Happening in your community kpnews

Happening in your community

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery.  It happens not only in distant nations, but in our very own…

kpcommunicationsOctober 11, 2017

Helping Kids in the Wake of Large Scale Tragedy kpnews

Helping Kids in the Wake of Large Scale Tragedy

Following the mass shooting in Las Vegas, KidsPeace’s Jodi Whitcomb discussed ways parents can help their kids deal with such…

kpcommunicationsOctober 4, 2017

Intern’s Project Helps KidsPeace Analyze Outcomes Data kpnews

Intern’s Project Helps KidsPeace Analyze Outcomes Data

Yashodahn Wagh (right) discusses his internship work with Mike Callan, KidsPeace Chief Financial Officer, during Lehigh University’s Healthcare Systems Engineering…

kpcommunicationsAugust 17, 2017

A Graduate’s Story kpnews

A Graduate’s Story

It’s graduation time across America, as young people mark the achievement of completion of high school and look forward to…

kpcommunicationsJune 12, 2017

KidsPeace’s Healing Magazine Spring/Summer 2017 Edition Addresses Issue of Domestic Sex Trafficking kpnews

KidsPeace’s Healing Magazine Spring/Summer 2017 Edition Addresses Issue of Domestic Sex Trafficking

SCHNECKSVILLE, PA (May 31, 2017) - Many Americans may associate the term “sex trafficking” with the developing world - but…

kpcommunicationsMay 31, 2017

“Homeschooling Anxiety Discussed in Next Healing Magazine” kpnews

“Homeschooling Anxiety Discussed in Next Healing Magazine”

In the next issue of Healing Magazine, contributor Colette Pressell discusses the stresses and anxiety felt by children who are…

kpcommunicationsMay 23, 2017

Domestic Sex Trafficking Focus of Next Healing Magazine kpnews

Domestic Sex Trafficking Focus of Next Healing Magazine

In the next Healing Magazine, we look at the issue of domestic sex trafficking, and hear heartbreaking stories of the…

kpcommunicationsMay 17, 2017

Millennials kpnews

Millennials

In the most recent edition of Healing Magazine, contributor Julie Dees praised the potential of “millennials” - workers born between…

kpcommunicationsMay 10, 2017

13 Reasons Why or Why Not kpnews

13 Reasons Why or Why Not

13 Reasons Why… (or Why Not) Thespina Godshalk, Director of TeenCentral and a licensed professional counselor, offers her thoughts on the…

kpcommunicationsMay 3, 2017

How Communities Repsond to Traumatic Events from Healing Magazine Fall/Winter 2016 kpnews

How Communities Repsond to Traumatic Events from Healing Magazine Fall/Winter 2016

From the most recent edition of Healing Magazine:  Part One of “A Conversation with Dr. Steven Marans,” on community response…

kpcommunicationsMay 1, 2017

Remembering Edward Donley kpnews

Remembering Edward Donley

Will Isemann, KidsPeace President and CEO, issued the following statement 4/4/2017: “We at KidsPeace are saddened at the news that…

kpcommunicationsApril 4, 2017

The relationship between learning and video games among children kpnews

The relationship between learning and video games among children

The popularity of video games has continued to rise over the years and the technology for games has advanced to…

kpcommunicationsJanuary 31, 2017

Radio Interview focuses on Community Programs and Foster Care kpnews

Radio Interview focuses on Community Programs and Foster Care

In late December, WRFY Y-102 Radio (Reading, PA) interviewed Chris Ferry, Executive Director of PA Community Programs for KidsPeace. Chris…

kpcommunicationsJanuary 30, 2017

An Introduction to Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture kpnews

