Tagged With "Abused Children"
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Week of HOPE: Day Two - HOPE in Practice [positiveexperience.org/category/blog/]
By Laura Gallant, 3/8/22, positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Today, Tuesday, March 8, is the second day in our Week of HOPE. This week is intended to spread awareness of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences TM and help people learn about the difference that positive childhood experiences can make for children, families, and those who serve them. Today’s theme is HOPE in Practice. Our main event for today is our Annual HOPE Summit – Growing HOPE, registration is open until the...
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Week of HOPE: Day Three - HOPE and Policy [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 3/9/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Today, Wednesday, March 9, is the third day in our Week of HOPE. This week is intended to spread awareness of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences TM and help people learn about the difference that positive childhood experiences can make for children, families, and those who serve them. Today’s theme is HOPE and Policy. We will be talking about policy in its many forms, from legislative action and advocacy...
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HOPE and Policy Blog - Promoting HOPE Through Monthly Payments for Children [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Guest Author, 3/8/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE Week of Action Blog – March 7-11, 2022 Authors: Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba member of the HOPE National Advisory Board, and Allison Bovell-Ammon Last July, a TikTok trend embodied a moment of pure joy when policy change had a real-world impact on families’ lives. The social media outlet was full of parents dancing and taking a huge sigh of relief as the up to $300 monthly payments of the Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC)...
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Week of HOPE: Day Four - HOPE Family Day [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 3/10/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Today, Thursday March 10, is the fourth day in our Week of HOPE. This week is intended to spread awareness of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences TM and help people learn about the difference that positive childhood experiences can make for children, families, and those who serve them. Today’s theme is HOPE Family Day. HOPE aims to shift the model of care to a more collaborative and family-led framework.
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Week of HOPE: Day Five - HOPE and Faith Communities [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 3/11/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Today, Friday March 11, is the fifth and final day in our Week of HOPE. This week is intended to spread awareness of HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences TM and help people learn about the difference that positive childhood experiences can make for children, families, and those who serve them. Today’s theme is HOPE and Faith Communities. HOPE is a flexible program that makes space for all practices that...
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Interview with Audrey Smolkin from the New Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Audrey Smolkin, 3/17/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Below is an interview with Audrey Smolkin, the Executive Director of the new Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma. The HOPE Team worked with Audrey and her team to incorporate the HOPE framework into their new website. Learn more about this new center and how HOPE contributes to their amazing work in the Massachusetts community! Please introduce yourself and your work to our readers. I am the Executive Director of the...
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HOPE During National Women's History Month [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 3/29/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE offers a way for children to improve their lifelong mental health through positive childhood experiences (PCEs). The theme of Women’s History Month 2022, “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope”, strongly aligns with that purpose. Many times, women are the main caregivers in their homes and work in caregiving professions. Sadly, those roles have been under-valued or insufficiently respected. HOPE partners with...
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Update to HOPE Online Course [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 3/30/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The “ Spreading HOPE Online Learning Course ” has a new home! The modules have all the same interactive features like short videos and interviews with guest experts, quizzes, and supplemental materials but with a new look and feel. This course is for anyone starting their HOPE journey. Basic access to the course is $25. You can work on the modules at your own pace, starting and stopping as it works for your schedule. On...
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Interview with Jennifer Jones, MSW during Child Abuse Prevention Month [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Jennifer Jones, 4/7/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ At HOPE, our vision is for all children to have safe and equitable access to the Four Building Blocks . As April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, we want to share just some of the work that is moving that vision forward. Today, we are talking to Jennifer Jones, Chief Strategy Officer at Prevent Child Abuse America. Jennifer promotes child abuse prevention and positive childhood experiences in her daily work. Here, she...
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The Missing Epidemic: HOPE and child abuse prevention [positiveexperience.org]
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...
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One Year Summary of AAP COVID-19 Survey Responses [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Loren McCullough, 5/19/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a year one report “Caregiving in the Context of COVID-19.” Looking at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, over two years ago, and how families and children have been affected in many ways. Closing schools and community resources made an impact on childcare routines. Changes to work life and government support systems also impacted how parents were able to provide...
