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The local cable channel in Lake Orion, Michigan recently featured the Next Chapter Book Club run by the Orion Township Public Library. Kudos to Coordinator Deb Motley!
The Next Chapter Book Club program was featured and described in a Canadian magazine as "an international book club catering to individuals with intellectual and physical disabilities".
The Next Chapter Book Club was highlighted as an international phenomenon and featured in a UK magazine. The article includes a description of a Club that meets in Wimbeldon, south London. They read the Golden Compass after seeing the movie as their first book.
The Orion Township Public Library is now offering a new kind of book club- the Next Chapter Book Club. Meeting at a local downtown Lake Orion restaurant, members enjoy reading and discussing books.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the Ventura County Star newspaper on February 16, 2010. The story highlighted the book club that meets every Tuesday in two groups at the Thousand Oaks library. The club was started in 2008 and has two groups that directly target teenagers and adults with cognitive impairments and developmental disabilities
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in an article appearing in The Times Picayune. Family Helping Families of Southeast Louisiana offered to help adults who have disabilities and want to read by running the Next Chapter Book Club in the area.
The article highlights the West Chester Next Chapter Book Club who decided to read a biography of President Obama soon after he was elected president.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in a five-minute segment on the "Daytime Columbus" TV show on WCMH-TV Channel 4, the local NBC affiliate, April 2, 2009. Director Tom Fish and member Charles "Chuckie" Dillard described the program. Chuckie is also a Peer Activity Leader (PAL). He helps facilitate his book club that meets on Wednesdays at the Barnes & Noble cafe in Easton.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in The Fairfield Towne Crier, Eastern Edition, in Fairfield County, Ohio, November 28, 2008. The story highlighted a book club that meets every other Saturday at the Rushville Coffee House.
The Next Chapter Book Club was mentioned in a Newsday story on August 3, 2008. The story featured Books for Dessert, a Long Island book club program started by Nancy Comer that is similar to the NCBC.
In a follow-up to the February 2008 story, the Next Chapter Book Club was again featured in the Lake Charles American Press in June, 2008. The story highlighted a facilitator training for the group that meets at the Coffee Beanery on Thursday evenings in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the Lake Charles American Press in February, 2008. The story highlighted a group that meets at the Coffee Beanery on Thursday evenings in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the Fall 2007 issue of the Pipeline Quarterly, published by the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. The story highlighted a group that meets at Cafe Anzas in Marion County, Ohio.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the Lyons Suburban Life on August 8, 2007. The story highlighted how these young adults with communication challenges were able to use communication devices and participate in the book club that meets in Western Springs, Illinois.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the Sidney Daily News in July, 2007. The story highlighted a group that meets at In Good Taste on Thursday afternoons in Sidney, Ohio.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the LaPorte County Herald-Argus on June 28, 2007. The story highlighted a group that meets at Lake Shore Coffee House in Michigan City, Indiana.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the Chicago Sun-Times Post-Tribune on April 18, 2007. The story highlighted a visit by Ben Mikaelsen, author of "Touching Spirit Bear," to a club that meets in Valparaiso, Indiana.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the Accent section of The News Star in Monroe, Louisiana, on April 10, 2007. The story highlighted a group that meets on Tuesdays at Joe Muggs coffee shop in Books-A-Million.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the STLtoday.com section of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on March 14, 2007. The story highlighted a group that meets at Borders in Brentwood, one of four area Borders and Barnes and Noble bookstores hosting book clubs.
Thomas R. Fish, Paula Rabidoux, Jillian Ober, and Vicki L.W. Graff are co-authors of "A Community Literacy and Friendship Model for People With Intellectual Disabilities," published in Mental Retardation, Vol. 44, No. 6, Dec. 2006, pp. 443-446. The article describes how the components of the Next Chapter Book Club model -– literacy learning, social connectedness, and community inclusion -– were developed to help meet the needs of people with intellectual disabilities.
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the November 2006 issue of Exceptional Parent (EP) Magazine, a national publication. Co-authors Tom Fish and Vicki Graff describe the history of the NCBC program and how it works. The story highlights the experiences of several Columbus-area members, their families, volunteer facilitators, and a host site representative. We recently conducted a training workshop in our 20th city and now have NCBC clubs operating in 11 states.
Cara Schauer was one of the first NCBC facilitators back when the program began in 2002. She and Jason Williams recently got married and requested that in lieu of wedding gifts, invitees consider making a donation to the OSU Nisonger Center to support the Next Chapter Book Club! Thanks to their generosity and their family and friends, as a pilot project, we subscribed to News for You®, published weekly by New Readers Press, at the classroom rate. Each Columbus club is receiving 10 copies for 16 weeks. The 4-page newspaper features stories based on articles from the Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, rewritten for adults with lower reading skills. It covers a wide variety of topics and uses colorful photos and graphics.
With trainings in Champaign, Ill., in March... Tucson, Ariz., and St. Louis/St. Charles, Mo., in April... Chicago and Boston in May... Fairfax County, Va., in June... and two more Ohio counties... the Next Chapter Book Club is now located in eight states with more to come!
The Next Chapter Book Club was featured in the March 23 edition of The Columbus Dispatch, on the front page of the Life section. The article highlights one of our book clubs and several of our wonderful members and facilitators.
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