KidsPeace Hospital

5300 Kidspeace Drive Orefield, PA 18069

About KidsPeace Hospital

KidsPeace Hospital, located in Orefield, Pennsylvania is a private alcohol and drug rehab that offers treatment for a variety of substance abuse addictions including co-occurring mental health disorders. They offer residential care providing long term support for addiction recovery.

Specialty rehab programs at KidsPeace Hospital include age-appropriate treatment for teens addressing adolescent-specific issues, specialized drug rehab for veterans, addressing combat-related trauma and reintegration, and inclusive treatment respecting diverse sexual orientations and gender identities.

Latest Reviews

Lizi Jones

2 months ago on Google

I had to fight literally everyday js to survive nn not even being overdramatic Dey put me on pills I didn t even need Nn wouldn t let no one call me for like 3 days

Ashley Carroll

2 months ago on Google

Our son was placed at Kidspeace for 7 months and we will share some of main highlights for future families to know what you may experience.Intake Staff - the intake staff was excellent, kind, warm, and prompt. It made us feel really comfortable in the beginning with our son's initial placement.Visitation - Our visitation was easy to schedule with the clinician and they have decent space available to spend time with your child. It was frustrating to wait outside because we were not allowed in our son's house and he and/or the paperwork was not always ready when we arrived at our scheduled time. Bathrooms are not readily available until you get into the recreation room so we used the local CVS with public restrooms before and after we arrived.Phone Calls - We were told that we could check on our son at any time and call as much as we wanted. We called every single day, but staff answered at his house about 1/5 times we called. Voicemails were almost never returned so we stopped leaving them. If we did get ahold of staff and our son was not immediately available, our son would call us back as they promised. We sometimes went 5-7 days without talking to him because of these issues, which was really disappointing.Safety - Our son was in a house with 12-15 other boys. Our son and staff confirmed that crisis events happened almost daily. Kids are often breaking things, becoming escalated toward staff, trying to run away from the house, or threatening self or others. Our son reported that firefighters and police coming to the house was common. Our son thankfully doesn't typically act out in a crowded group so he stayed out of this for the most part. There was one incident where he and another boy were in a bathroom together without staff knowledge and because they don't have cameras in the bathroom, Kidspeace staff minimized this incident because they weren't sure what happened during that time. We had to request that they call child protective services, which they did not do until we demanded it for safety reasons.Housing Staff - The housing staff was pretty good overall. They appear to care about the kids and our son bonded with several of them. We did often hear staff screaming at the kids in the background of phone calls or behind the closed doors while we waited for our son for visits. We had some acceptance about this because caring for 14 teenage boys with mental and behavior issues is a lot. There was also a LOT of turnover during our sons stay, showing that Kidspeace has ongoing staffing issues. The rules changed several times while our son was there and our son reported that the lower level staff always would be more calm and kind when a supervisor was present vs. when they were out.School - No concerns. Our son was in a small classroom with a few other boys, no girls, and at least 2 teachers at a time. He enjoyed school and their facilities were nice with a pool, weight room, basketball court, and computer games as incentives.ITT Meetings - Once a month, we had to meet with the Kidspeace staff for a 30 minute phone call meeting to review our son's case. This is a highly procedural meeting where it became clear that the staff didn't really value our input or concerns. It appeared to be much more a check box for them than a time to actually discuss how things were going. It was sometimes helpful, often not.Management - We were sincerely disappointed with the management interactions we had. Emily was the clinical supervisor we spoke with most. Our son's discharge date was changed three times, but she was always unwilling to put in writing the reasons why (we believe to legally protect Kidspeace). When incidents occurred and we were concerned about our son getting in a fender bender without us knowing, our son being in a bathroom with another kid when he wasn't supposed to be, or our son's therapist was suddenly gone with no explanation, she was never forthcoming with information. The answer was always "I will reach out to them and look into this" and rarely did we ever hear back.

Adora Seamans

3 months ago on Google

My name is AJ I m 12 and my stay here was eh like we got 5 minutes to talk to out family I was here cuz I was a danger to my self they basically put u on meds give u snacks and u have group 5 times and day people like me cris and Ms Kristen were the nicest people in the hospital I was in south west and the kids there were so annoying the kids the age limit goes up the 12 but the pros about the visit was the privacy but if u were on green they watch u in the bath u get 15 min check u have to wear a ankle or wrist bracket that is strap on and if u try to take it off u get restrained this hospital is a 4/10

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Other Forms of Payment

Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

Inpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

Treatments

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Programs

LGBTQ Program

Recovery is most successful when clients feel accepted and validated by their peers and treatment providers. Facilities that offer LGBTQ-inclusive programming are committed to creating a safe space where everyone can grow and recover without fear of judgment or discrimination. They will have dedicated policies in place to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters free expression.

