HOPE ECHO - Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences - Session 1

October 14, 2026

HOPE ECHO Session 1: Foundations of HOPE: From ACEs to Positive Childhood Experiences

Traditional approaches to child adversity count risk. HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) asks a complementary question: what protects children who thrive despite adversity? This opening session introduces the HOPE framework, developed from a 2017 literature review by Dr. Robert Sege and Allyson Harper Browne, and its four evidence-based building blocks: Relationships, Environment, Engagement, and Emotional Growth. Participants will learn how Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) can buffer the effects of ACEs, and how a strengths-based lens can sit alongside, rather than replace, routine risk assessment.

The session follows Project ECHO's tele-mentoring model. A brief didactic is followed by a de-identified case presentation, so participants practice reframing a real case around the protective factors already present. It is designed for pediatricians and primary care clinicians from the Palm Beach and Treasure Coast area, open to pediatricians from across Florida, along with therapists, home visitors, early childhood educators, and care coordinators. It is the first of ten monthly sessions.

Target Audience

Pediatricians and primary care clinicians (pediatric medicine, family practice), with a focus on the Palm Beach and Treasure Coast area. Also intended for therapists and counselors (LCSW, LMHC), home visitors, early childhood educators, and care coordinators who serve children and families. Open to any pediatrician in Florida.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:

Define Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) and explain how they relate to, and can buffer the effects of, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
Identify the Four Building Blocks of HOPE (Relationships, Environment, Engagement, and Emotional Growth) and give one example of each in a pediatric or child-serving setting.
Differentiate deficit-based from strengths-based approaches to assessing and documenting a child's and family's circumstances.
Apply a strengths-based reframe to a de-identified case, naming at least one Building Block already present in the child's life.

Commercial Support
There is no commercial support for this activity.

Course summary

Available credit:

1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity, Regularly Scheduled Series for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
1.00 ANCC Contact Hours
Nurses
Credit being awarded: 1.00 ANCC contact hours
1.00 APA CE
Psychologists
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.
1.00 ASWB continuing education credits
Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AKH Inc. Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.00 continuing education credits.
1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Non-MD
Non-Physicians Seeking AMA Credit
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity, Regularly Scheduled Series for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Course opens:

10/14/2026

Course expires:

12/31/2026

Event starts:

10/14/2026 - 12:30pm EDT

Event ends:

10/14/2026 - 11:59pm EDT

Cost:

$0.00

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Disclaimer
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