Conversations with KidsPeace

Conversations with KidsPeace


Latest Episodes

Autism Awareness Month | Episode #57
April 09, 2024

April is Autism Awareness Month, and on the latest Conversations podcast Rob Harvey, Director of Intensive Behavioral Health Services, offers his perspectives on the state of autism programming in the post-pandemic period, how the continuum of autism serv

Toxic Friendships with Madelyn Almonte | Episode #56
March 06, 2024

What is a toxic friendship? How can I tell if a friendship is toxic and if it is, what can I do about it? These are questions addressed in a new learning section of KidsPeaces therapeutic support service TeenCentral.com. TeenCentrals Madelyn A

Lobbying for more funding to support child welfare professionals | Episode #55
February 05, 2024

As program manager for KidsPeace Foster Care in Kingston, NY, Jennifer Udvardi-Morris works to connect kids in need with foster families and other services. But shes also taken on a different task lobbying legislators in her state to address the needs

KidsPeace President and CEO Mike Slack discussing highlights of 2023 | Episode #54
January 18, 2024

The sixth season of the Conversations with KidsPeace podcast kicks off with KidsPeace President and CEO Mike Slack discussing highlights of 2023 and what challenges he expects the organization and the mental healthcare field will face in the new year.

Autism Focused Foster Care | Episode #53
June 12, 2023

According to a recent study, children with autism are more than twice as likely to enter foster care than those without that diagnosis. In one county in Pennsylvania, KidsPeace is launching an effort to meld its expertise in foster care with its understa

Miss Pennsylvania Alysa Bainbridge | Episode #52
September 22, 2022

The reigning Miss Pennsylvania, Alysa Bainbridge, recently toured KidsPeaces Orchard Hills Campus facilities, and sat down for an interview about her advocacy for greater awareness of mental health concerns, especially in children. You can learn how her

KidsPeace Fayetteville Auction | Episode #51
September 09, 2022

Supporters of KidsPeaces foster care operations in Fayetteville, North Carolina will come together again this fall to celebrate local artists and raise funds to help our office care for foster families in the region.Host Bob Martin talks with Program Ma

Helping kids at KidsPeace just be kids | Episode #50
August 10, 2022

KidsPeace and its clients benefit tremendously from the generosity of donors and philanthropic-minded people whose contributions often make it possible for our kids a chance to just be kids, if only for a little while.In some locations, support is prov

Employee engagement during the pandemic | Episode #49
July 06, 2022

On the latest installment of the Conversations with KidsPeace podcast, host Bob Martin talks with the head of a nonprofit arts organization about how they faced the challenge of retaining and motivating employees when COVID-19 threatened to end everything

Adulting 101 | Episode #48
May 19, 2022

Navigating the transition into young adulthood isnt always smooth or obvious, and many of us rely on parents and families to help us make sense of that all. But kids ageing out of foster care may not have that support system, and KidsPeace Foster Care in