Military Program

Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Staff

Michael Slack

President & CEO

Michael Callan

CFO

Matthew Koval, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Andrew Burke

General Counsel

Ray Culp

Vice President of Programs

Ann McCauley

VP of Development & Communications

Sheila Rulli

Vice President, Human Resources

Bob Scheffler

Vice President of Pennsylvania Residential, Education & Hospital Programs

Contact Information

(800) 854-3123

Website

5300 Kidspeace Drive
Orefield, PA 18069

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Reviews of KidsPeace Hospital

2.5/5 (100 reviews)

Google Reviews

2.5 (100 reviews)

Will

1 month ago

I got send there in January of this year, And some of the clients i met were cool and nice, some of them, I was at north west, and i met one of the coolest people named Max, I met other cool people like Angel, Ricky, Justin, Thomas, Ben and more One of the staff were rlly nice and funny to me like Mr dom, Ms kiki, Mr matt, mr Ben and more, Sometimes i called my parents how i feel about what i did to get send here and always cry for like 5 hours, The food was really bad and The chairs are uncomfortable, and i couldn’t able to sleep until night time, which sucks, this was my second time being sent to a mental hospital, and i was in kidpeaces for 2 weeks, anyways don’t send your kids to mental hospitals plz it sucks rlly bad i miss max sm 😭

Angel Swayze

I was there back in like around December some staff (Miss alex, Mr Ben, Mr Dom, mr Brandon(s), Mrs sam) they were very nice and patient with the kids they would talk us through stuff and try to calm us down before any major ideas the food sucks tho barley enough for us kids yea we got seconds but there was barley enough unless it was dinner time found out it's so much easier to get milk then water there! I smashed my head off the wall all the did was roll there eyes yell at me and tell me to quit before I get a shot or my anxiety med (it made me very sleepy and numb) most of the staff would give bad attitude and wouldn't even speak to u if ur in a upset mood I would get walked in the hallway to calm down but when I was freaking out for over 6 hours all staff got sick of me and left me alone to cry in a corner, when I scratched my skin open on purpose your supposed to get put on suicide watch or "green" it took 3 days before I even got put on green I felt better and safe by the time they got to me we barley had TV time it sucked we had no perception of time or what day it was there I lost count so many times the clocks never worked and when u asked a staff they would ignore u unless u got the nice ones I was always so upset they just kept shoving pills down my throat hoping I feel better! I was on abilfy and Lexapro they removed my abilfy which is my mood stabilizer which I need bc I have bipolar 1 and major depression disorder so I got worse the clinician was rly mean ! (Not Mr Matt tho! <3) and barley spoke to me or helped me I was on north west it sucked so much we also had no books to read! And we weren't allowed in our rooms unless it was to use the bathroom or time to sleep if u were sick you'd have to show them ur throw up so they'd believe u if not ur stuck out of ur room the rooms r way to cold or hot no in-between the beds were so uncomfortable u get 1 pillow but it's so flat and uncomfy the day room sucked it was always uncomfortable we had to sit on the carpet and in the dining room the chairs were so hard and uncomfy with the sweaters ur not allowed to have them of ur head like covering ur head bc it's a "hazard" but the lights were so bright so early in the morning our heads hurt so we needed covers I was there in winter it was so cold and the staff would yell at us for complaining they would also yell at us if we were too loud (Yes ik triggers) but when everyone is speaking loud it's easy to hear some ppl and we can't talk across tables? It makes no sense especially if u sit alone u have to be quit and not socialize with no1 your not allowed to hug staff nor patients so it was hard especially if ur like me and physical contact helps u calm down! And they say they don't want us to isolate ourselves but then they isolate us themselves barley have time to speak to family, caseworkers etc. On the phone with only 5 minutes or less and if u get worked up on the phone they make u hangup early I barley spoke to my mom and dad the whole time I was there and I missed them so much visits were hard they wouldn't work around my parents schedules both my parents work differently so I didn't see my parents the whole time I was there just a warning do not send ur kids here plz it made my mental health so much worse!!!

November Parker

I was 13 the first time I went here. My first restraint lasted 13 hours. I was strapped to a papuse which thankfully they don't use for restraints anymore. During these 13 hours. I was spit, kicked,punched touched constantly, got put into pitch black darkness, stabbed numerous times with injections. Called horrible names. I was placed on medication after medication. I was there I think 7 times. But I learned all of my past behaviors from kidspeace. I was assaulted by staff daily. No therapy no doctors. No visits. They make SI sooo much worse for other kids. I seen kids there leave in ambulances. Hardly any food even though medications normally make you want to eat more. I was mainly there long term due to my behaviors. They do not care. Basically just a watch your child send them home with meds type of thing. Please don't send them here. 3 kids who I knew from here killed themselves before the age of 21. I'm 20 years old now. The last time I went here was when I was 17. Very abusive staff I cannot stress this to parents enough. Also, the groups are horrible. I hate to say it but the good staff all leave because of how corrupt this place is.

