Promoting Positive Childhood Experiences in home visiting practices. The HOPE for Home Visiting Toolkit offers practical examples, reflective prompts, and everyday practices that promote the Four Building Blocks of HOPE…
Helping families prepare for difficult conversations There are many conversations you might need to have with families that can be hard to engage in- conversations about suspected child abuse, co-sleeping,…
Create an intake process that is HOPEful This resource shares how to create an intake process grounded in the HOPE framework. Intake forms are often designed to identify needs, risks,…
Help home visitors reflect, grow, and sustain their own well-being This guide provides a framework for HOPE-informed supervision, an approach that helps home visiting professionals reflect, grow, and sustain their…
Lift up family strengths This resource supports home visitors as they partner with families when a parent or caregiver is experiencing substance use. A HOPE-informed approach lifts up family strengths,…
Promote connection, stability, and growth This resource shares key concept and what to look for when working with caregivers who have been diagnosed with mental health issues. Home visitors and…
Engaging with PCEs through everyday observations This resource shares questions to ask, signs to look for, and different cues for each of the Four Building Blocks of HOPE. Home visitors…
Reframe using the HOPE framework Reframing is more than “putting a positive spin” on something, it’s a professional skill that helps us see families through a strengths-based, trauma-informed lens. This…
Using HOPE and Motivational Interviewing to promote PCEs To help home visitors use the Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences (HOPE) framework alongside Motivational Interviewing (MI) to build trust, identify strengths,…
Naming strengths and promoting resilience This resource was created for home visitors to identify and affirm aspects of families lives through the HOPE framework to foster wellbeing, even in the…