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Happy greetings to you and your family—and thank you for your ongoing support! As the heat of the summer draws us inside, we have the opportunity to reflect on the year gone by—and what an historic year it has been!
The signature event of our 2018 Lourie Center calendar was the passing of our last surviving founder, Dr. T.B. Brazelton, at 99 years old. Last March, we joined “Berry’s” family at his Harvard Touchpoints Center in Boston to celebrate this champion for children. How pleased he was to track The Lourie Center’s expansion of services, even into 2018! When he last visited our Rockville, Maryland campus a few years ago, he was at ease interacting with children in the classrooms, presenting and connecting to our staff, encouraging the research, and cheering us on in the spirit of service. He delighted in seeing the manifestation of his labor, more than three decades prior, to support transformational change for children and families, especially those with less access to care.
We will always remember his generosity of spirit, brilliance in understanding and in teaching early childhood development, and—just like with another of our founders Dr. Reginald S. Lourie—his sheer love of children and all those who care for them.
We are pleased to share this report in gratitude for and in memory of our dear friend, colleague, and founder. May his bright smile and commitment to children and families inspire us onward as we continue to fulfill our mission.
In great gratitude to one and all,
Jimmy Venza, PhD Licensed Psychologist Executive Director
Dear Lourie Center family, partners and friends,
Parent-Child Clinical Services Program—
Clinic served nearly 270
children and their families
in individual, dyadic and
group therapy.
The Lourie Center School—Elementary school served 43 students
in 2018. The program provides
academic instruction, integrated mental
health care, speech and language
therapy, and occupational therapy.
Head Start Program—
Federally funded program for early
intervention with at-risk children
0–5 and pregnant mothers.
The Lourie Center’s program
served more than 300
children and families last year.
Therapeutic Nursery Program—Specialized
preschool program—the only
one of its kind in Maryland—
served 34 students from
Montgomery and Prince
George’s County.
PROGRAMS
Partnership with Montgomery County Infants and Toddlers Program (MCITP)—The Lourie Center partners with the
MCITP, which served more than 5,000 children birth to four and their
families. MCITP offers early intervention services to assist families with
supporting their children’s developmental and special needs.
University Affiliations—
The Lourie Center trains social work,
education, and psychology graduate
interns and externs from local and
national universities such as:
• Colby College
• College of William and Mary
• Georgetown University
• George Washington University
• University of Maryland
• University of Notre Dame (IN)
• Smith College (MA)
Foundations $789,389
Individuals $317,797
Corporations $36,581
Employees $20,628
TOTAL $1,164,395
Thanks to you,
The Lourie Center raised
more than $1 million
last year to provide
young children with
the educational and
therapeutic support they
need to thrive.
n Foundationsn Individualsn Corporationsn Employees
2018 Philanthropy Revenue by Source
68%
27%3%
2%
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BOARD OF DIRECTORSMarcel WrightChairVice President, Adventist HealthCare
Behavioral Health Service Line
Jimmy Venza, PhDSecretaryExecutive Director, The Lourie Center
for Children’s Social &Emotional Wellness
Brenda Jones Harden, PhD Professor, Institute for Child Study,
HDQMDirector, Prevention and Early
Adversity Research LaboratoryUniversity of Maryland
Carol W. Garvey, MD, MPHVP for Health PolicyGarvey Associates, Inc.
Daniel CochranChief Financial OfficerAdventist HealthCare Shady Grove
Medical Center
Edward Feinberg, PhD RetiredCoordinator of Birth to Five Services/
Division of Special Education Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Lisa J. Stark, Esq.RetiredAttorney, Department of Justice
Larry WalkerPresidentThe Walker Group
Robert C. Wehner Jr.Group Vice President—Retail Market
ManagerM&T Bank
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIPJimmy Venza, PhDExecutive Director
Alan Ezagui, MHCADirector of Development
Angela Card, MS, ECE-LPADirector, Head Start Program
Anna Curtin, PhDDirector, Therapeutic Nursery
Program
James F. Herrera, MDMedical Director
Jill Brown, LCSW-CDirector, Parent-Child Clinical
Services Program
Melanie JewellAdministrative Director
Theresa Petrungaro, MS, MBADirector, Lourie Center School
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$500,000–$999,999 The Bainum Family
Foundation
$200,000–$499,999 A. James and Alice B.
