Promote Flourishing Among US Children, Even Amid Adversity

This study looked at flourishing, defined as: engagement, positive relationships, competence, positive emotion, and self esteem. The authors measured children’s interest and curiosity in learning ne…

Reimagining Health — Flourishing

This opinion piece presents flourishing as a better metric for measuring health (compared to physical measures like blood pressure or life expectancy) because it takes multiple parts of a person’s l…

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Balancing ACEs with HOPE

This is a report presenting HOPE data, which shows the powerful impact of positive experiences on the development of healthy children and adults. The report also discusses social norms around parentin…

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Positive childhood experiences predict less psychopathology and stress in pregnant women with childhood adversity: A pilot study of the benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) scale

This pilot study examined the usefulness of the BCE scale, a new instrument designed to assess positive early life experiences in adults with histories of childhood adversity. The BCEs was developed t…

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We Can Prevent ACEs

Five students share their stories from adversity to resilience.…

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Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Be Connectors to Joy | Martha Londagin | TEDxDicksonStreet

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) affect millions of people in regard to their adult relationships, physical well being, and mental health. Martha's change in attitude toward her childhood experienc…

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Responding to ACEs With HOPE: Health Outcomes From Positive Experiences

This article introduces the Healthy Outcomes of Positive Experiences (HOPE) language, which focuses on promoting child health and well-being through positive experiences that potentially counteract th…