Kim Botto

Kim Botto is a longtime children’s and student ministry leader who has spent decades also supporting foster and adoptive families. She’s passionate about creating spaces where every child, no matter their background, behavior, or abilities, can belong, contribute, and grow.


Kim is a TBRI® Practitioner, a Trauma Free World Affiliate Trainer, and holds Master’s degrees in Family Ministry and Business Administration. She loves collaborating with children’s and student ministry leaders to make churches more welcoming especially for kids with trauma backgrounds, disabilities, or neurodivergence.
She’s a frequent speaker on topics related to trauma, disability, and neurodivergence and the author of Boundless Hope for Every Child and host of the Every Child Belongs podcast.

Where I'm Speaking

Creating a Space for Every Teen: Helping Kids Transition from Kids Ministry to Student Ministry

Moving from kids ministry to student ministry can be hard for students who are disabled, neurodivergent, anxious, or have experienced...

Building Training That Changes Behavior and Improves Outcomes

Most ministry training gives volunteers more information, but information alone rarely changes what happens in kids and student ministry spaces....