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New HOPE Training Videos - ACEs Screen Results [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 5/26/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) released a new set of training videos! In the videos, Dr. Sege shares the results of an ACEs (adverse childhood experiences) screening to a parent and child, who are played by Courtney and her son, Henry. The videos show what this conversation can look like without the HOPE framework and with the HOPE framework. They give a side by side look at the difference that the HOPE...
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HOPE Celebrates Pride with a New Resource [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Allison Stephens, 6/9/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Happy Pride Month! The HOPE National Resource Center is joining the national celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride. HOPE is about meeting the needs of all children and families , including those that identify as LGBTQ+. While we celebrate, we also acknowledge that children and families in the LGBTQ+ community can experience both bias and racism. These Adverse Community Experiences can make it harder for LGBTQ+ families to enjoy...
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Celebrating Juneteenth and Father's Day with HOPE [positiveexperience.org]
By John Verdejo, 6/16/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Sunday, June 19 th is a day of celebrating both freedom and fathers. In part, Juneteenth honors Black children and families, including fathers, who were separated from each other during Slavery. The freedom to have a family and to raise children is fundamental to HOPE. Although racism still affects the ability for Black families to access the Four Building Blocks equitably, the team at the HOPE National Resource Center...
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HOPE on Father's Day [positiveexperience.org]
By Allison Stephens, 6/17/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Fathers are an important part of family life and contribute significantly to child development. This Father’s Day, the HOPE National Resource Center is celebrating the impact that fathers can have on access to positive childhood experiences, even though fathers often go unrecognized. The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse’s #Dadication campaign lets us hear directly from fathers about their relationships...
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HOPE Team Featured in The Hill: Policies that support families reduce child abuse [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Allison Stephens and Bob Sege, 6/22/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Many people, especially those who work in the child welfare system, expected a dramatic increase in child abuse when COVID-19 hit. After all, everything was disrupted, children and their parents were out of school and work, and people were physically isolated from each other. As far as we can tell, there was not a child abuse epidemic. Perhaps the emergency supports offered during the pandemic worked. If...
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HOPE Releases New Whiteboard Video [positiveexperience.org/]
Laura Gallant, 7/14/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) has been collaborating with Nemours Children’s Health and Curricula Concepts (Arkansas) on the Better Together project. Caliste Chong, Manager of Practice and Prevention at Nemours has worked closely with the HOPE NRC on this project and shares: This work inspired the HOPE team to create a whiteboard video sharing how healthy eating and physical activity can support access to the...
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Guadalupe Barrios
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Practicing HOPE During Family Fun Month [positiveexperience.org]
August is Family Fun Month, and the HOPE National Resource Center is all about families creating positive childhood experiences (PCEs) by having fun together! Throughout the month, there are several days to remember that promote PCEs and the Four Building Blocks of HOPE: Exercise with your Child Week – Starting August 7 th : There are so many ways to exercise or get moving with your children. People of different mobility levels can share in a day of intentional, and fun, exercise; from...
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Back to School with HOPE [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 8/9/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Going back to school can bring up a lot of feelings for students, parents, and even teachers. Happiness at being back together with friends, excitement about the new school year, and, of course, anxiety about the challenges ahead. The Four Building Blocks of HOPE can help focus on PCEs (positive childhood experiences). Here are 12 ways to practice PCEs as children return to school. [ Click here to read the full blog .]
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Re: HOPE at the National Convening of EndCAN [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
Thank you, Bob. Here in NZ we currently have the Royal Commission Inquiry into the abuse of children and youth by our State institutions from 1950 to 1999 I have attended the last hearings which cover the state institutional responses. Sadly, some of our key state agencies continue to allow our children and youth to be abused today whilst under their care particularly Ministry for Children, Oranga Tamariki and Ministry of Education. Children and youth placed in secure residences managed by...
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HOPE in Public Resources [positiveexperience.org]
By The HOPE Team, 9/8/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Readers of this blog might already know about the range of resources available from the HOPE national resource center. In addition to creating our own materials, we partner with child and family service organizations around the country to add HOPE to their services and resources. This blog highlights two public resources that grew out of those partnerships. We partnered with the Massachusetts Center on Child Wellbeing...
