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Free Childhood Trauma Training Available for Kansas Schools, Districts Through NYU/KVC Center

KVC offering free training on childhood traumatic stress for four Kansas school districts

School districts in Kansas are invited to request free training for staff on childhood traumatic stress in order to become a trauma-informed school.

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Safely Reducing Psychotropic Medication for Youth in Foster Care

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The number of children in KVC Kansas programs on psychotropic medications is less than 9%, only a fraction of the number that many other foster care programs experience.

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New Software Digitizes Case Planning, Benefitting Families

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Safe & Connected™ allows social workers to spend less time documenting and more time using their gifts and insights to help children and families.

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City of Olathe, Kansas Honors KVC’s Wayne Sims

KVC Health Systems Past CEO Wayne Sims and City of Olathe, Kansas Mayor Michael Copeland

Last month, Olathe, Kansas mayor Michael Copeland presented KVC Health Systems’ past president and CEO with its 2016 Cathedral Builder Award.

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The Best Stories of Children and Families Staying Together, Finding Healing and Finding Each Other

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Hear real-life examples of how KVC is touching lives through in-home family support, reunification services, foster care, adoption, behavioral healthcare and psychiatric hospitals.

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Jamari Traylor’s Journey From Homeless Teen to College Graduate

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In 2008, Jamari Traylor was a homeless teen in Chicago. He had never played organized basketball before, but a coach named Loren Jackson came into his life and changed everything.

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Documentary Series Reframes Child Health and Development in America

The Raising of America is a new five-part documentary series that explores how conditions faced by children and their families during infancy and the early years can literally alter the developing brain and affect a child’s future success—in school and in life.

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5 Reasons to Pursue a Career in Social Work

Social work is a helping profession and a very diverse field encompassing many different kinds of professionals who all serve people in need.

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From Foster Care to Forever Family: Helping Your Child Transition

For families who pursue adopting a child through foster care, one of the most important things for a parent to be mindful of is the child’s transition from foster care to a permanent, forever family.

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KVC’s 2015 Gala on Fire a Spectacular Success for Children and Families

On Saturday, November 21, over 600 guests gathered at the Historic Firestone Building in downtown Kansas City, MO to raise funds for children and families served by KVC.

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