HOPE Resource Hub
Your gateway to understanding childhood adversity, building resilience, and creating HOPE-filled environments for children and families. Expert-curated resources from over 25 years on the front lines of children's mental health.
Understanding the HOPE Framework
While ACEs science tells us what can go wrong when children experience adversity, the HOPE framework — Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences — shows us what we can do right. Developed at Tufts Medical Center, HOPE proves that positive childhood experiences actively buffer against the effects of trauma, changing a child's brain and trajectory. Center for Child Counseling is a certified HOPE Champion — and HOPE is at the foundation of everything we do.
Essential Tools for Building HOPE
The cornerstone of our approach — a trauma- and HOPE-informed guide to building safe, nurturing relationships with children. For teachers, parents, clinicians, and caregivers.
Explore AWOB →Our AI-powered learning companion will help educators, clinicians, and caregivers access trauma-informed guidance and HOPE-centered strategies in real time. Currently in use by CFCC staff — public access coming soon.
Learn About Elio →Over 13,500 unduplicated client records tracked in real time. See how we turn information into targeted action and compassionate care.
View Dashboard →Understand Adverse Childhood Experiences through our curated collection of fact sheets, videos, infographics, and research — all in one place.
Explore the Toolkit →Our on-demand learning platform offers accessible training for parents, educators, and professionals — from child abuse prevention to trauma-informed care, available anytime.
Start Learning →Our published white paper on a public health approach to fighting ACEs — co-authored by CFCC leadership and grounded in the latest research and community data.
Read the Paper →Resources for Every Audience
Whether you're a parent seeking support, a professional building your skills, an educator protecting students, or a community member looking to help — we have resources for you.
Tools, guides, and pathways to care for families navigating childhood behavioral challenges, trauma, anxiety, and emotional growth.
Clinical training, evidence-based frameworks, and professional development resources for mental health practitioners and child-serving professionals.
Classroom resources, safety curricula, and mental health consultation to help educators recognize, respond to, and prevent childhood adversity.
Learn about the crisis, see the data, and find your place in the movement to build a community where every child feels safe, loved, and protected.
Our Partnerships & Mobile HOPE Unit
Our Data & Approach
Rooted in the Science of Positive Experiences
The HOPE framework was developed by the HOPE National Resource Center at Tufts Medical Center and is grounded in decades of research showing that positive childhood experiences actively buffer against the effects of adversity. Our President & CEO Renée Layman is a certified HOPE Champion, and Center for Child Counseling is actively pursuing HOPE-Informed Organizational Certification — deepening our commitment to integrating HOPE into every dimension of our work.
HOPE National Resource Center • Tufts Medical Center, Boston
Explore positiveexperience.org →Knowledge Is the First Step to Building HOPE
Whether you're learning about ACEs for the first time or deepening your professional practice, every resource here is designed to help you make a difference in a child's life.