2011 Annual Report - Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic

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Annual Report 2011
to Raise Mental Health Awareness & Advance Well-Being
Our Mission
“To provide quality mental health services to a community in great need by
ensuring easy access and promoting early intervention”
Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic empowers South and Central L.A.’s children and
young adults to get on track to success – to reach goals in school, build healthy
relationships, and enjoy emotional well-being.
Our team of compassionate professionals offers behavioral counseling and
support to individuals and families by:
• Providing family-centered, culturally sensitive and clinically effective
mental health programs in an atmosphere that fosters emotional and social
growth.
• Advocating on behalf of children and their families in order to secure
needed services.
• Pioneering new programs and approaches that advance mental health
services for children and families with the highest indicators of need.
• Engaging in strategic collaborations with community partners, including
schools, preschools, and health care and drug and alcohol service providers
to best identify and treat children in need of mental health and allied
services.
• Promoting self-sufficiency of older youth and adults – with direct services
and links to community support services that enhance success in higher
education, job training, and employment.
• Training mental health professionals and promoting innovative new
approaches.
• Promoting strategic collaborative efforts with schools, preschools and
other human services and advocacy agencies in South and Central Los
Angeles.
• Conducting ongoing evaluations of Clinic services to ensure effective
outcomes.
On the cover:
The Clinic joined this year with Peace Over Violence and Brotherhood Crusade
to raise awareness through “Engaging Men” – an outreach campaign using
theater to enlist young men and boys as allies to combat domestic violence
throughout South and Central L.A. Participants include: (clockwise from the
top) Raymond Mason-Semien, Nadia Gomez, Daniel Arroyo, Jennifer Brown,
Miguel Baez, Brook Brewer, and Jore Neal. To Our Friends & Supporters:
Our mission statement wisely directs the Clinic to focus on
quality, and to ensure access.
The wisdom of that focus is especially apparent as economic
hardship continues to reverberate across the nation, and nowhere
more than in South and Central Los Angeles: Without “access,”
services remain out of reach. Without “quality,” constrained
resources can result in ineffective programs – or worse.
Elizabeth W. Pfromm, M.S., MPA, President/CEO;
with Carlos Perez, Chairperson
Effective awareness efforts create access not only through
positive messages that support mental health and publicize available services, but also combat the barrier
of stigma.
The Clinic continuously contributes to the advancement of quality community-based mental health
services by staff training in evidence-based practices, by piloting new approaches, and by sharing what
we learn with our peers.
Both quality and access thrive when the effort is embraced and supported by volunteers, staff, and
community in a united manner.
In that spirit, we chose as this year’s annual report theme “United to Raise Mental Health Awareness
and Advance Well-Being.”
The Clinic’s investment in its Early Intervention Training Institute advances well-being by training
professionals who serve vulnerable children, ages zero to five, throughout Southern California. So does
our partnership with the University of Southern California, which pairs the world-renowned medical
school and its Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with our expertise in serving pre-school aged
children in South and Central Los Angeles.
Our recent awareness campaign – “Praise A Child Today” – brings a positive, welcoming message of
hope from the Clinic to retail doors and windows across the community – and includes details on how
to contact us. Its success depended entirely on the support of the Figueroa Corridor Partnership – our
business improvement district.
The inspiring youth on our cover capture both diversity and unity – and the smiles that come with
hope. As we enter an election year and much media focus on what divides, we are reminded how
fortunate the Clinic is to unite with friends like you in building community well-being, resilience, and
hope for our children and families.
Our sincere thanks to you for your support.
Carlos Perez
Elizabeth W. Pfromm, M.S., MPA
Chairperson of the Board President/CEO
Awareness and Well-Being | 3
Extensive research – and our own programs – demonstrate that early
intervention for children ages zero to five supports a life-time of resilience,
success, and well-being. Our Early Intervention Training Institute teaches
those who work with infants or toddlers to detect problems early and to
secure help – so that today’s children thrive as adults.
4 | Awareness and Well-Being
Expert Training in Early Detection
With trainees arriving from Ventura,
San Bernardino, and even far-away
Tulare, the Clinic’s Early Intervention
Training Institute has truly taken
flight this year.
