Robert Brooks, PhD, one of today’s leading speakers on motivation, resilience and family relationships, will address parents and professionals in separate programs on January 22, 2013.
Known around the world for his luminous paintings, Cincinnati artist Tom Bacher spent two weeks at Springer School and Center as the 2012-13 Maureen Wenker Artist in Residence.
The artwork of Maineville resident Griffin Melson was chosen to be featured on the cover of the Journal of Learning Disabilities in 2013. Each year, three works of art are selected from those submitted by students with learning disabilities from across the country.
Parents of a child with ADHD are well aware of the effects on their child’s functioning at home and at school. A series of programs by internationally recognized expert Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., will update both parents and professionals on the current research-based understanding of the disorder, and how it can be treated and managed.
Students in Kristina Williams' class at Springer School and Center recently had an opportunity to meet Newbery Honor Award winning author Ingrid Law. The sixth- and seventh-graders enjoyed a 20-minute question-and-answer session with Ms. Law through Skype.
Exciting! Fun! Scary!
Those are the words students used to describe their involvement in the Norita Aplin Musician in Residence program at Springer School and Center this year.
Springer School and Center student Josh Neils’ colorful giraffe will dance across the cover of the Journal of Learning Disabilities in 2012. Josh’s painting, entitled “Find Your Own Music,” was one of three artworks selected by the Hammill Institute on Disabilities for display on the cover of the journal this year.