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Published Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
When I started working in G3, it was an all-girls home. This by far was the hardest, yet most fulfilling job I have had in my nine years at Heartspring. Prior to Heartspring, I had been working at a bank, when I realized I was a year from graduating with my bachelors in psychology with no experience. Read more »
Published Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
“The best part of working here, for me, will always be seeing a student excel in any way.” –Shelby Layne Shelby began working at Heartspring in January 2005 as a paraeducator in the group homes. Recently she was promoted to one of only two staff trainers, and along with her co-worker Keith Robinson, is responsible for training all incoming direct care staff on Heartspring policies, safety guidelines, many techniques to reduce student behaviors and also a variety of trainings and certifications to current staff. Read more »
Published Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Nhung Tran began her career here at Heartspring as a home paraeducator in G4. According to a co-worker who served with Nhung in her first weeks, she was reserved and kept to herself. As the days and weeks pressed on, she became more comfortable, and began incrementally showing the other staff more and more of her personality. Read more »
Published Friday, July 1st, 2011
Lourdes Salas began working at Heartspring in August 2006. Since then she has established herself as an integral component of the Heartspring team. As an administrative assistant to the director of residential services, it is her responsibility to find paraeducators to cover any staffing deficits in the group homes every night. Read more »
Published Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Published Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Heartspring has “new” faces at the receptionist desks in both Pediatric Services and the Administration building. While both Aaron Beck and Michelle Chegwidden are new to these positions, neither of them is new to Heartspring. Read more »
Published Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Kellye has lived in Wichita her entire life. She started her career at Heartspring in 2005. “A friend I went to high school with worked here,” she said. Read more »
Published Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Danille Lewis started working at Heartspring in 1996 as a paraeducator. Here she worked as a para and a home coordinator assistant for several years and was then hired to work privately by one of our student’s families when he transitioned home. After two years in that position Danille returned to Heartspring, again as a paraeducator. Read more »
Published Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Vickie Hayes has been making a difference in the lives of Heartspring school students since April 2006 as the lead cook in the cafeteria. Vickie has been in food service since 1989 working primarily in nursing homes. Julie Noller, director of human resources, remembers interviewing Vickie. Read more »
Published Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Since 1975, Cheryl O’Brien has been making a meaningful difference in the lives of children with special needs at the Heartspring School. Throughout her tenure, Cheryl has been active in several areas within the school including a preschool, the physical education department, an oral muscular therapy program and Camp Logos. In 2003, she implemented the Workshop Training Program at the Heartspring School which serves as a training workshop preparing students for their future careers once they transition out of Heartspring. Read more »
Published Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
They all came to Heartspring for different reasons, work in different departments and have varying daily duties, yet one thing binds ten Heartspring employees together - a dedication the organization that spans over 25 years. Through many changes including a new name and moving the campus across town, Cheryl O’Brien, Linda Parmiter-Jacobs, Michael Pennington, Verlene Warner, Teri Hubbard, Mary Walker, Nikki Shirley, Debbie Harr, Steve Stoffregen and Carol Jared-Brown have dedicated their careers to ensure that Heartspring is a place where children and adults receive the best education, therapy and care; a place where miracles happen. “The fact that no matter who comes and who goes, this organization continues to work miracles for some very special people,” said Nikki Shirley, human resources assistant who has been at Heartspring since 1979. Read more »
Published Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Heartspring has long had a referral bonus program for employees who refer applicants who are hired as paraeducators. Employees are encouraged to only refer people they would want to work with their own kids, and people they know they could count on to come to work and be here for the kids. When Julie Hughes, lead para in classroom S122, referred Stephanie Taylor, she took this advice seriously. Read more »
Published Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
After working in a public school classroom helping children with mental retardation for six years, Dana Trombley was looking for a career where she could continue to help children with special needs that accommodated her job as a mom of teenage children. In June 2001, she found just the position at Heartspring as a paraeducator, working weekends in one of the six group homes on campus. “I applied at Heartspring because I enjoy working with children with special needs,” said Dana. Read more »
Published Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Special educator celebrates 30 years of service to Heartspring For 30 years she has helped children with special needs experience music. She has mentored teachers who strive to improve the lives of children with disabilities. She has dedicated herself to ensuring that every child is treated with dignity and respect. Read more »
Published Saturday, November 1st, 2008
Kristina Baker has been at Heartspring since April of 2003. She started as an Admissions Specialist, worked for a year as a Marketing Associate and in February of 2007 she was named the Coordinator of Outreach Programs. It is through this position that Kristina has become involved in our World Reach Program. Read more »
Published Sunday, June 1st, 2008
Leading an active lifestyle is an important part of anyone’s life. Through programs put in place by adapted physical education teacher Travis Grover, Heartspring School students have a myriad of opportunities to get active. Grover, who manages the physical education component for every student at Heartspring uses sports and recreation activities to expose the students to different activities that get them moving and allow them to experience new things. Read more »
Published Thursday, May 1st, 2008
I believe I became involved in Special Education because I have always found myself drawn to kids who society would lead us to believe as not as valuable. I believe every person has equal value in Gods eyes and every human was created with an important purpose in life. I have 2 great daughters; Allie who is enrolled at WSU working towards her Nursing degree and Macy a sophomore in high school who wants to be a Special Education teacher when she grows up. Read more »
Published Friday, February 1st, 2008
Lori Neel is a registered nurse and the medical office manager at Heartspring. Lori graduated with her nursing degree in December of 1995 and worked at Wesley Hospital on the Pediatric floor for 10 years prior to coming to Heartspring. She was a clinical advisor for about 8 of those years. Read more »
Published Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Hear news radio talk show host Jack Rice from WCCO News/Talk 830 in Minneapolis, Minnesota interview Connie Erbert. Connie Erbert is the Director of CARE and Autism Outreach at Heartspring. Erbert , a graduate of Fort Hays State University, with graduate work through the University of Kansas, and the University of North Carolina, has more than 20 years of experience in special education. Read more »
Published Saturday, September 1st, 2007
In 1993, Lisa Jones began her career helping the children of Heartspring. She learned about the Institute of Logopedics (now Heartspring) while attending classes at Wichita State University. She had an assignment to observe classes, and while doing so, she was offered a job. Read more »
Published Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Steve has dedicated half of his life to the mission at Heartspring. In 1982, he joined the staff as a home paraeducator. Since beginning his career, he transitioned to Crisis/Assessment Unit Counselor, Psychological Services Assistant, and is currently the Management Information Systems Manager (MIS). Read more »
Published Sunday, May 1st, 2005
June began her position as teacher on July 31, 2006. Before coming to Heartspring, June was working one-on-one with an autistic student in Topeka. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and a Master’s Degree in Cross Categorical Special Education, both from Fort Hays State University. Read more »
Published Thursday, February 24th, 2005
Son carries on father's commitment to Heartspring According to the Department of Labor, the national average for number of years with an employer is three to five years. Michael and his father do not fit that statistic. Michael is continuing a practice started by his father, Glenn who worked for the Institute of Logopedics for 42 years. Read more »
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8700 E. 29th Street North
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Phone: (316) 634-8700
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Fax: (316) 634-0555
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