This article discusses the ways pediatricians benefit from adopting the HOPE framework in their practice. Focusing on identifying the strengths of families during the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting resilience for families and developing an antiracist approach through a focus on strengths.…
Workshop and training participants often ask about how to assess or screen for PCEs. While there is no one evidence-based way to screen for Positive Childhood Experiences, we have developed a resource with a list of the most commonly-used options.
Reverend Darrell Armstrong, MDiv, EdS is the Pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton, NJ. Rev. Armstrong is an acclaimed speaker, writer, workshop facilitator and religious leader. He is a national leader on issues pertaining to child welfare and…
Dr. Linkenbach presented his work on ‘the framework beneath the framework.’ In this highly interactive session, participants learned about the history and process of developing the HOPE Framework from a Wisconsin-based Positive Community Norms project; a three-year CDC thinktank; and…
This handout provides some examples and tips about how to practice HOPE in your life, retraining ourselves to more easily see protective factors by building core HOPE concepts into our self-care routines.
Victor Sims, case manager supervisor at SailFuture, 2020 Casey Excellence for Children Awardee, and an American Bar Association Reunification Hero No one has told [youth in the Department of Juvenile Justice] they’re good people. They have already been counted out. This story is adapted…
Shoshana R. Sokoloff, MD, Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist HOPE research underscores that the life experiences we intuitively know are good for children and give meaning to our lives are, indeed, curative! “Since learning about the Tufts Medical Center Healthy…
Laura Koenigs, MD, FSAHM, FAAP, Vice Chair of Education, Program Director, Pediatric Residency, UMMS-Baystate It is wonderful watching parents light up (and the teens squirm but smile) as they gush about their children. “I listened to Dr. Sege give a…
Elliott Orrin Hinkle (they/them), alumnus of the Wyoming Foster Care System and advocate for child welfare, mental health, and the LGBTQ population I was suddenly met with the notion that there is a contingent of folks who care about my…
Corey Best, a member of the HOPE National Advisory Board and the Birth Parent National Network (BPNN) | CTF Alliance HOPE from a parenting perspective is recognizing my child’s ability to grow, to learn, to continue to have a growth mindset, and…