“Through the Institute, we share
decades of Clinic expertise and insight
with mental health professionals, preschool staff and others who work with
children ages zero to five both locally
and far beyond our service area,” says
Jacquelyn Christensen, MA, who
organizes trainings for the Institute.
EITI, as the Institute is known,
offers the Clinic an innovative path
to realize key mission statement
goals – namely, improving access
to early intervention and to quality
mental health services through a social
enterprise model.
“We are expert at meeting
mission goals through direct client
services,” says Elena Judd, Ph.D., Vice
President of Programs. “By training
professionals who work with young
children to identify the need for
services like ours – and to do so earlier
– EITI supports those same goals.”
Hope Street Family Center’s Sherrie
Segovia, Psy.D., finds EITI trainings
are helping her own program meet
goals. As mental health services
coordinator for the downtown Los
Angeles program, she and center staff
regularly attend Institute trainings.
EITI her center would rely largely on
national conferences with relatively
high registration and travel costs.
“With EITI, we receive trainings
that are just as in-depth and relevant
– and there is only a one-day
commitment that is close to home.”
To build its own capacity as a solid
training investment, the Clinic pursued
and secured a First 5 LA technical
assistance grant to hone its social
enterprise business plan for EITI.
The Clinic credits its highly
regarded faculty as well for much of
this year’s success – a team led by Chief
Faculty, Connie Lillas, Ph.D., MFT,
RN. The Clinic adopted Dr. Lillas’
acclaimed Neurorelational Framework
– developed together with Janiece
Turnbull, Ph.D. – to inform EITI
curriculum and training development. “The NRF’s interdisciplinary
approach bridges medical, educational,
child welfare, child and family
mental health and early intervention
perspectives. That reflects the Institute’s
focus on supporting practical, strengthbased strategies to address real-world,
complex issues faced by young children
and families,” says Ms. Christensen.
“EITI fills a need in the
community,” says Dr. Segovia. “Our
team of seasoned professionals finds
the trainings refine skills and increase
capacity and knowledge.”
Dr. Lillas’ own experiences as a
mother, a nurse with the County’s
Women’s and Children’s Hospital,
and as a marriage and family therapist
all led to her passion for promoting
the critical importance of social
and emotional well-being in early
childhood. Those experiences also
inform her commitment to make
trainings as relevant as possible.
And at a time of decimated training
budgets, she notes that without
“We walk through the
Neurorelational Framework in the
EITI Faculty, top left to right: Dr. Mayra
Mendez, Dr. Mona Delahooke; bottom left to
right: Dr. Kate Crowley, Dr. Connie Lillas
Jacquelyn Christensen, Training and Evaluation
Associate, and Myisha Driver, Clinical Supervisor
and EITI Trainer
trainings, first applying the concepts
to the trainees’ personal lives, before
they apply it to clinical cases in the
workplace – so it’s not just another
training,” says Dr. Lillas.
Affordable, accessible training for
professionals who can detect problems
at the earliest stages for children in
need – a winning combination, from
Downtown to Tulare!
Born from a national movement for children’s mental health, the
Clinic continues to engage our peers across the country. This year
we brought our innovative 3 R's Program – funded by the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation – to the nation’s largest conference of
mental health professionals, sharing insight on the special needs
of immigrant children and families.
Sharing School-Based
Innovation – Nationally
1924 saw major milestones reached
in Los Angeles: The local population
topped one million for the first time.
Mulholland Drive opened scenic
vistas to weekend drivers. Hollywood
launched MGM Studios and Columbia
Pictures.
And here in South and Central Los
Angeles, as a result of the national
movement for children’s mental health,
Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic
opened its doors for families and
children in need.
“Our Clinic archives include dusty,
90-year-old journals that tell our early
story,” says Clinic President and CEO
Elizabeth Pfromm, M.S., MPA. “It’s
an inspiring tale of national advocates
launching Child Guidance clinics in
major cities throughout America –
including here in L.A.”
The Clinic honors this legacy by
regularly sharing local innovations with
peers across the country. “In doing so,
we contribute to continuous national
transformation and improvement of
mental health services for children and
youth – almost nine decades after our
founding,” says Ms. Pfromm.
A notable example – this year,
the Clinic was selected through a
competitive review process to present
at the Mental Health and Addictions
Conference, hosted in San Diego by
the National Council For Community
Behavioral Healthcare.
