Meet my husband, Kyle Littel
The kid everyone calls difficult is trying to tell you something.
Kyle helps teachers, church teams, and parents understand what behavior is really saying, and what to do about it tomorrow morning.
HOPE-certified kids pastor. 15+ years working with children and families. Host of the Reclaim Family Podcast. Trusted by schools, churches, and parent groups.
Why your room will love him
Kyle has been in your seat.
He knows the classroom on a Monday, the kids’ wing on a Sunday morning, and the kitchen table at bedtime. He has served churches, Christian schools, and family-focused organizations for over 15 years.
His trainings pull child development and trauma-informed care together into plain, practical tools, not theory your team will forget by Friday.
- HOPE-certified kids pastor and educator
- 15+ years working with children and families
- Churches, Christian schools, and family organizations
- Host of the Reclaim Family Podcast
- Dad of four
The brag-worthy part
What your people walk away with.
Every session is shaped around your audience and ends with tools people actually use the next day.
A new lens
For the behavior they see every single day, in class, in kids’ ministry, and at home.
De-escalation steps
They can use in the moment, when it matters most.
Connection before correction
Language that reaches the kids who need it most.
Next-day strategies
Not binders on a shelf. Tools your team tries tomorrow morning.
Speaking & training
Built for your people.
Keynotes, PD days, volunteer trainings, and parent nights, all built on one idea: behavior is communication.
For schools
Professional development
Teachers, paras, admin & support staff
- Behavior Is Communication
- The Kid Everyone Calls Difficult
- Connection Before Correction
- Regulation, Escalation & De-escalation
- Supporting Anxious & Overwhelmed Students
90-minute PD · half day · full day · keynote
For churches
Kids ministry & volunteers
Ministry teams, volunteers & pastors
- The Kids in Your Church Are Trying to Tell You Something
- The Kid Who Won’t Sit Still
- When Big Feelings Walk Into Church
- Building a Trauma-Informed Kids Ministry
Volunteer training · staff workshop · guest preaching
For families
Parent nights
Hosted by your school or church
- Raising Kids in an Anxious World
- Anxiety, resilience & regulation
- Discipline, connection & identity
- Technology, faith & independence
One evening · big takeaways for every parent
In the room, doing the work
Every kid deserves an adult who understands them.
Bring Kyle to your school, church, or event, and give your people the tools to be that adult.
A note from Cassie
I have watched Kyle walk into rooms full of kids other people had given up on and win them over in minutes. Fifteen years in, he still lights up talking about the kid everyone else calls difficult.
He is the dad our four kids adore, the pastor volunteers actually want to learn from, and the speaker I would book even if I weren’t married to him. But I am, so you get the honest version: he is the real deal.
– Cassie
Now booking fall and spring
Bring Kyle to your school, church, or event.
Send a quick note about your group, your date, and what you’re seeing. Kyle shapes the training around your people.
Book Kyle to Speak