Founder/Director
Richard Cooper, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the principal organization, the Center for Alternative Learning, located in Havertown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Cooper earned his doctorate in education at the University of Pittsburgh and his master's degree in guidance and counseling from InterAmerican University in Puerto Rico. Richard Cooper is also the owner of Learning disAbilities Resources, a firm which produces and distributes educational and motivational materials for individuals with learning differences. He established these organizations to provide services for individuals with learning disabilities and their families, teachers, and other professionals interested in learning problems. Dr. Cooper consults and conducts workshops and seminars privately across the United States and is internationally known as a speaker and instructor on a wide range of topics about learning problems and techniques for helping both children and adults to improve their skills. He is a founding member of the National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs (NAASLN).
Diagnostician/Instructor
Anne Schauman, the organization's registered agent in Wisconsin, has a Masters of Science in Education (Learning Disabilities Emphasis) from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and almost 20 years experience working with children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities. For 15 years, she worked as a learning disabilities specialist for Gmeiner Clinic for Speech and Language and Learning Disabilities where she conducted diagnostic evaluations and provided treatment services to individuals of all ages. Ms. Schauman has worked with individuals with dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, non-verbal learning disorders, traumatic brain injury, Asperger’s syndrome, and ADHD. Ms. Schauman is an Orton-Gillingham trained instructor who believes in using this method as well as other techniques to enable students to realize their full potential. For the past several years, she has maintained a private practice, taught adult basic and general education classes as an adjunct instructor at Fox Valley Technical College, and volunteered through Fox Valley Literacy Coalition. Ms. Schauman is Vice President of the Wisconsin Branch- International Dyslexia Association and a member of the Learning Disabilities Association of America and the National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs (NAASLN).
