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a publication of springer school & center | winter 2008 | www.springer-ld.org Come Celebrate! A Springer Celebration! on April 30, 2008 Springer School and Center is proud Each year Springer hosts an event to to present author and learning disabilities increase awareness about Springer’s mis- advocate Anne Ford as the guest speaker sion and to raise funds for scholarships at A Springer Celebration! 2008. Ford, and center programs. Previous events daughter of Henry Ford II and former have featured Nick Clooney, Coach Marvin Chairman of the Board of the National Lewis, and Henry Winkler. Center for Learning Disabilities, will dis- Event Co-chairs for the 2008 fund- cuss her new book, On Their Own. raiser are current Springer parents, Nick Springer’s major annual fundraising and Linda Spadaccini, and Andy and event will be held at the Hilton Cincin- Jackie Wilson. Nick is a Springer board nati Netherland Plaza Hotel on April 30, member while Linda provides assistance 2008 from 6:00-10:00 pm. The event will as VP of Classroom Programs with the include cocktails & hors d’oeuvres, a silent Springer Parent Association. Andy and auction, live auction, dinner and program Jackie are also highly involved in the “Having met the challenges of a child with featuring guest speaker, Anne Ford. Also Springer community through numerous learning disabilities head-on, Anne Ford is during the evening, Springer will announce volunteer activities. the perfect guide to help the rest of us see the completion of Imagine the Possibilities, Save the date for what promises to be our children through the transitions they will Springer’s capital campaign and honor an exciting evening of celebrating the many meet throughout life.” Kate Lawrence, Campaign Chair, with the ways in which Springer helps children real- Henry Winkler, Springer Champion Award. ize their dreams. author of the Hank Zipzer children’s books The Legacy Continues... Imagine the Possibilities, Springer’s Campaign funding will provide increased and are now in a position to help share our capital campaign, launched more than two scholarship dollars, ensuring full enroll- story with friends and acquaintances who years ago, and since then, many supporters ment that will maximize Springer’s impact could benefit from Springer’s programs. have joined together to make the goals of on the community. And most importantly, One current student says it best: “Springer the campaign an exciting reality. But, even the children served through Springer has helped me so much with everything, though completion of the capital campaign programs, will carry the legacy even fur- not just my grades, but also the confidence will formally be announced during the ther – spreading the possibilities into the I have in myself. My hope is that every child April 30th A Springer Celebration!, in many future, new surroundings and new families. who needs the help should feel the way I ways the impact has just begun. Long after Beyond achieving our strategic objectives do.” Imagine the Possibilities, a Campaign campaign dollars are sought, the goals of campus improvements and increased for Springer will ensure that families in our of the campaign will live on. Building and financial aid, the campaign has gener- region can continue to rely on Springer as an campus improvements will serve as a vis- ated increased awareness and visibility for essential resource in addressing the needs of ible reminder of the important work that Springer. More people have come to under- individuals affected by learning disabilities. Springer does for children and families. stand the specific services we provide EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COLUMN shelly weisbacher, executive director In this issue of News and Views, you problems remain masked until much later. Just like we seek to give their children the can read an interview with Anne Ford, In each instance though, parents likely had tools and strategies they will need to be the mother of a daughter with learn- a hunch something was not as it should be successful when they leave us, we strive ing disabilities and author of Laughing and either started searching for answers or to do the same for parents. We accom- Allegra and On Their Own. You can also at least were not surprised when someone plish this in a global way through parent read about the ways in which the Center else suggested they should. education programs and at a personal level reaches out to parents on their journey to Fortunately, much has changed in through the many interactions we have understanding and helping their children the past few decades to ease the search. both formal and informal.Equally impor- who are struggling. These articles speak Research has greatly increased our under- tant are the lessons learned and comfort to an important theme: empowering and standing, access to information is ever gained by being able to talk freely with supporting parents whose children have