In “Relationships, Resiliency,
Recovery: A Partnership for Schoolbased Mental Health,” key partners
of our 3 R’s program presented a
model designed to provide culturally
competent, trauma-informed schoolbased mental health services for
immigrant children.
The presentation featured Eric
Inouye, LCSW, our Community
Access Coordinator, together with
Diana Ruiz, Healthy Start Program
Coordinator at Norwood Elementary
School – our program partner for this
Robert Wood Johnson Foundationfunded national project.
In the tradition of Clinic innovation,
the 3 R’s included a novel “cinema
therapy” approach, using films like El
Norte to facilitate group discussion
on difficult themes such as trauma
and violence common to immigration
experience.
With over 2500 mental health
professionals and advocates from across
the country attending the conference,
the team’s presentation found a rapt
audience: “Not only were we talking to
professionals with great interest in this
topic,” recalls Mr. Inouye, “we were
deepening knowledge among our peers
by sharing Clinic innovation that is
out there in the field right now – and
hopefully inspiring them to innovate as
well.”
Diana Ruiz, Norwood’s Healthy Start Program
Coordinator and Eric Inouye, Community Access
Coordinator
a smile. “Our core group of highly
motivated parents made it their mission
to spread the word about the new
services available to families.”
Nine decades later, the great tradition
of “spreading the word” continues to
benefit children in South and Central
L.A. and beyond.
Mr. Inouye’s presentation
highlighted the role strong school
partners play in the success of oncampus services. Norwood’s Healthy
Start Program created a platform for
effective parent engagement – a key
component in overcoming stigma and
creating awareness among consumers.
“It was really the parents who
made this project,” says Ms. Ruiz with
Dr. Larry Braslow, Clinic Chief
Psychiatrist, with USC Psychiatric
Residents Joseph Chen (left) and Jeriel
Lorca (right)
Michelle Zavala,
Clinical Therapist
Training Tomorrow’s Child Psychiatrists
A degree in child psychiatry from
USC’s prestigious Keck School of
Medicine today includes face-time
with three-year-olds at Los Angeles
Child Guidance Clinic – a “winwin” not only for both institutions,
but especially for child psychiatry
fellows and the children they see.
“We’re very happy about the
program,” says Erica Shoemaker
M.D., MPH – head of the Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of
Southern California/ LAC + USC
Medical Center Keck School of
Medicine.
“Our residents rarely see children
younger than six at the Medical
Center,” says Dr. Shoemaker. By
placing second-year residents at
the Clinic for a rotation, the Keck
School ensures residents receive at
least one quarter of intensive exposure to very young children with
very high needs.
Tuesdays during that rotation are
spent with Clinic Chief Psychiatrist
Lawrence Braslow, M.D. His program for residents includes group
supervision, didactic learning, and
case conferences with direct service
experience in both the Clinic’s Day
Treatment program and Outpatient
Services.
“They’ve read Piaget and Erikson
– now they get to see it and apply
it,” says Dr. Braslow. In perhaps
their greatest challenge, he requires
residents to actually experience running an activity for the preschoolers
in the day treatment milieu.
“It’s something they’ve never
done, and it creates empathy in them
for the milieu workers’ role,” says Dr.
Braslow. “Most importantly it allows
them to collect better information
from adults who care for children,”
noting that child psychiatrists typically get most referrals directly from
teachers and worried parents. “So the
experience is designed to allow for
better understanding of symptoms as
described by these significant adults
in their lives.”
Working with residents and
teaching them to successfully
provide services for these young
children is something Dr. Braslow
also knows a bit about. Having supervised the program for the Clinic
for over 15 years, he was honored as
2010’s “Teacher of the Year” in the
Psychiatric Residency Program at
Keck’s Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
But the best reward of all may be
the very tangible results Dr. Braslow
sees from the program: It has attracted graduates to our own team
of psychiatrists, and all trainees
carry unique knowledge gleaned
through the program into community settings in Los Angeles and
beyond.
“Our former residents come back
and thank us for giving them this experience,” says Dr. Braslow. “Having
had the experience of working with
young children in a South and Central Los Angeles Clinic, they’re ready
to go anywhere they are needed.”
