We connect mental/behavioral health and education professionals, researchers, schools, and families to enhance health, resilience, and well-being from a developmental perspective.
As the percentage of children, adolescents, and adults who develop mental/behavioral health disorders continues to rise, H2A exists to promote a holistic approach to child and adolescent development for enhancing health, resilience, and well-being from a developmental perspective.
Physical, cognitive, psychological, and social-emotional health are fundamentally interconnected, with sensorimotor experiences (movement & embodied learning) playing a crucial role in shaping the developing brain and self. Holistic development nurtures the full spectrum of well-being — physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental — emphasizing equity, education, sustainability, and cultural relevance.
In short, we strive for balanced, coherent growth across a person’s whole self.
What we do — and why it matters.
Mobilize professionals, researchers, schools, and families to champion a holistic approach across the lifespan.
Provide current evidence and practical interventions that facilitate positive trajectories of health and well-being.
Advance holistic behavioral health strategies through deeper engagement with schools, families, and communities.
Where we’re focusing energy right now.
Grow and connect researchers and practitioners to accomplish the mission of the Holistic Health Alliance.
Build teams that synthesize “best practices” and strengthen a supportive ecosystem for implementation.
Develop a public-domain repository for holistic integration interventions and movement-centered pedagogies.
H2A core leaders and institutional homes.
A growing, global coalition.
Snapshots from recent gatherings.
