8700 East 29th Street North
Wichita, KS 67226
Phone 316.634.8700
800.835.1043
www.heartspring.org
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Welcome
Calendar of Events
Free hearing screenings for kids entire month of May.
TEACCH conference June 10-12.
Camp SSTAR - Social Skills, technology, Asperger and Recreation Camp July 21-25.
Autism Conference August 22. |
Apply for Camp SSTAR
A Social Skills, Technology, Asperger and Recreation Camp held July 21-25 this summer at Heartspring. The selection process is based on specific criteria including a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome or high functioning autism. Apply now. |
 The winners of the 2008 Heartspring Award for Innovation and Creativity in Special Education have been selected. Winners include an anthropologist, a speech therapist, a theater company, a musician & songwriter, an outdoor classroom, a PB&J (poetry, breakfast and jazz) program, and a "bridge builder." Learn more about this year's winners.
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| Our mission, in partnership with parents, professionals and the community, is to help children with special needs grow and learn on a path to a more independent life. |
| Heartspring School is a residential and day program for children with developmental disabilities such as autism, Asperger Syndrome, speech and language impairments, visual impairments, deaf/hard of hearing, cerebral palsy, challenging behaviors and those with multiple disabilities. |
| Heartspring Pediatric Services provides therapies for children with developmental delays and disabilities. |
| Heartspring Hearing Center offers hearing services for people of all ages. |
| Volunteering is a wonderful way to learn more about Heartspring programs and services. |
| Donate in one of the many ways you can make a difference for children with special needs. |
| World Reach is dedicated to touching the lives of children all around the world. |
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There is so much in life to hear.
More than twenty-one million infants, children and adults in America suffer from some degree of hearing loss.* At Heartspring, we support Better Hearing and Speech Month by offering free hearing screenings to children at the Heartspring Hearing Center. Throughout the year we provide literacy screenings to day care centers and preschools as well as host various open house events for individuals of all ages. We also offer free developmental screenings for children ages 0-5 through Heartspring KidCheck. As reported by www.asha.org. |
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 Quinn was born a beautiful, fun and faithful boy with Down syndrome and a congenital hearing loss. Challenges began early in Quinn’s life, but through the years he has grown so many ways.
Learn More about Quinn. |
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Mindy, Lead Speech & Language Assistant
"My job is very fulfilling to me, knowing that I can use my talents to make a difference. When we can do this kind of work, work is not always work and life is rewarding."
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. Learn More about Mindy. |
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 Learning to communicate is the foundation from which we help children’s’ success at Heartspring. It is also the foundation from which we built our legacy. Our mission began in 1934 at the University of Wichita’s Department of Speech Sciences, then evolved to the Institute of Logopedics and continues today as Heartspring, yet always we have been at the forefront of innovative special education methods. Our roots in speech and language therapy and hearing services lend a great deal of power to our successful contributions to the treatment of other conditions. To learn to live, a child must understand and be understood.
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, therapists and clinicians go to into the Wichita community to conduct free hearing and speech screenings at area preschools and day care centers. This project was designed to identify 