Success Comes Full Circle
Clinic therapist Michelle Zavala,
MSW, brings her special insight on
how neighborhood youth who want
to give back to the community can
do so through USC and the Clinic.
The Clinic has supported USC’s
Family of Schools program since
its inception 17 years ago. The
program’s affiliated Neighborhood
Academic Initiative includes a
Saturday on-campus enrichment
program for neighborhood junior
high and high school students, and
participants even earn a chance to
attend USC tuition-free.
Ms. Zavala is one of over 200
local students who won that scholarship. That in turn became an
opportunity to pursue a career helping students from the neighborhood
through the Clinic.
“I just wanted to give back,” Ms.
Zavala says of her decision to pursue
a career in social work.
She recently made a full circle in
her journey, visiting her alma mater
– Manual Arts High School – to see
her first Clinic client there as part of
our School-Based Services.
And five years after graduating
from USC, Ms. Zavala still spends
Saturday mornings tutoring local
students on USC’s campus.
She credits partnerships like
the Family of Schools for creating
an atmosphere of success. “They
called us all ‘scholars.’ That made
a difference – they really believed
in us, so we started to believe in
ourselves too.”
The Clinic continually invests in staff development, but perhaps
never more intensely than in 2010. Los Angeles County Department
of Mental Health implementation of California’s Mental Health
Services Act led to widespread adoption of “evidenced-based”
treatment models which our highly-trained teams have embraced.
New Treatment Models,
Transformed Lives
Luke – a participant of the Clinic’s
Seeking Safety program – brightens
up the room as he shares his story.
Once mired in substance-abuse fueled
crises, he’s now focused on finishing
high school and has a job he loves in
auto repair – with a goal of starting his
own business.
The young Latino man credits his
work with Clinic Family Advocate
Martha Espinoza with getting him to
this point. She, in turn, credits Seeking
Safety, a new tool in her arsenal which
helps keep treatment on track and moves
the process along at a steady pace.
“Continuous work force
transformation is a Clinic hallmark
– one that ensures providers like
Martha get the tools and the training
they need, and ensures our programs
remain at the forefront of best
practice,” says Elena Judd, Ph.D., Vice
President of Programs.
Over the last year, such
transformation accelerated as never
before as the Clinic adopted a set of
evidence-based practices like Seeking
Safety, part of a county-wide system
transformation under California’s
Mental Health Services Act.
Such evidence-based practices
– or EBPs – have been developed
using rigorous scientific methods to
document effectiveness. They provide
clear protocols for service providers to
use proven methods to treat specific
problems with outcome measurement
tools that allow them, together with
the clients and families, to track
improvement.
“The EBP model provides a clear
focus and approach to therapeutic
practice for incoming service
providers,” says Joshua PotterEfron, LCSW, Outpatient Services
Coordinator at the Clinic’s Leimert
Park site.
“With the implementation of
EBPs,” says Adam Sternberg, Psy.D.,
Clinic Evidence-Based Practices
Coordinator, “we enjoy an increased
support system within the mental
health community. We find ourselves
consulting with developers of the
model and sister agencies to make sure
we all are implementing the models
with efficiency and fidelity.”
Joshua Potter-Efron, Outpatient Services
Coordinator at Leimert Park, and Dr. Adam
Sternberg, Clinic Evidence-Based Practices
Coordinator
Dr. Sternberg is seeing many cases
like Luke’s using the newly adopted
models.
“Our clients may not know the
research behind the new models,”
says Dr. Sternberg, “but what they do
know is that this type of intervention
is working. We have clients coming
in and saying, ‘Let’s try that again. I
think it helped.’”
Mariana Shpall, Director of Outpatient Services
“Continuous work force transformation
is a Clinic hallmark, and one that ensures
our programs remain at the forefront of
best practice.” — Dr. Elena Judd
Betrice Coleman-Sweet, Clinic Outreach and Communications Intern, at a participating
neighborhood dental clinic.
Community well-being is a shared goal –
one embraced by local business leaders
and neighborhood merchants in our
“Praise A Child Today” campaign. Our
awareness campaign coincided with
national observance of Children’s Mental
Health Awareness Month in May.