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Ginger Meyer
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HOPE on Social Media [positiveexperience.org/category/blog/]
By The HOPE Team, 9/15/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE National Resource Center is now on social media! We launched our social media in February of this year and have spent the past several months growing our presence on both Twitter and LinkedIn . Social media is a great way to stay in touch and to connect with others who are using the HOPE framework. Be sure to follows us and share all the ways that you promote positive childhood experiences in your family and in...
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HOPE in Foster Care Organizations [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Robert Sege, 10/13/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE National Resource Center Director, Bob Sege, went to Darwin Australia two weeks ago. Below is his firsthand experience and impression of how international foster care organizations are practicing the HOPE framework. I recently gave a keynote address at the International Foster Care Organization ’s annual meeting in Darwin Australia. This was their first in-person meeting since 2019. About half of participants were...
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HOPE in Policy [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 10/20/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE framework centers on the importance of positive experiences during childhood. Of course, children and their parents can do a great job in creating these opportunities – but social policies can make this easier or harder for families. The HOPE National Resource Center intends to help policymakers know more about Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) – and how public policy can support access to the Four...
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HOPE Innovation Network and the Importance of Policy [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 11/8/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ In our recent blog, HOPE in Policy , we discussed the work that the HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) will be doing to let policymakers know more about positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and how public policy can support access to the Four Building Blocks of HOPE . Likewise, the HOPE NRC works directly with organizations to make HOPE-informed changes to their internal policies. This work is important for the HOPE...
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Native American Heritage Month [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 11/23/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The HOPE framework begins with honoring, celebrating, and understanding different cultures, backgrounds, and histories. That includes the experiences of Native American peoples. This month, we are honoring, celebrating, and learning throughout Native American Heritage Month. Understanding the impact that history has on Native American peoples and communities is important to supporting access to Positive Childhood...
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A HOPE-ful Year with the HOPE National Resource Center [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 12/28/22, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) is a growing framework that has spread across the U.S. and world this year. The framework brings hope to many who work to incorporate it into their organization and day to day interactions with children and families. Here at the HOPE National Resource Center (NRC) we see the hard work people are putting into implementing HOPE, training others on HOPE, and sharing the...
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Resources to Practice the HOPE Framework and PCEs [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 1/5/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ In the past year, many organizations and individuals have focused on practicing HOPE in their daily work. Over that time, we have created resources as guides and suggestions on what HOPE in practice can look like, depending on the culture and needs of each person, community, and organization. Our many different resources range from fact sheets offered in different languages to guides on how to screen for positive...
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Honoring Dr. King with Anti-racist Policy [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By, The HOPE Team, 1/17/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ This week, we are reflecting the life and work of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., starting with observing the holiday on Monday. Dr. King was a multi-faceted leader, with far-reaching impacts, including policy advocacy. Those of us who work in child and family services are familiar with how much children need the concrete supports that stabilize family life. Throughout his life, Dr. King advocated for concrete...
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Ripple Effects of Hitting the Debt Ceiling [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 1/26/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Recent news has focused on the U.S. hitting its debt ceiling , which makes it harder for the federal government to meet financial obligations. The discussion often turns to whether Congress will make changes to Medicare and Social Security in response. Although the political landscape around this issue can be polarizing, one thing is certain, supporting children and families and promoting access to positive childhood...
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When Gun Violence Goes Down, Access to PCEs Can Go Up
By The HOPE Team, 2/2/2023. https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Last week, Tufts Medicine joined members of various Asian ethnic communities (e.g. Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese) in celebrating the Lunar New Year. Cultural celebrations, like the many Lunar New Year festivities hosted by our Chinatown community, provide opportunities for children to engage and interact with their culture and heritage, and create lasting memories through interacting with other children,...
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Black History Promotes PCEs [https://positiveexperience.org]
By The HOPE Team, 2/9/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ At the HOPE National Resource Center we talk a lot about how our cultural history and celebrating our heritage provides many opportunities for positive childhood experiences (PCEs). Black History Month provides a time for intentional celebration of Black history and Black cultures. Learning about our history connects us to our past and shares the ways that Black people have influenced our history as a nation.
