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Resources - Staff |
Heartspring's greatest resources and assets are the wonderful staff dedicated to our students. Some of our professionals have maintained their commitment to helping children with special needs for over 25 years. Each day our teachers, paraprofessionals, and therapists demonstrate the professional competence and treatment outcomes that make Heartspring a “first choice” school for children with special needs.
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Connie Erbert is the Director of CARE and Autism Outreach. Connie will be establishing the Community of Autism Resources and Education (CARE) Program at Heartspring. The focus of this program will be to provide parents with a foundation with which to build appropriate resources and interventions for their child and family as well. Connie was featured in Exceptional Parent Magazine as a Model of Excellence in Education in September 2008. Learn more about Connie.
Presentations:
- Asperger Syndrome and the Real World, SRS, Wichita, KS, August 2008.
- Asperger Syndrome, Living Outside the Bell Curve, McPherson Public Schools, McPherson, KS, October 2008
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome Today, Civitan Club, Wichita, KS, January 2009
- Autism Spectrum Disorders and Heartspring, Kiwanis Club, Wichita, KS, February 2009.
- Asperger Syndrome and Transition to Adulthood, ESSDACK, Hutchinson, KS, February 2009.
- Autism Spectrum Disorders, Pilot Club, Wichita, KS, March 2009
- International Training for Autism Spectrum Disorders: China, Oxford Round Table, Oxford, England, March 2009
- Working with Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dr. Walker Dental Offices, Wichita, KS, June 2009.
- Asperger Syndrome and the Workplace, Service Master, Wichita, KS, June 2009.
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Lindsay Salomon, director of school therpies and applied technology
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Kimberly Becker, directory of Pediatric Services & the Hearing Center, presented Early Childhood Interventions and Strategies at the Growing with Children Conference, Wichita, KS in March 2009. She also presented Autism Through the Life Span at the Families Together Conference, Salina, KS, in April 2009.
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Cara Rapp, director of admissions, gave a Heartspring School presentation at the Midwest Educational Leadership Conference, Breckenridge, CO in June 2009.
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Bruce Hauser, Ph. D., psychologist at Heartspring, presented The Use of Low Dose Invega to Address Explosive Behaviors and Non-cooperation in an Adolescent Male with Autism at the Association for Behavior Analysis International Autism Conference, Jacksonville, FL in February 2009.
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Mimi French, occupational therapist at Heartspring
- Fine Motor/Handwriting In-service for preschool, kindergarten and first grade teachers, Wichita Collegiate School, Wichita, KS, November 2008.
- Sensory Processing and Self Regulation In-services for preschool, kindergarten and first grade teachers, Wichita Collegiate School, Wichtia, KS, February 2009.
- Sensory Processing and Self Regulation In-services for preschool, kindergarten, first and second grade teachers, Andover Schools, Andover, KS, April 2009.
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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). Learn more about Steve. |

Deb Harr had a desire to work with children with special needs. That desire brought to her Heartspring over 25 years ago. In 1981, Deb joined the staff at Heartspring working with hearing impaired children in a preschool classroom. It was there that she learned how to help children learn to listen and to speak. Learn more about Deb. |
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Heartspring professional staff provides technical expertise and management for the organization. Heartspring professional staff includes experienced and highly-trained special education teachers, a developmental pediatrician, pediatric nurse practitioners (one of which is on call 24 hrs/day), behavioral psychologists, staff trainers, behavior specialists, occupational and physical therapists, speech/language pathologists and para educators. We also have a dietician, pediatric neurologist and pediatric psychiatrist as consultants.
We also invite you to meet our executive staff. |
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