Tagged With "Administrative Office of Courts"

Dr. Chan Hellman, leading researcher in the power of hope to improve lives of impoverished children and families who have experienced abuse and neglect, Justice Dawn Beam, and Christopher Freeze, co-chair of Mississippi ACEs Connection , on day three of presentations by Hellman to judges and staff members of Mississippi's Youth Courts. “Hope is a better predictor of college success than the ACT or the SAT score” was one of the startling comments made by Chan Hellman, Ph.D., in the first of...

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...

By Laura Gallant, 8/17/2023, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ When youth engage in advocacy efforts, they learn that their voice matters, and that they can make a difference. This is one way for children and youth to experience the engagement Building Block of HOPE. A great example of this was demonstrated with a group of 16 children and youths, ranging from 5 to 22, who sued the Montana state government for violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment. This...

By Allison Stephens, 8/24/23, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ Healthy People is a set of public health goals for the country to reach every 10 years. The current version, Healthy People 2030 , recognizes the importance of the HOPE Building Block of engagement by setting a goal to increase the number of people who vote . Voting directly affects community resilience and creates a sense of belonging and mattering. This is also why the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and...