easier, and many of the self-limiting myths other parents who share the experience. learning disabilities. have been dispelled through the stories of Families may seek us for their child and Our students come to us because they successful adults. Despite all this, however, we may most promote Springer for the have struggled significantly in traditional it can still feel scary and even lonely when direct services we provide to children, but classroom settings. Yet, as we all under- one first is told of their child’s learning truly Springer is about the family. When stand, it is not by the students’ choosing disability. How a family responds is deeply we help parents to understand, to reframe that they enroll at Springer. Rather, their personal. For some, it is an immediate their fears, and to appreciate all that is truly enrollment results from the confluence of call to action while for others there is an wonderful and unique about their child, we any number of events that cause their par- extended period of disbelief and perhaps are helping to build a future for the child ents to seek a better learning environment. even efforts to prove the diagnosis invalid. that is filled with possibilities for success in Sometimes, like in Anne Ford’s case, fami- Families who make their way to Springer school and beyond. lies begin to hear of their child’s struggles fall into both camps and every point in as early as preschool. Other times, the between. We join them wherever they are. memorial & tribute gifts Thank you to the following friends of Springer In memory of Mr. John H. Gall, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Fath, Jr. School and Center who made Memorial or Tribute Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conners Mr. and Mrs. William B. Gillman gifts from July – December 2007. In memory of Delores Lotz The Homan Foundation Mrs. Shirley Allen Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Honig Tributes Mr. John Isidor and Mrs. Sandy Kaltman In memory of Mr. Roger M. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Jay A. Katz In honor of Brian High Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conners Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Levin CREW Greater Cincinnati In memory of Arebba Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lipson Memorials Shelly and Ken Weisbacher Dr. and Mrs. Michael C. Maeder Mr. Michael S. Meisel In memory of Mrs. Ruth Bollmer In memory of Frank M. Peter Ms. Donna McLay Mr. and Mrs. Ivan S. Misrach Ms. Margaret M. Barry Mutzig-Frey Family Fund Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sonderman In memory of Mr. Charles Tobias Mr. and Mrs. John E. Pepper, Jr. In memory of Mr. John Brennan Shelly and Ken Weisbacher Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Quitter Ms. Elizabeth F. Wenker In memory of Mr. David West Ms. Jeanne C. Rolfes In memory of Don Burkhardt Ms. Treva L. Potts Dr. and Mrs. Harold J. Schneider Michael Schuster Associates Mrs. Norita Aplin In memory of Mr. Stephen Allen Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Shenk Mr. and Mrs. Richard Abraham In memory of Mr. Robert Conger Springer School and Center Mrs. Norita Aplin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conners Ms. Abby Starr American Sound & Electronics Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stern In memory of Mr. John C. Finn BGR, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conners Mr. and Mrs. M. Blumenthal Ms. Martha M. Upson In memory of Jacqueline Cosgrove Cleaners Care Group Mr. Dod E. Wales Mrs. Norita Aplin Clovernook Center for the Blind Ms. Paula J. Watters and Visually Impaired TALKING WITH… Anne Ford Q. We’re so excited that you are speaking standing of LD and the social issues that at our upcoming annual event, A Springer go with it. This can lead to many problems Celebration!, on April 30th. Can you share both in college and the workplace, and with a bit about your background and why you relationships of all kinds. have taken such an activist role in the area Q. What would you say to reassure parents of learning disabilities? of younger children with learning dis- A. In 1977, my daughter Allegra was diag- abilities who are concerned about their nosed with severe learning disabilities. At children’s future? that time there was very little known about A. In order to create a positive experience Atlantic; Charles Schwab, CEO of Charles the issue and I struggled to find the help and for your young child, start empowering Schwab and Company; John Chambers, information I needed. It was even difficult to your child now. This means that the parent CEO of Cisco Systems; David Neele- find a school that would accept Allegra. After must teach the child to understand their man, former CEO of JetBlue Airways; and many years of schooling in New York City, I own disability, and how to advocate on Gaston Caperton, former Governor of enrolled her in the Riverview School in Cape their own behalf.

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