In the News

February, 2008
Next Chapter Book Club featured in Lake Charles, Louisiana, newspaper.

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.

Fall, 2007
Next Chapter Book Club featured in Ohio quarterly.

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.

August, 2007
Next Chapter Book Club featured in Lyons, Illinois, newspaper.

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.

July, 2007
Next Chapter Book Club featured in Shelby County, Ohio, newspaper.

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.

June, 2007
Next Chapter Book Club featured in LaPorte County, Indiana, newspaper.

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.

April, 2007
Next Chapter Book Club featured in Chicago newspaper.

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.

April, 2007
Next Chapter Book Club featured in Monroe, Louisiana, newspaper.

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.

March, 2007
Next Chapter Book Club featured in St. Louis Newspaper.

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.

December, 2006
NCBC commentary appears in Perspectives section of MR journal.

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.

November, 2006
NCBC article appears in EP Magazine, and NCBC clubs now located in 11 states!

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.

July, 2006
Columbus clubs receive free News for You subscriptions for 16 weeks!

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.

June, 2006
Next Chapter Book Club is on the move!

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!

May 1, 2006
Next Chapter Book Club appeared in Cleveland newspaper.

March 23, 2006
Next Chapter Book Club featured in local paper.

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.