L. E. Kennedy

2 months ago

Serving patients spoiled food, moldy bread and ants in the pancake syrup. Shut this hellhole down.

Bestman Judue

I had to fight literally everyday js to survive nn not even being overdramatic Dey put me on pills I didn’t even need Nn wouldn’t let no one call me for like 3 days

3 months ago

My name is AJ I’m 12 and my stay here was eh like we got 5 minutes to talk to out family I was here cuz I was a danger to my self they basically put u on meds give u snacks and u have group 5 times and day people like me cris and Ms Kristen were the nicest people in the hospital I was in south west and the kids there were so annoying the kids the age limit goes up the 12 but the pros about the visit was the privacy but if u were on green they watch u in the bath u get 15 min check u have to wear a ankle or wrist bracket that is strap on and if u try to take it off u get restrained this hospital is a 4/10

matthew brewer

4 months ago

My niece is currently in this god awful place. The safe are extremely rude. Can’t call her when the times that are allowed. The staff admitted to just watch the phone ring because they claimed they memorized my family phone numbers. Told us that it’s getting ridiculous with us calling to talk to her. She gets 1 phone call a day. All the phone calls last 5 minutes. Inmates in the prison system get more rights than our children do in this facility. They are now starting to treat her different because her family calls and checks on her. If I were you checking these reviews and considering sending your child here take my advice and don’t. This place is not going to get your child the help they need. This place needs to be shut down or the staff need to be retrained to show how to care for a child in need.

Emma

In October 2022 I had been transferred to Kidspeace by my other residential. I had been transferred due to my ed getting worse and being extremely su!cidal. I had been placed in Wright House when I was admitted. I would say the residential stay caused more harm to myself than good. When I was there I developed more harmful coping skills and I felt completely unsafe. I was the one patient who watched everyone get discharged while I had no progress due to my treatment team not caring. My psychiatrist had put me on different meds some leading me to worse thoughts and did not inform my parents of these med changes. My therapist during family sessions would only validate my parents and not my side of the story. Leaving sessions most of the time cause she didn’t teach me ways to cope and she kept putting things into my head making me feel insane. I had staff screaming at me for not finishing meals but when I started to finish my full meals they had put me on 1 on 1 cause they didn’t believe me cause I was losing weight like crazy. I watched multiple patients try to k!ll themselves to the point I’m scared to open a bathroom door. The only staff that helped me get through my stay instead of bashing me was Ms. Emerald, Ms. Alexis, Ms. Alexa, and Mr. Fran. In March of 2023 they finally released me after telling me they couldn’t help me anymore but they took off my ed diagnosis and ptsd diagnosis so I could go to outpatient leaving me almost a year wasted of my life between the 2 residential and going home worse then when I was admitted.

Kasey

5 months ago

Hi, I am 14 and I was sent here over Christmas this year for self harming issues. This was my first time hospitalized, and when I tell you I felt like I was going insane, I am not kidding you. I was only here for a week, but that’s more than enough time to go crazy at Kidspeace. I got to the hospital around 2:30 am on Christmas Day, and when I tell you I was scared shitless, the units, or, at least the unit I was in was very depressing, i would describe it as looking like a church. I had to sleep on a hard gym like mat and If I got there a little earlier in the night, I would’ve been up all night from fear, so thank god it was late so I eventually fell asleep. But I was crying my big heart OUT, and all the staff at the time could say to help was “You just have to calm down.” Which didn’t help at all, which leads me onto the fact that the staff barley helped, which led me to think that they were just being there for the money, like it was just a job to them. If you are the type of person who needs constant reassurance and has issues with sensitivity, do NOT go here. We only got 3 phone calls a day, after every meal of the day. And they only lasted 5 MINUTES. I couldn’t even speak sometimes to my mom because I was so stressed out from being there that I just cried. And cried, and cried, and cried. I think the only thing I learned from kidspeace, or gained, was new triggers, and the fear of abandonment. I’ll add one last concerning thing because there’s a lot. Obviously every mental hospital is bound to have fights, but when I tell you there was a fight every day for the littlest things here. It was so exhausting, and the staff couldn’t even handle it right, they just restrain you. I was dead afraid to look at any of the kids wrong. Okay, I’m done..

advicoy

I won t be biased, since no experience at a psychiatric hospital is gonna be enjoyable. I spent 5 days at KidsPeace this October, and my time there was a little bumpy, but tolerable. When I first got admitted, I hated it and wanted to go home and disappear. I couldn t take phone calls to my family without crying. It definitely feels like a different planet. Most of the staff was respectful as long as you respected them, my peers were very very nice to me, and I even made some friends leaving. The food was average, and you do get time outside. School was very easy as well. The schedule is very strict, and you have no control of what time you eat, sleep, etc. Overall, nobody s gonna enjoy this experience, but I imagine it would have been a lot worse if it weren t with KidsPeace

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