History

Connections Speech-Language Therapy of Boerne is the culmination of a dream for Kathy Webster, the owner and speech-language pathologist. Kathy was born and raised in the San Antonio area. She graduated in 1976 as Valedictorian of her class at Somerset High School, just south of San Antonio. She attended University of Texas at Austin for one year as a Communications major. However, as she did volunteer work at a State School for the Mentally Retarded in Austin, she discovered her passion: working with children, especially children with special needs. So she transferred to Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) to major in Special Education with a concentration in Speech Pathology. In her senior year at SWTSU, Kathy was designated as the first recipient of the Empress Y. Zedler Scholarship. She graduated in 1980 “With Highest Honors” and a Bachelor of Science in Education.

Kathy attended Memphis State University (now University of Memphis) for graduate school because of their outstanding reputation in the field of speech-language pathology and audiology. She graduated “With Honors” in December 1981 with a Master of Arts degree in Speech Pathology.

While working as a speech-language pathologist, Kathy continued her education at Trinity University and UTSA, taking graduate classes in education and school administration and earning the following Texas Educator Certificates: Supervisor (Grades PK-12), Special Education Supervisor (Grades PK-12), Mid-Management Administrator (Grades PK-12), and Classroom Teacher—Special Education Supplemental (Grades PK-12).

Kathy’s work experience is in San Antonio, Texas serving preschool, elementary, and middle school students. She was an employee of Northside I.S.D. for 21 years. She has also worked for Christus Santa Rosa in their out-patient rehabilitation clinic and done private contract work for various other agencies on a part-time basis.

Kathy, her husband, and two children moved to Boerne, Texas in 1993. She recognized the need for speech therapy services in her local community. In May 2006, Kathy resigned her position with Northside I.S.D. to open her own private practice. She purchased the most up-to-date tests and professional materials, and dedicated one room of the family home as an office and speech therapy treatment room. Then, in April 2009, she moved her business to a brand new office condominium in the Scenic Loop Business Center, just a half-mile from Interstate 10 in Boerne. She feels blessed to have the support of her husband of 23 years, Dan, and her two children.