April 2022

By Dr. Bob Sege, 4/26/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ This week marks the end of April, child abuse prevention month. During the pandemic, we have learned a lot about how to prevent child abuse. Data from the pandemic show a story of hope for children and families. Let’s put this new knowledge into action. At the beginning of the pandemic, I and many others in the field worried that child abuse would skyrocket. Children were at home with their parents, with no one at school...

By Amanda Winn, 4/21/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Over the summer, the HOPE National Resource Center started a Train the Facilitator program. The goal was to train staff from organizations to present the basics of HOPE to both members of their organizations and to their community partners. Members who go through all three sessions of the program become certified HOPE facilitators. By January, there was enough interest in the program for the HOPE National Resource Center...

By Laura Gallant, 4/12/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Over the next year, we will be using the 2022 HOPE Summit event website for table-based networking events. On April 20th at 4 p.m. ET, HOPE will host its second free HOPEful Connections networking event on the website. The event will be a great time to discuss how the practice of HOPE interacts across sectors. You will network with people from health care, education, community engagement, and other organizations.