An Introduction to Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture

All of the top ten Best Children’s Hospitals in America (ranked by U.S. News and World Report) offer Acupuncture treatments,…

kpcommunicationsDecember 16, 2016

Tackling the Technology Question for Children and Teens kpnews

Tackling the Technology Question for Children and Teens

In the Middle of a Mission – Tackling the Technology Question for Children and Teens By Jodi S. W. Whitcomb,…

kpcommunicationsNovember 21, 2016

New Director of TeenCentral kpnews

New Director of TeenCentral

Thespina (Thes) Arcure, M.S., has been named the new Director of TeenCentral and ParentCentral.net. She takes over from founding director…

kpcommunicationsOctober 18, 2016

Clinical Cafe Conversations with Cheryl Arndt kpnews

Clinical Cafe Conversations with Cheryl Arndt

KidsPeace’s Bob Martin talks with Cheryl Arndt about her presentation at the October Clinical Café on Casting the Net Wide Protection from…

kpcommunicationsOctober 6, 2016

C.T. O’Donnell kpnews

C.T. O’Donnell

Dear Friends of KidsPeace, I wanted to let you know of some sad news we received over the weekend, that…

kpcommunicationsOctober 4, 2016

Tips for ER staff on treating children with Autism kpnews

Tips for ER staff on treating children with Autism

Creating a welcoming experience helps to moderate the uncertainty and anxiety that children with autism feel in the chaotic emergency…

kpcommunicationsSeptember 26, 2016

KidsPeace names Ann M. McCauley Vice President of Development kpnews

KidsPeace names Ann M. McCauley Vice President of Development

SCHNECKSVILLE, PA (September 22, 2016) - KidsPeace announced that it has named Ann M. McCauley to the position of Vice…

kpcommunicationsSeptember 22, 2016

Clinical Café Conversation with Heather Evans kpnews

Clinical Café Conversation with Heather Evans

KidsPeace’s Bob Martin talks with Heather Evans about her presentation at the September Clinical Café on domestic sex trafficking:

kpcommunicationsSeptember 7, 2016

Homework | Tips For Parents kpnews

Homework | Tips For Parents

With another school year starting, parents and children alike are preparing to deal with the inevitable: homework. In the Fall/Winter…

kpcommunicationsAugust 25, 2016

Back To School Tips For Parents kpnews

Back To School Tips For Parents

It’s Back to School time again! Julius Licata, Ph.D., Director of TeenCentral.Net, offers parents some tips on what to look…

kpcommunicationsAugust 23, 2016

KidsPeace Names New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer kpnews

KidsPeace Names New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer

KidsPeace has named Michael W. Slack as Chief Operating Officer and Matthew Koval, M.D. as Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, effective immediately.…

kpcommunicationsJuly 26, 2016

Gender-Affirmative Model of Care kpnews

Gender-Affirmative Model of Care

Mental health professionals seeking more effective ways of meeting the needs of transgender clients should start with a vocabulary lesson…

kpcommunicationsJuly 11, 2016

My Story kpnews

My Story

There is a song by Rod Stewart which contains the following lyrics, "I wish that I knew what I know…

kpcommunicationsJuly 1, 2016

New Website Weekend kpnews

New Website Weekend

UPDATE: Our “Share the New fostercare.com Weekend” effort was a success -- nearly 2,200 visitors to the site in its…

kpcommunicationsJune 7, 2016

New Foster Care Website Launched kpnews

New Foster Care Website Launched

KidsPeace has redesigned its popular www.fostercare.com website to improve its performance and make it easier for visitors to get information…

kpcommunicationsJune 3, 2016

Emerging Health Professionals Program Graduation kpnews

Emerging Health Professionals Program Graduation

Some 50 students were honored at the May 24 event, in front of proud family members and representatives from the…

kpcommunicationsMay 26, 2016

20th Anniversary Issue of Healing Magazine Published kpnews

20th Anniversary Issue of Healing Magazine Published

In the spring of 1996, the CEO of KidsPeace welcomed readers to a new publication from the organization this way:…

kpcommunicationsMay 18, 2016

Acute Partial Hospitalization Program kpnews

Acute Partial Hospitalization Program

In the next issue of Healing Magazine, we celebrate the publication’s 20th Anniversary by looking back at articles from the…

kpcommunicationsMay 5, 2016

When Age is More than just a number kpnews

When Age is More than just a number

The 20th anniversary issue of Healing Magazine is coming out soon, and one of the issues discussed is “aging out”…

kpcommunicationsMay 4, 2016

Polypharmacy kpnews

Polypharmacy

Healing Magazine turns 20 this year! In the Anniversary issue, to be published in May, Dr. Matthew Koval highlights an…

kpcommunicationsMay 3, 2016

The Stressed Strike Back kpnews

The Stressed Strike Back

There are healthy - and not-so-healthy - ways to manage stress. Chris Ferry concludes his series for National Stress Reduction…

kpcommunicationsApril 4, 2016

Dear Journal – I’m Stressed Today! kpnews

Dear Journal – I’m Stressed Today!

