Rhonda Witherspoon

Rhonda Witherspoon, MS,CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist


Rhonda Witherspoon’s career at Heartspring spans three different departments, two decades and countless lives changed. She has spent more than 25 years at Heartspring as a speech-language pathologist and has seen the organization as it has grown and expanded. Throughout her time here, some things have stayed the same. Rhonda loves seeing children make progress and watching their faces light up when they realize they have learned something new; that they can do what was once quite hard.

Rhonda’s career at Heartspring began as a speech-language pathologist in the residential school. From there, she moved into the preschool programs and then, finally, to Pediatric Services, where she is now. She has been able to work with a variety of children from infants to teenagers. Rhonda has many years of experience working with children with speech and language disorders, auditory processing deficits, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Down syndrome, autism, and fluency disorders.

She has attended training through the Nature Explore program as part of Heartspring’s efforts to establish an outdoor classroom. She has worked to help make the treehouse an area for outdoor exploration, play and learning. Through her training, she is able to take her therapy and the children she serves outside to the tree house, exposing them to new learning experiences. She can provide therapeutic opportunities through physical activities, observation, artwork, conversation, or by simply getting dirty in the garden area or sandbox. Rhonda believes the change of scenery can make a huge difference in how much children are able to open up, engage and communicate with others.

In her free time, she enjoys reading, working out and quilting. Rhonda has three daughters, and her husband runs a local non-profit agency in Wichita. She has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Communication Disorders and Sciences from Wichita State University.

Pediatric Therapists

Kara Gibson

Kara Gibson

Division Director of Outpatient Services

Karla Hartlep

Karla Hartlep

Clinical Director of Interdisciplinary Therapy

Kevin Edwards

Kevin Edwards

Licensed Clinical Psychotherapist

Belinda Allen

Belinda Allen

Speech-Language Pathologist

Hannah Dodd

Hannah Dodd

Physical Therapist

Britt Doerner

Britt Doerner

Pediatric Behavioral Health Therapist

Nikki Bina

Nikki Bina

Interdisciplinary Lead

Kori Visor-Lawrence

Kori Visor-Lawrence

Audiologist

Kappy

Kappy

Director of Happiness

Josie

Josie

Director of Comfort