It started with a second grade teacher.

From an early age, Capturing Kids’ Hearts® founder Flip Flippen experienced the critical role educators play in the lives of children. In fact, it was Flip's second-grade teacher, Mrs. Matthews, who encouraged him to spend the rest of his life helping people reach their potential. This affirmation served as an inspiration for Flip as he began his professional journey that has impacted millions of people worldwide.

After many years of working as a psychotherapist, Flip and a team of experts built Capturing Kids' Hearts to equip teachers, coaches, administrators, and district leaders to implement transformational processes focused on:

Cultivating relational capacity

Improving school culture

Strengthening trust between teachers and students

Building self-managing classrooms

Creating accountability

Improving academic performance

Fostering trauma-informed care

In 1990 a small group of educators experienced the first Capturing Kids' Hearts training at the Flippen’s home in College Station, Texas. Flip's vision has since grown and today our team introduces Capturing Kids' Hearts processes to 37,000+ educators each year nationwide.

You can now see what Mr. Flippen started live out in our classrooms and hallways every day at West Collierville Middle School. We happen to believe that’s a “Good Thing!”