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HOPEful Conversations about Child Development

HOPEful Conversations about Child Development

By: HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experience
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Positive childhood experiences (PCEs) drive healthy child development and lessen the lifelong effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The HOPE framework centers around the Four Building Blocks of HOPE, or key types of positive childhood experiences that all children need to thrive. Using the HOPE framework, organizations, communities, and individuals can make changes to practices, policies, and programming to ensure that children and families have access to PCEs.

In each episode, Dr. Robert Sege and Dr. Baraka Floyd interview leaders in child health and development in order to learn more about how to support families in creating PCEs for their children.

You can learn more about the HOPE framework and PCEs on our website: positiveexperience.org.

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Episodes
  • Practical Ways to Interact With Children: Featuring Dr. Bruce Perry

    Practical Ways to Interact With Children: Featuring Dr. Bruce Perry
    Mar 25 2026

    Continuing their conversation, Dr. Robert Sege, Dr. Baraka Floyd, and guest Dr. Bruce Perry discuss using the HOPE framework in practical, everyday ways to interact with children. They highlight how brief, in-person moments of connection can calm stress responses and support healthy development. Practical takeaways include the four P's (present, parallel, patient, persistent), the power of proximity and social contagion, simple activities, and the "bubble of effectiveness" strategy to combat burnout and maximize impact, even in short encounters.

    For more on the HOPE framework, visit positiveexperience.org.
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    18 mins
  • Healing Through Connection: Featuring Dr. Bruce Perry

    Healing Through Connection: Featuring Dr. Bruce Perry
    Mar 18 2026

    In this episode, Dr. Robert Sege and Dr. Baraka Floyd speak with renowned psychiatrist Dr. Bruce Perry about the HOPE framework and how positive relationships, environments, engagement, and emotional growth help children recover from trauma. Dr. Perry explains the concept of relational poverty, the protective effects of supportive adults and community, and the importance of in-person connections and simple environmental changes that create opportunities for healing and resilience.

    For more on the HOPE framework, visit positiveexperience.org.
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    18 mins
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