Clark Foundation
$100,000–$199,999 Luis Gerardo del Valle
Torres
Evelyn Y. Davis Foundation
$25,000–$99,999Alexander & Margaret
Stewart Trust
Anonymous (1)
J. H. Walker Legacy Foundation
$15,000–$24,999Walter Brownley Trust
PNC Foundation
$10,000–$14,999Robert & Arlene Kogod
Family Foundation
$5,000–$9,999M&T Charitable
Foundation
The Walker Group
$2,500–$4,999Baker Donelson
NIH Federal Credit Union
Brigit and Jimmy Venza, in honor of Lynda M. Pontecorvo
Paula & Larry Widerlite
H. Marcel & Stacia Wright
$1,000–$2,499Alison & James Pearce
Anonymous (1)
David J. Farber
DECO Recovery Management, LLC
GE Foundation
Grant & Jasmine Harris
Keith D. Ballenger
Larry Luce
Lawrence N. Rosenblum
Lisa Stark & Harvey Rubenstein, M.D.
Margaret & James Lee
Mary Christina Hill
National Capital Optimist Club
Patricia Alfaro
S. Kann Sons Co. Foundation, Inc.
Stuart A. Kogod
T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving
Thomas A. Bensinger, M.D.
Wendy Kisch, in memory of Mark Gourley
$500–$999Ann P. Potteiger
Anonymous (1)
Arlene & Harold Finger
Benedict Clark
Blaise Tenguiano
David Wessel
Donna Scott
Drs. Carol & Thomas Garvey
Jaqie & Matthew Keady
Julie Grohovsky & Craig Hoover
Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.
Les Bland
Louis Y. Korman, M.D. & Iris Korman, in honor of Paula S. Widerlite
Lynne M. Carbone
Melanie Katsur
NCS Pearson
Shirley Brandman and Howard M. Shapiro Family Fund
Tetsuko Nakamura
The Ad Answer
The Baruch Fund
Theresa Petrungaro
Tina Sheesley
TLC Engineering Solutions
Todd Cohen, in memory of Polly H. Craft
United Jewish Endowment Fund
United Therapeutics Corp.
Zemina Divecha
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$100–$499Alan & Agnes Leshner
Alan M. Ezagui
Allan & Harriette Fox
AmazonSmile Foundation
Andrew Dziuban
Anna C.
Anonymous (4)
Ashley & Jeremy Sowers
Barbara Witt
Ben & Christine Lourie, in memory of Reginald S. Lourie
Benjamin F. Kramer
Beryl and Edward Feinberg Charitable Fund
Beth Cooper
Beth and Kim Griffith
Brenda Jones-Harden
Butler Medical Transport, LLC
Cammack Retirement Group
Charles & Nancy Wolfson
Chong Han
Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Connie J. Lierman
Delegate Ben Kramer & Cindy Craven
Denise M. Chandler
Elena Wright-Aguilar
Elaine S. Mayhall
Ellen Hornstein
Eursala David-Sherman
Evelyn Kays-Battle
Fabiana Padilla
Fernando Somoza
Florence Lourie
Frank H. Aranzaes
Galit Gurevitz-Stern
Gina Maxham
IBM Employee Services Center
Intesar Haider
Isolde Motley, in honor of Elizabeth P. Kaplan
Jacob Bernstein
Jeffrey & Diana Frank
Jennifer & Craig Harrison
Jeremy L. Feinberg & Daisy D. Zhang
Jill Brown
Jill Ginsburg
Jill E. McGovern, Ph.D., in honor of Suzanne Weiss
Joanie & Roger Golden
Joann Raysor
Jocelyn Nieva, in honor of Benjamin Nieva
Jonathan Sachs
Julia C. Korenman
Laura Volovski
Lauri & Jeff Zell
Linda Berman
Lorali Barber
Louisa S. Hollman
Malini Narayanan, M.D.
