Uganda

Published Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

The following letter was sent to Heartspring by Fredrick Sembatya on behalf of Montessori Integrated School in Kampala, Uganda. Fredrick attended the Heartspring Teacher Exchange Program in November, 2010. Thank you very much for the wonderful work that you are doing in helping children with different special education needs. Read more »

Lead Speech Therapy Assistant, Mindy Owens, explains how student schedules can vary.

Therapist Becomes Director in Chile

Published Tuesday, November 30th, 2010

Monica Wenz attended the Teacher Exchange Program in November, 2010.

Due to the overwhelming interest and request for special education training from teachers and professionals from all over the world, Heartspring opened the Teacher Exchange Program to provide trainings twice a year. Read more »

Peggy Hallack, Autism and Instructional Support Specialist, shows Pankaj useful visual supports in the classroom.

Sister School in India Sends Teacher for Training

Published Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Pankaj Tiwari, a teacher at Action for Autism (and the Open Door School), in New Delhi, India participates in the Teacher Exchange Program in September, 2010.

Heartspring is pleased to have an ongoing sister-school relationship with Action for Autism (AFA) in New Delhi, India. Read more »

Dinah and Ana pose while helping at Parent Weekend

Two College Students Reach Out to Heartspring from the Philippines

Published Monday, May 31st, 2010

Dinah Siasoco and Ana Rivera attended Heartspring's Teacher Exchange Program in May, 2010. Two graduate students from the College of the Holy Spirit in Manila, Philippines, contacted Heartspring because of their interest in receiving hands-on training in special education. Dinah Siasoco and Ana Rivera came to Heartspring in May 2010 and spent three weeks on the Heartspring campus. Read more »

Malawi, Africa

Published Friday, February 26th, 2010

Gertrude nya Mkanawire Heartspring had the pleasure of hosting the Honorable Gertrude nya Mkandawire Mhango from Malawi, South Africa and her sponsor, Marilyn Yoon. Many wonder why Heartspring has an international outreach but one would only need to hear the story told by Gertrude nya Mkandawire Mhango once to fully understand the importance of each organization in America, for or not for profit, doing what they can to help children around the world in any way possible. Read more »

Romania

Published Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Special School No. 11Bucharest, Romania Special School No. 11 is a public school in Bucharest Romania serving approximately 300 students with a variety of disabilities. Read more »

Croatia

Published Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Center for Autism Rijeka, Croatia

Successfully petitioning the Croatia Ministry of Education to come to the United States, Vladimir Benkovic, director of the Center for Autism in Rijeka, Croatia visited the Heartspring campus

Association for Stimulating the Healthy Development of Children and Youth Slavonski Brod, Croatia

Zeljika Vucinci, Ljiljan Plavotic, Tomislav GollIn 2000, Ms. Read more »

Myanmar

Published Thursday, January 27th, 2000

Heartspring traveled to Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) in 1995 and 2000 to provide equipment, testing and training to the students and teachers of the Mary Chapman School For The Deaf. The opportunity to assist children in Southeast Asia was made possible by a joint effort of World Vision, Jack and Marilyn DeBoer and Heartspring. It is our hope that the equipment and training will make a positive and significant addition to the abilities that the dedicated staff at Mary Chapman can make on the lives of the hearing impaired they serve. Read more »