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The Importance of Parent Leadership [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By The HOPE Team, 2/23/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ February is Parent Leadership Month, bringing attention to the importance of parent voices, and parent leadership in the child and family serving sectors. When parents lead and advocate, children and families get better access to the services and supports they need. Encouraging parents to use advocacy tools supports their roles as experts of their children, families, and communities, and supports their skills and...
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Solid Support the Best Counter to Uncertainty [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Bob Sege, 2/28/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Below is an excerpt from a blog written by HOPE Director Robert Sege for the American Academy of Pediatrics . Dr. Sege discusses the results from a survey that asked over three thousand parents their experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares that even in the face of disaster families were able to find hidden rewards. February 2020 started out like any other winter in Boston – cold and dreary. However, almost...
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2023 Week of HOPE Preview [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 3/9/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The 3 rd Annual HOPE Summit will take place on March 29 – 30. Throughout that week, we will be hosting our 2 nd Annual Week of HOPE. During this week, we celebrate the power of positive childhood experiences (PCEs), and the HOPE framework. HOPE makes a real difference in practice whether in policy, organizational structures, one-on-one interactions with children and families, spiritual communities, and many more spaces,...
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Rolling back SNAP Benefits Rolls back Access to PCEs [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
Laura Gallant, 3/16/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ When the COVID-19 pandemic began, there were emergency increases of concrete supports to children and families to provide food security. This increase in financial resources kept 4.2 million families above the poverty line* and helped families put food on their tables. These resources contributed to the nutritional well-being and reduced financial stress of children and families. With less financial stress in the home,...
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Hilary K Marine
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Back to the Basics of HOPE [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Bob Sege, 3/27/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The Week of HOPE starts today, which is why we thought it would be a great time to reintroduce the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) framework. A lot has happened in the past few years, but the core of HOPE has remained constant. HOPE exists because positive experiences help children grow into more resilient, healthier adults. HOPE and the HOPE framework help us better understand and support these key...
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HOPE in Educational Settings [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Junlei Li, 3/29/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Throughout the Week of HOPE, we will be sharing stories of practicing the HOPE framework. As we conclude our first day of the HOPE Summit , we can reflect on the ways to promote HOPE many different settings. The interview below is a great example of how to practice the HOPE framework in educational settings. Junlei Li, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education shares the impact of human relationships on...
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Disabilities Awareness in Policy [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Dr. Allison Stephens, 3/31/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The recent Supreme Court decision, Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools , was a victory for students with disabilities and their families. It is also an opportunity to highlight March as National Disability Awareness Month . In this case, the school provided a deaf student an aide that was not trained to work with deaf students, leaving him with limited communication and instruction. The student experienced...
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Identifying Goals with HOPE [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Dr. Bob Sege, 4/4/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) supports providers collaborating with families to identify goals of care. The HOPE framework calls out individual sources of strength and stamina, and avoids viewing children and families as simply people with deficits that need professional treatment. Family support requires marrying the family’s goals and the provider’s goals. Sometimes goals align naturally, and,...
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Promoting Equity Protects the Earth [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 4/20/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ Earth Day is this Saturday, and the HOPE National Resource Center wants to share ideas of actions that help protect the well-being of our planet, and the future of all children. When we promote practices that heal the Earth, we are celebrating all the amazing things this planet provides for us to create positive childhood experiences (PCEs), and happy, healthy children. This is at the core of the safe, stable, and...
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10 Ways to Prevent Child Abuse with HOPE [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
Dr. Bob Sege, 4/27/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ April is child abuse prevention month. Most families will do almost anything to provide a safe and nurturing world for their children. Sometimes, however, circumstances get in the way and due to family stress or individual problems for the parents or caregivers, children end up experiencing abuse or neglect. This begins a tragedy both for the children, and or the entire family. From our years of working in the field, we...
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Saj Mahmood
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The Growing Evidence behind PCEs [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]
By Laura Gallant, 5/11/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ May is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and the HOPE framework is one of many ways to amplify the importance of lifelong mental health. The HOPE National Resource Center continues to share the HOPE framework around the country and globe to promote positive childhood experiences, which lead to improved mental health for all children. The HOPE framework works to identify family strengths and sources of positive...