Marjorie H. Sonnenfeldt
Mark E. Griffin
Mark Mohan & Gina Capra
Melanie Jewell
Michelle & Greg Brennan
Nancy Eberhardt, in memory of Josh Freeman
Naomi & Gary Felsenfeld
Patricia Seabolt
Paula Parsons & Jonathan Cutler
Robert Wells
Ryan Thelin
Sheila Shanahan Cashman
Stacey Koff
Susan C. deMars
The Benevity Community Impact Fund
Thomas Venza
Tom & Katie Grant
United Way of Central Maryland
Vimala Lingam
William & Jill Brown
$1–$99Ada Delgado
Alba Munoz
Alexis de la Rosa
Amanda Bower
Andreona Price
Anonymous (4)
A. Barry & Paula Belman
Barbara & Charles Gholz
Barry & Ilene Heller
Carlos Llano
Carolyn Horton
Dana M. Young
Daniel & Marie McNamara
Daniel L. Korengold & Martha L. Dippell
Diane Castiglione
Donald E. Melnick, M.D.
Erica & Gabriel Mata
Ernest Henson
Esta Friedman, in honor of Rhoda W. Baruch
Flora Ikoueli
George & Lenore Cohen
George J. Bregman
Jacqueline Patterson-Wilson
JoAnn Hayes
Joan S. Keenan
John & Susan Rosenthal
Kathie Daniel
Kimberly Gaines
Lorna Bituin
Lydia Cheruvathoor
Madeleine G. Kalb
Margaret F. Schweitzer
Marisa & Josh Lavine
Michelle L. Cousineau
Patrick & Nita Garrett
Paul H. & J.A. Plotz
Priscella Celentano, in honor of Michelle P. Parker
Sandra M. King-Shaw
Shannon Perticone
Suzanne Trotter
The Howes Family
The McBride Family
Thomas & Susan Hougen
Wendy & Steven Kaufman
William & Patricia Driscoll
Your Cause, LLC
Prince George’s County ProgramsIn September, The Lourie Center was selected by the Office of Head Start to provide Early Head Start (EHS) and Head Start programs to more families in central and northern Prince George’s County. The center has operated EHS programs in Montgomery and parts of Prince George’s County for 20 years. Now, after being awarded a five-year, $14.9 million grant, The Lourie Center will be able to serve an additional 200 children and their families.
SERVICESThe Lourie Center provides critical educational and therapeutic services to more than 4,000 children birth to 12 and their families across the greater Washington, D.C. region.
Rockville Campus Expansion to Serve More Children and FamiliesGenerous donations from the Bainum Family Foundation, Alexander & Margaret Stewart Trust, the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation and others will support an expansion of The Lourie Center’s Rockville site in 2019. The expansion will provide The Lourie Center with an additional 16,000 square feet of space to serve 90 more families in its Lourie Center School and Parent-Child Clinical Services Program.
The expansion will include two classrooms, four new therapy playrooms, a state-of-the-art media and learning center, and a multimedia platform for research and training. The Lourie Center home will be a combined space of 37,000 square feet at the Rockville site.
In the first year alone, the expansion will enable us to care for more than 75 children currently on the wait list to receive outpatient mental health services and will add 15 students to our therapeutic K–5 school, expanding capacity from 50 to 65 students. Over a decade, The Lourie Center will serve more than 750 children and their families through its educational and clinical services that it cannot do without this expansion.
Photo above: Lourie Center and Adventist HealthCare leadership, the Bainum Family Foundation, the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation and other donors gathered at the Rockville site on October 23, 2018 to mark the planned expansion.
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TRAINING, EDUCATION AND CONSULTATION We provide evidenced-based training, education and consultation in infant and early childhood development and mental health for parents, providers and policymakers.
Worldwide Leader in Mental Health Comes to Town
The Lourie Center hosted Dr. Peter Fonagy on March 16 to help strengthen the Lourie Center’s expertise in early childhood mental health care, specifically focused on a therapeutic approach called “mentalization.” Dr. Fonagy is the chief executive of the Anna Freud National Centre for
Children & Families, Professor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science and Head of the Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology at University College London.
More than 110 members of The Lourie Center team and several community members attended the event, which was held at the Universities at Shady Grove Crockett Theater.
Dr. Fonagy holds professorships at Baylor College of Medicine, Yale and Harvard Medical Schools. His research in early development and attachment has positively influenced social policy in early childcare, adoption, and mental healthcare with more than 500 scientific papers, 260 chapters, and 19 co-authored books. He is a visionary educator, clinician, and researcher dedicated to improving the development of the human family.
Dr. Fonagy’s visit brought The Lourie Center together with the Anna Freud Center to explore ways to advance the field of early development, particularly around trauma and attachment-based work.
