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Child/Teen Hopefulness

Scale

Coming Soon! With parental or guardian permission and any necessary assistance, children and teens will be able to take the Child and Youth Hope Scale on this site for free and receive an overall score. For a small fee, a more in-depth report will be provided.

Take the Test (coming soon!)

Our report for the Child and Youth Hope Scale provides an overall, present-moment hope score for children and teens (ages 7 to 17), as well as the following major sub-scores:

Mastery-Activated Hope
Attachment-Activated Hope
Survival-Activated
Hope
Spiritually-Activated Hope

We also touch upon the following minor sub-scores.

Perceived Goal Progress
Perceived Goal Support

Social Connections
Trust
Coping Ability
Coping Support
Liberty (Freedom)
Spiritual Presence
Spiritual Protection
Spiritual Inspiration

The scale is statistically reliable. Scores are related to self-reported and parental ratings of anxiety and depression, as well as children’s personal perceptions of their vulnerability, popularity, and academic ability.

Norms are based on data from nearly 3,000 children and youth, including the U.S., Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. This tool is available in four languages.

English
Spanish
French
Filipino

Additional translations are possible.

Scale Length: 40 Items

Time Required: 10-15 Minutes

Potential Applications at the Group Level

Screening for suicide prevention programs

Screening for after-effects of bullying and other trauma

Program or therapeutic camp assessments (e. g., Boys/Girls Clubs, YMCA/YWCA)

Assessment in government organizations (e.g., Big Brother/Big Sisters, Head Start)

Child or teen mental-health clinic assessments

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Child & Youth Hope

Workshop

A. Traditional Format

Click here to read a peer-reviewed scientific article by Dr. Scioli and colleagues on the effectiveness of this workshop for building hope and reducing symptoms of depression.

We have developed an evidence-based group intervention to instill hope in youth via therapists or paraprofessional “hope providers”.

The workshop is designed to foster the four cardinal elements of hope: attachment, survival/coping, mastery, and spirituality.

This standard version of the hope workshop is designed to run for five-weeks, two-hours a week (ten hours total).

History

Dr. Scioli developed this workshop for youth in Haiti, following the disastrous 2010 earthquake. A follow-study was conducted in Pakistan, in collaboration with Institute member, Raza Abbas.

The Hope Workshop is an Evidence-Based Tool

In 2018, A clinical trial was conducted with funding from the National Institutes of Health. More than three-quarters of the participants found the left–brain hope lessons and insights helpful, and nearly eighty-five percent rated the more right–brain, hope-centered meditative exercises favorably. Pre and post assessments were conducted.

To assure rigor, we instituted a random group-assignment process (with treatment and control groups).

Relative to the control groups, workshop participants reported significant increases in hope, greater utilization of social support resources, enhanced self-acceptance, as well as significant reductions in symptoms of depression.

We provide 2 primary delivery options:

Online workshop

You select 8 to 12 participants. Our “hope providers” deliver an online group workshop. We provide a pre and post assessment, and a final report.

2. Online train-your-

trainers model.

You select “hope providers" from your organization to participate in an online training program. We provide a manual and two-hours per week of remote supervision. We also provide a pre and post assessment, and a final report.

*Note on onsite workshop delivery

When it feasible, we may negotiate onsite delivery of the workshop in a condensed format such as a long weekend, or if a client is local, a five-week, ten-hour format, bracketed by 30 minute, pre and post-assessments. We would also provide a final report.

Potential Applications at the Group Level

Clinic or school-based suicide prevention or character development programs

Youth camp programs (e.g., leadership camps)

First-year college experience

Character development programs

Published Study

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Child & Youth Hope

Workshop

B. “Hip Hope” Format

We have begun to experiment with a “hip hope” version of our workshop that integrates a songwriting component.

This workshop runs for an additional week. There is an extended session each week (12 sessions total, six weeks, 15 total hours). Similar to the traditional workshop, there is a 30-minute pre and post online assessment session.

Following each module (attachment, survival, mastery, and spirituality),

20 percent of the lyrics for

a hip-hop song are drafted by the workshop participants, integrating themes presented during the week.

An additional thirty minutes is added to the second meeting each week for this task (songwriting). Two additional sessions are included in week six.

The first meeting in week six is for editing and practicing the hip-hop song (60 minutes). The second meeting is for a performance (90 minutes).

If multiple workshops are involved, a friendly song performance competition is possible. At your discretion, local musicians and/or other officials can be invited to serve as judges.

The options for this workshop parallel the traditional workshop format.

Online workshop Delivery (Web-Based).

Train-your-Trainers Model.

(Your trained “Hope Providers” mentor the participant songwriting.)

Additionally, we may be able to provide additional supervision by a hip-hop artist with experience in teaching songwriting to children and adolescents.

*Note on onsite workshop delivery

Potential Applications at the Group Level

Comparable to the standard version but may also be suitable in settings where music therapy is desired.