Helpful Tips for Kids and Teens Dealing with Stress during this Crisis kpnews

Helpful Tips for Kids and Teens Dealing with Stress during this Crisis

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is causing both children and adults to start to feel an overwhelming amount of fear, stress…

Jamie Pfister, MPHMarch 23, 2020

Coronavirus Relief for Nonprofits kpnews

Coronavirus Relief for Nonprofits

The following is a letter sent by KidsPeace President and CEO Michael Slack to U.S. Senators representing states in which…

kpcommunicationsMarch 22, 2020

Helping those who don’t seem okay at the holidays kpnews

Helping those who don’t seem okay at the holidays

The KidsPeace Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) knows that everyone experiences heightened levels of stress around this time of year.…

Jodi WhitcombDecember 16, 2019

Healing Magazine Examines Benefits of Pets, Animals and Nature in Fall/Winter 2019 Issue kpnews

Healing Magazine Examines Benefits of Pets, Animals and Nature in Fall/Winter 2019 Issue

Two out of three American households own a pet, so it’s no surprise that many of us find personal enjoyment…

kpcommunicationsDecember 2, 2019

2019 KidsPeace Associate Recognition Awards kpnews

2019 KidsPeace Associate Recognition Awards

The excellence of KidsPeace’s people was on display November 13th, as the 26th Annual KidsPeace Associate Recognition Award Ceremony was…

kpcommunicationsNovember 27, 2019

KidsPeace Forms Workforce Education Alliance with Purdue University Global kpnews

KidsPeace Forms Workforce Education Alliance with Purdue University Global

KidsPeace has entered into an educational alliance with Purdue University Global to support the ongoing educational activities of its associates…

kpcommunicationsSeptember 12, 2019

New Vice President of Medical Affairs – KidsPeace Hospital kpnews

New Vice President of Medical Affairs – KidsPeace Hospital

KidsPeace has appointed Caron Farrell, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP as Vice President of Medical Affairs for KidsPeace Hospital.  In this position,…

kpcommunicationsAugust 15, 2019

Michael Slack Named KidsPeace President/CEO kpnews

Michael Slack Named KidsPeace President/CEO

The KidsPeace National Board of Directors announced it has unanimously selected Michael Slack, MBA to serve as President and Chief…

Bob MartinJuly 31, 2019

PA Grant Funds Nursing Station Upgrades at KidsPeace kpnews

PA Grant Funds Nursing Station Upgrades at KidsPeace

KidsPeace has received funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services to provide safety upgrades to the working environment for…

kpcommunicationsJune 21, 2019

Mental Health Awareness Month | The Frog in the Pot kpnewsSuccess Stories

Mental Health Awareness Month | The Frog in the Pot

There’s a story people tell about a frog dropped in a pot of water; if the water is boiling the…

kpcommunicationsMay 6, 2019

KidsPeace SITE Program Inspires Middle-School Curriculum kpnews

KidsPeace SITE Program Inspires Middle-School Curriculum

Insights learned in clinical treatment of kids with sexual behavior issues can have value for children and families in general.…

kpcommunicationsApril 17, 2019

Michael Slack has been named Interim President/CEO kpnews

Michael Slack has been named Interim President/CEO

March 18, 2019 – The KidsPeace Board of Directors announced that Michael Slack has been named Interim President and Chief…

Bob MartinMarch 18, 2019

KidsPeace in the Lehigh Valley interview with Chief Operating Officer Michael Slack kpnews

KidsPeace in the Lehigh Valley interview with Chief Operating Officer Michael Slack

What’s happening at KidsPeace in the Lehigh Valley?  Chief Operating Officer Michael Slack discusses the organization and the needs of…

kpcommunicationsMarch 11, 2019

Flutie Foundation supports Maine playground project kpnews

Flutie Foundation supports Maine playground project

Denise Hamlin, Director of Residential and Education Services at KidsPeace’s Graham Lake Campus in Maine recently joined the Executive Director…

kpcommunicationsFebruary 19, 2019

Celebrating Angel Tree 2018 kpnews

Celebrating Angel Tree 2018

The 2018 version of KidsPeace’s annual holiday “Angel Tree” gift campaign was the most successful to date, thanks to the…

kpcommunicationsFebruary 1, 2019

Raising Grateful Kids kpnews

Raising Grateful Kids

To mark the Thanksgiving holiday, we asked Chris Ferry, Executive Director of KidsPeace’s Pennsylvania community programs, this question: What can…

kpcommunicationsNovember 21, 2018

Healing Magazine Winter 2018 kpnews

Healing Magazine Winter 2018

The latest issue of KidsPeace’s Healing Magazinefocuses on de-escalation techniques for kids in crisis, along with a variety of thought-provoking…

kpcommunicationsNovember 19, 2018

World Mental Health Day Thoughts kpnews

World Mental Health Day Thoughts

In recognition of World Mental Health Day on October 10, here are some thoughts about the issue: I know what…

kpcommunicationsOctober 11, 2018

Hope, Help and Healing by Monty Powell kpnews

Hope, Help and Healing by Monty Powell

In Georgia, famed Nashville songwriter Monty Powell www.montypowell.com recently worked with young people from KidsPeace’s Bowdon Campus to write a…

kpcommunicationsJuly 6, 2018

Warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide kpnews

Warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide

The news of the deaths by suicide of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade reminds us that the warning signs that…

kpcommunicationsJune 8, 2018

Getting LOST in TechnoReality kpnews

Getting LOST in TechnoReality

In the next Healing Magazine (published May 30) – a variety of voices on the issue of whether our kids are…

kpcommunicationsMay 29, 2018

Remembering Mister Rogers kpnews

Remembering Mister Rogers

This week marks what would have been the 90th birthday of the late Fred Rogers – or as he was…

kpcommunicationsMarch 22, 2018

Emerging Health Professionals Students Give Back To KidsPeace kpnews

Emerging Health Professionals Students Give Back To KidsPeace

The Emerging Health Professionals program at Lehigh Career & Technical Institute is an intensive, dual-enrollment program designed to give rising…

kpcommunicationsDecember 19, 2017

New Issue of Healing Magazine Now Available kpnews

New Issue of Healing Magazine Now Available

New perspectives of people on the autism spectrum … therapeutic approaches that hold out hope for families with kids facing…

kpcommunicationsDecember 14, 2017

We Got Your Back kpnews

We Got Your Back

From airports to movie theaters to playgrounds, efforts are underway to be more welcoming and inclusive to individuals on the…

kpcommunicationsNovember 29, 2017