Sharing Best Practices in Early Childhood Mental Health & EducationLast spring, The Lourie Center and Adventist HealthCare Behavioral Health & Wellness Services (now part of Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center) hosted a symposium titled “Securing Relationships Through Reflection & Interaction: Transformational Growth in the Face of Early Childhood Adversity” at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda.
The symposium featured leading clinicians and researchers in infant and early childhood mental health, including keynote speaker Dr. Arietta Slade of the Yale Child Study Center and Dr. Neil Boris of the Circle of Security.
Participants learned about how best to support caregivers and children facing adverse early childhood experiences. Several attachment-based intervention models were presented including Minding the Baby, Attachment Bio-Behavioral Catchup, Circle of Security, and the Therapeutic Nursery Program. These programs are critical in helping transform the lives of young children and their families.
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The Lourie Center strives to be a national leader in research to advance science and treatment in infant and early childhood mental health and education, with a particular focus on how trauma impacts learning and development.
Improving Care for Parents and Children through ResearchResearch by Lourie Center clinicians Drs. Jimmy Venza, Kristen Capps, and Stephanie Olarte and University of Haifa professor Dr. Yair Ziv was published in a special edition of Attachment & Human Development, a highly regarded journal in child and family development. The research included a four year span of The Lourie Center’s Therapeutic Nursery Program (TNP). The Lourie Center is grateful to all of our TNP families, children and staff who volunteered to participate in the study.
The article is titled “Early Childhood Trauma in High-risk Families: Associations with Caregiver Emotional Availability and Insightfulness, and Children’s Social Information Processing and Social Behavior.”
Also in this edition of the journal were featured articles from leading researchers around the world to examine the construct of insightfulness, which focuses on the parents’ ability to reflect on the thoughts, feelings and intentions of their children.
Insightfulness is thought to be a key developmental achievement that helps children and parents be successful: at school, at work, and in relationships. This concept is also pivotal to helping clinicians design more effective intervention programs that support parenting and children’s learning, especially when facing early traumatic experiences.
Helping the Nation’s Educators Cope with TraumaThe Lourie Center’s Therapeutic Nursery Program team led a workshop on Transforming Trauma in Preschool at the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) conference last fall in Washington, D.C.
An overflow crowd of childcare providers and administrators actively engaged in sharing experiences and learning strategies from The Lourie Center’s intervention-based Therapeutic Nursery Program to improve their own work with young children.
The Therapeutic Nursery Program research was also showcased during a poster presentation at the conference.
RESEARCH
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Third Annual Little Heroes’ Parade & Fair
More than 300 little heroes and their parents, friends and supporters attended the Lourie Center’s third annual Little Heroes’ Parade & Fair on October 6 at Veterans Plaza in downtown Silver Spring, Md. This year’s Grand Marshal, Dr. Carol Weyland Conner, led the parade and welcomed the children and
families with these words:
“The achievements of the Lourie Center during the last year are remarkable and merit all of our enthusiasm as we parade around the plaza and zestfully cheer on the new school year, which will include a significant expansion of The Lourie Center to double the number of worthy children they will reach.
Thank you to the following sponsors for making the event possible:
M&T Bank The Walker Group
Baker Donelson NIH Federal Credit Union
DECO Recovery Management, LLCEve & David Farber
S. Kann Sons Co. Foundation, Inc. Anonymous
Marc Silver (Ad Answer) United Therapeutics
TLC EngineeringCammack
Fernando SomozaGalit Gurevitz Stern
Thomas Venza
IN THE COMMUNITY
The event featured a fun-filled day of activities, including face painting, balloon-animal making, and arts and crafts for little ones and their families to enjoy. The parade of children—all wearing blue superhero capes—was led by Dr. Conner, Bishop Denis Madden of the Baltimore Archdiocese, Dr. Brenda Jones-Harden, Lourie Center Board Member, Dr. Jimmy Venza, executive director of The Lourie Center; and Marcel Wright, Lourie Center Board Chair.
Create Brighter Futures with a Gift to The Lourie Center
Your gift to The Lourie Center will help at-risk infants, young children and their families get a healthy emotional start in life. To make your life-changing contribution, visit LourieCenter.org
or contact Alan Ezagui at 301-761-2762 or [email protected].
