Kira wright, ccc-slp

Chief Clinical Officer

My name is Kira, and I am a co-founder of SpringHouse Professionals. As a special education team member in the schools, we identify and work to understand the needs of each individual child. We guide the school team in creating an environment where that student can be successful. From communication to behavior and emotional regulation, our job is to help kids thrive. I love working with school-based teams to figure out how to do this job more effectively, more efficiently, and in a way that keeps specialists happy in their jobs for a long, long time. Kids and teachers and families and administrators all benefit when specialists love their jobs and work in the schools long enough to be experts in their fields and mentors to new graduates.

  • Before starting SpringHouse in 2024, I was a full-time SLP in a local school district. Prior to that I provided over a decade of hybrid SLP support (in-person and remote therapy, evaluations, and SLPA supervision) to frontier schools in remote Southeast Oregon, while working as the Vice President of School-Base Services for The Hello Foundation.

    I am currently the Telepractice Chair for the Oregon Speech-Language Hearing Association (OSHA), and serve on the OSHA Legislative Committee.

  • I am a serial collector of hobbies. I love swimming and running and hiking, as well as knitting and sewing and quilting. I recently joined a ukulele group, I am always looking forward to the next gardening adventure, and I’m learning more about open water swimming each year. I am an optimistic at heart. I love each sun break in the clouds and I see every day for the new opportunities it offers.

  • … committed to a 10-day 400-mile bike trip across Northeast Oregon to celebrate a milestone birthday. I’m not (and wasn’t) an experienced cyclist, but the idea of exploring the back roads of Oregon with a dear friend on our own timeline was an adventure I had to say yes to. The hard work and beauty of climbing through the Painted Hills, over passes in the Wallowas, and eventually to Hells Canyon on the power of my own legs was an experience I won’t forget.