Partnering With Local Business To
Increase Awareness
“I’m Proud of You.” – Simple words that
mean the world to a child when shared
by a parent or caregiver, and the focus
of an awareness campaign co-sponsored
this year by the Clinic and the Figueroa
Corridor Partnership.
relationship with the area. Born and
raised within walking distance of the
office where he now works, Mr. Talavera
has represented the Clinic at the BID
for well over a decade, and has served as
its treasurer since 2007.
The Partnership – our local business
improvement district or “BID” – brings
together merchants and businesses large
and small, churches, museums, the
Clinic, USC and other communitybased service providers to promote
and help manage the Figueroa/
Flower/Vermont Corridor, which links
downtown to Exposition Park.
This year, he helped usher a new
concept through the Partnership’s board
of directors - a jointly branded poster
urging adults in the area to praise a
child, and to contact the Clinic for a
free, bilingual refrigerator magnet with
“100 Ways to Praise A Child.”
“Poverty and unemployment create
so much stress, and too often lead
to the very violence and trauma that
brings families to our Clinic,” says
Clinic Vice President of Finance and
Administration Steve Talavera. “So our
mission dovetails perfectly with that of
the Partnership to cultivate a safe, clean,
prosperous area that promotes quality
jobs, education, and recreation.”
The Partnership’s success has been
no small matter: Since its launch
thirteen years ago, the BID has been
a key partner in attracting $2 billion
in private and public investments to
the area – from landscaped medians
and “streetscaping” to major projects
that include new parking structures,
housing projects, and on-campus
improvements at USC, Mt. St. Mary’s
and area public schools.
Talavera – who celebrated his 20th
anniversary with the Clinic this year
– has ensured the Clinic contributed
to that success, part of his life-long
Steve Gibson, Figueroa Corridor Partnership Executive
Director; and Steve Talavera, Vice President of Finance
and Administration
“Every Sunday we pull out the
magnet and share it with our grandson,”
says Talavera. “This simple reminder on
our fridge really helps focus the family
on remembering to praise him for all he
does well.”
The BID’s board embraced the
poster idea, resulting in over 70
placards placed prominently in local
eateries, grocery stores, nail salons,
dental clinics and more.
Partnership Executive Director
Steve Gibson sent letters to each BID
member urging participation during
May, which is Children’s Mental
Health Awareness Month.
He praises the Clinic for generating
the campaign message – and for
reaching out to the BID. In fact, he
personally put forth the board motion
in support of the project, and joined
Clinic leadership at the annual city hall
declaration of “Los Angeles Children’s
Mental Health Awareness Day.”
“We have the magnet in our home
as well,” says Gibson – who especially
Bright metal signs mark the Figueroa Corridor
neighborhood.
welcomes help with Spanish phrases for
his two bilingual grandchildren. “It’s
an incredibly important and simple
message, and a reminder that often we
don’t praise kids as much as we could.” Gibson – who manages several such
BIDs throughout Southern California
– notes the importance of coordinating
the Partnership’s work with that of the
Clinic.
“This is a community that is eager
and willing to support change, and to
improve the lives of all.” Awareness and Well-Being | 13
EARLY INTERVENTION AND COMMUNITY WELLNESS
First Steps
Our First Steps Program provides
primary prevention services for at-risk
families raising infants and toddlers in
the communities of South and Central
Los Angeles. Families in the program
have often experienced high exposure
to intense stressors – including violence
and poverty – which negatively impact
healthy early development for children.
In the program’s home-visiting model,
mental health professionals partner
with parents to help them develop
healthy attachment bonds with their
children. Extensive research has
demonstrated strong attachment bonds
act as a protective factor in reducing
the likelihood of future mental health
problems. These bonds help children
build resiliency, increase their ability
to overcome challenges, stimulate
developmental skills, and develop healthy
relationships throughout their lives.
Outpatient Services
Clinic outpatient services include
children ages zero to five who exhibit a
spectrum of behavioral and emotional
problems. Such problems include
aggression, defiance, inattention,
hyperactivity, depressed mood, anxiety,
and difficulty with attachment to
caregivers. Our outpatient services
focus on relationship-based services,
including family therapy, skill-building
rehabilitation, and case management.
This approach builds on family
strengths, embraces cultural diversity,
and empowers parents through
skills development and education.
