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Kurn Hattin Homes for Children 22nd Annual Fall Mental Health Conference will be held October 25, 2013!  Treating Trauma and Attachment Issues in Children and Families  featuring Terry Levy, Ph.D., B.C.F.E. and Michael Orleans, M.A., D.A.P.A., co-founders of the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center and … [Read more...] about Kurn Hattin Annual Conference: Elements of Success for Treating Trauma and Attachment Issues

Save the Date! Kurn Hattin Homes for Children’s 22nd Annual Professional Development Conference will be held on October 25, 2013 This year’s featured speakers, Terry Levy, Ph.D., B.C.F.E. and Michael Orleans, M.A., D.A.P.A., co-directors of the Evergreen Psychotherapy Center and the Attachment … [Read more...] about Kurn Hattin Homes Annual Fall Conference: Trauma and Attachment Issues in Children and Families

[Every child] needs a special place, a secret place away from the people and places of everyday living. I had such a place far up on the Kurn Hattin hillside. Here was a moss-filled crevice in a granite ledge, just the size of my body. Here was shade from an overhanging pine bough and a view that … [Read more...] about Serving At-risk Youth Year-round at Kurn Hattin Homes for Children

The values we live by are worth more when we pass them on.     ~Anonymous It’s pretty amazing when you stop to think about the number of lives that have been touched by Kurn Hattin Homes for Children over the years.    When horse riding instructor, Suzanne Sheppard, visited … [Read more...] about Kurn Hattin Homes for Children: Changing Generations

 ...She is your mirror, shining back at you with a world of possibilities. She is your witness, who sees you at your worst and best and loves you anyway. She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark.   ~Barbara … [Read more...] about Being There: Houseparenting at Kurn Hattin Homes for Children

   I am only one, but still I am one.  I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.   ~Helen Keller                                              … [Read more...] about Kurn Hattin Volunteers: Making the World a Better Place, One Child at a Time

Home is where your story begins… Anonymous Just spend a few hours on the Kurn Hattin Homes campus, and you can tell there’s something special about the place. It’s in the little things… in the small gestures of kindness, in noticing when someone needs help, in expressing gratitude for a job well … [Read more...] about Kurn Hattin – A real home away from home for children in need