To mark National Stress Reduction Month, Chris Ferry’s series on stress reduction continues with a good way to understand what…

kpcommunicationsApril 4, 2016

Stress Makes Me Feel kpnews

Stress Makes Me Feel

April is National Stress Reduction Month. In the next installment of his series on stress reduction, Chris Ferry talks about…

kpcommunicationsApril 4, 2016

Make Stress Your Friend? kpnews

Make Stress Your Friend?

To mark National Stress Reduction Month, KidsPeace’s Chris Ferry offers his thoughts on managing stress in your life.

kpcommunicationsApril 4, 2016

Maine couple makes a difference through foster parenting kpnews

Maine couple makes a difference through foster parenting

By Denise Card and Bob Martin (Note: A shorter version of this story was featured in KidsPeace’s 2016 Outcomes and…

kpcommunicationsMarch 9, 2016

Human Trafficking in Lehigh Valley kpnews

Human Trafficking in Lehigh Valley

Kim Checkeye of Truth for Women (center) at the March Clinical Café at the Donley TEC facility on KidsPeace’s Orchard…

kpcommunicationsMarch 4, 2016

2016 LV Community Health Needs Assessment kpnews

2016 LV Community Health Needs Assessment

The Health Care Council of the Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania) has published the area’s latest Community Health Needs Assessment. KidsPeace joined…

kpcommunicationsMarch 1, 2016

Common Myths about Suicide: What works, what doesn’t kpnews

Common Myths about Suicide: What works, what doesn’t

kpcommunicationsFebruary 29, 2016

Common Myths About Suicide: Prevention kpnews

Common Myths About Suicide: Prevention

kpcommunicationsFebruary 10, 2016

Cultural Competency and Ethics in Mental Health Care kpnews

Cultural Competency and Ethics in Mental Health Care

For those attendees who may have wondered why presenter Thespina Arcure chose to discuss ethics in KidsPeace Institute’s first Clinical…

kpcommunicationsFebruary 8, 2016

Common Myths about suicide: Motivation kpnews

Common Myths about suicide: Motivation

kpcommunicationsJanuary 27, 2016

New Preschool Program Launches in Maine kpnews

New Preschool Program Launches in Maine

KidsPeace is now accepting referrals for a new preschool program for children with learning and developmental challenges ages 3 to…

kpcommunicationsJanuary 19, 2016

Common Myths about Suicide: Triggers kpnews

Common Myths about Suicide: Triggers

kpcommunicationsJanuary 13, 2016

Indiana Foster Care Featured in TV Interview kpnews

Indiana Foster Care Featured in TV Interview

“Being a foster parent to a child can be a gift within itself...” Watch KidsPeace Indiana Foster Care program manager…

kpcommunicationsJanuary 4, 2016

Mentoring: An Inside View kpnews

Mentoring: An Inside View

Richard Tisinger thought often about becoming a mentor to young people, but as an attorney in private practice and community…

kpcommunicationsDecember 10, 2015

KidsPeace Art Exhibit in PA kpnews

KidsPeace Art Exhibit in PA

At the Capital Blue Store in Center Valley, PA, the holidays are definitely “Blue” in 2015. “Blue” is the theme…

kpcommunicationsDecember 9, 2015

New Healing Magazine focused on Military Families kpnews

New Healing Magazine focused on Military Families

Meeting the challenges faced by children in military-connected families is the special focus of the latest issue of Healing Magazine®,…

kpcommunicationsNovember 24, 2015