We provide services at locations to
accommodate client need, including
the Clinic, clients’ homes, day care
centers, and preschool/kindergarten
classrooms.
Early Intervention Day
Treatment
This program meets the needs of
children ages two-and-a-half to five
who exhibit severe emotional and
behavioral disorders – disorders that
at an early age are interfering with
family functioning, and may even
have resulted in expulsion from
preschool. Clinic professional staff
works with these children in a highly
structured and nurturing, preschool
type environment. The program
reinforces appropriate interactions
through building relationships and
the use of a behavior management
system. Art, music and movement are
also utilized to engage children in safe
self-expression. Parents and caregivers
participate in family therapy, support
groups, and therapeutic services
provided during home visits.
Multidisciplinary Assessment
Team (MAT) Services
MAT is a collaboration with the
County Department of Children and
Family Services and the Department
of Mental Health, and is designed
to provide timely feedback to the
court system on how to best meet
the needs of children entering the
foster care system. Through the
program, children’s mental health,
developmental, social, educational,
and medical needs are evaluated.
Biological parents, foster parents and
relative caregivers are interviewed and
assessed in terms of strengths and needs
in providing the children optimal care.
They are provided needed resources
to enhance their ability to meet the
children’s needs, which in turn reduces
any need for multiple out-of-home
placements. The program’s ultimate
goal is for children to return to their
own biological parents whenever
possible.
Family Resource Center
Modeled on California Family Resource
Association guidelines, the Clinic’s
Family Resource Center provides
family-focused, community-based,
culturally and linguistically competent
assistance aimed at developing selfsufficiency. The FRC is designed to
provide highly relational support to
help distressed parents navigate child
welfare, special education, and mental
health services and resources. At the
heart of the FRC is the understanding
that our families struggle to raise
children against the backdrop of
multiple stressors that can disrupt
healthy development. With parents
providing the greatest influence on their
child’s overall development, FRC works
directly with them to ensure basic
family needs are met.
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
School-Based Services
The Clinic provides on-site mental
health services at 20 Los Angeles
Unified School District high schools,
middle and elementary schools. The
Clinic employs a spectrum of strategies
to help students address their mental
health problems, including individual,
group and family treatments.
Untreated, these problems can often
become significant obstacles in
their ability to learn and interact in
classroom settings.
Access Center
The major “port of entry” for Clinic
services, our Access Center’s Walk-In
Clinic provides no-fee, no-appointment
mental health screening for children, as
well as crisis intervention and linkages
to community resources. Therapists
work together with family advocates
to assure families’ immediate needs
are met and services are initiated.
The Access Center offers child care
to increase families’ ability to utilize
services, and is open from 8:00 a.m. to
noon five days a week.
Family Services. In our capacity as
a collaborating partner, the Clinic
provides mental health services to
children and families enrolled in this
program. We work to improve family
cohesion, and empower families to
draw on strengths to find alternative
ways to manage stressors.
Outpatient Services
Our comprehensive diagnostic,
treatment and crisis intervention
services for children, adolescents, and
their families are offered at the Clinic
or in the home. These services include
individual, group and family therapy,
case management, skill-building
rehabilitation, and medication services.
We focus on treatment for trauma as
the heart of our interventions, with a
primary focus on helping caregivers
improve ability to manage stressors
that negatively impact the well-being
of their children.
CalWORKs
California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)
is a welfare-to-work program designed
to assist parents with minor children
successfully transition to gainful
employment. In partnership with the
Department of Public Social Services,
the Clinic provides support for parents
experiencing barriers to employment
due to mental health problems.
With our help, parents increase selfsufficiency while decreasing reliance
on public support. Services include
individual, family, and group treatment,
as well as medication support. Through
the program, we provide linkages to
valuable community resources, such
as housing, childcare, and English as a
Second Language classes.
Family Preservation
Family Preservation works with
children who have come to the
attention of the Los Angeles County
Probation Department or the
County Department of Children
and Family Services, with a goal of
preventing removal from parental care
at home. This program is operated
by lead agencies under contract to
the Department of Children and
Life Learning Program
Our Life Learning Program
serves adolescents and young
adults ages 15 to 25 who have
significant mental health problems,
equipping them with essential
skills and experiences to transition
successfully to independent
community life. Employment
services, rehabilitation, case
management, and medication
services are blended to provide a
wide range of needed services. We
assist young adults in developing
positive peer relationships, and
obtaining stable housing, higher
education, job opportunities,
and access to other community
resources. Special weekend and
evening recreational and cultural
enrichment activities are organized
to engage these young adults and
expose them to opportunities
outside their daily life experiences.
