HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience (original) (raw)
We are inspiring a movement to advance health and well-being for children, families, and communities.
Every child needs positive childhood experiences (PCEs).
PCEs help children grow into healthy adults.
Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) drive healthy child development and lessen the lifelong effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). PCEs help children build resilience and grow into thriving, healthy adults.
Everyone can promote PCEs.
The HOPE framework centers on those key types of PCEs to help everyone – parents and caregivers, professionals, organizations, and agencies – promote health and well-being for children and families.
The HOPE framework
The HOPE framework can be used to promote PCEs for all children
The HOPE framework centers around the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, key types of positive childhood experiences that all children need to thrive, and helps organizations, communities, and individuals make changes to practices, policies, and programming to ensure that all children have equitable access to PCEs.
The Four Building Blocks of HOPE
The Four Building Blocks of HOPE provide an accessible, actionable way of talking about the key types of PCEs:
Relationships
Safe and supportive relationships within the family and with other children and adults.
Environment
Safe, equitable, and stable environments where children can live, learn, and play.
Engagement
Opportunities for social and civic engagement to develop a sense of belonging and connectedness.
Emotional Growth
Opportunities for emotional growth where children feel supported through difficult events and emotions.
What we offer
The HOPE National Resource Center
Based out of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the HOPE National Resource Center offers trainings, resources, and research centered around the HOPE framework and positive childhood experiences. The HOPE framework has helped communities, professionals, and organizations big and small, in every field from home visiting to education and health care to the justice system, to accomplish their missions. Learn how you can use the HOPE framework:
Training opportunities
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Contact us
Not sure how to start promoting positive childhood experiences in your community or organization? Reach out to us with any questions.
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