The Clinic partners with the State
Department of Rehabilitation and
the County Department of Mental
Health Cooperative Program to
provide this life skills training,
which is nationally accredited by
the Commission on Accreditation
of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
INTENSIVE SERVICES
Full Service Partnerships
With resources generated through California’s Mental Health Services
Act, the Full Service Partnership (FSP) provides a comprehensive array of
intensive, coordinated services for underserved, high-risk children exhibiting
severe behavioral and emotional problems. Therapists, parent partners, family
advocates, and psychiatrists offer parents and caregivers therapy, skill-building
rehabilitation, case management, medication services, and substance abuse
treatment services in locations that work best for each individual family. In
addition, FSP offers nontraditional support services, such as funds to help a
family pay for costs associated with supporting their child’s mental health and
pro-social behavior. FSP requires active family involvement as the primary
agent of change. Services are planned by the family and child to meet each
family’s unique needs. Parent partners are vital in engaging families, as well
as assisting them to navigate through systems of community resources.
Wraparound
The Clinic’s Wraparound program serves families with a child who has been
in or is at risk of high-level residential placement. A nationally recognized
model of service delivery, this Department of Children and Family Services
initiative is driven by family-designated teams that include professional staff,
family members, and other community members. With flexible Department
of Children and Family Services funding, teams tailor services to do whatever
it takes to help a family keep their child in the community. Customized
interventions include mental health and other supportive services, as well as
activities that support optimal functioning for the youth involved. Parent
partners provide primary support, working with parents and caregivers to
build on family strengths to create a better future for their child.
TRAINING
Early Intervention Training Institute
The Clinic created the Early Intervention Training Institute
as a response to the expanding need for more early childhood
mental health training in Los Angeles County. The Early
Intervention Training Institute increases the capacity of
community-based, educational agencies and other key
“gatekeepers” in identifying children at risk for emotional,
behavioral or social delays, as well as other challenges.
Additionally, we train professionals in effective interventions
with these children and their families in settings such as
mental health agencies, Head Start and day care centers,
and child welfare organizations. The program today draws
trainees and requests for trainings from throughout Southern
California.
Child Psychiatry Residents Training
Through a longstanding affiliation with the University of
Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, Division of
Child Adolescent Psychiatry, the Clinic provides residents with
on-site psychiatric training in the diagnosis and treatment
of children ages five and younger. Psychiatrists receive
specialized training during a four-month rotation, while the
Clinic benefits by having additional psychiatrists included in
our early intervention programming. With the availability of
these additional psychiatrists, the Clinic is able to increase the
number of families and children served by highly qualified staff.
Psychology Intern Program
The Psychology Intern Program allows doctoral students to
participate in a nine-month training program of intensive
supervision, didactic seminars, and direct services to clients
and families. Founded in 1998, the program has been named
a California Psychology Internship Council Training site.
Reflecting the program’s success, graduating interns regularly
seek to continue their relationship with us as employees –
happily resulting in well-trained, highly educated clinicians
on staff with proven skills and commitment to our strengthbased, culturally competent services.
“Having had the experience of
working with young children in
a South and Central Los Angeles
Clinic, our psychiatric residents
are ready to go anywhere they
are needed.”
— Dr. Larry Braslow
Celestial Donors
For their cumulative and outright giving in support of Clinic programs and
ongoing operations, our heartfelt thanks to these good friends, our angels. It is
through this generous support that our program efforts bring hope and help to
children and families.
Diamond Angels
$1,000,000 and up
The Hulen C. Callaway Trust
First 5/LA-Proposition 10 Commission
Mrs. Charles Luckman
Ruth Russell Shelby
Ruby Angels
$500,000-999,999
The Atlas Family Foundation
The California Endowment
The United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Emerald Angels
$250,000-499,999
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
S. Mark Taper Foundation
Sapphire Angels
$100,000-249,999
The Ahmanson Foundation
California Community Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation
Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
The Rose Hills Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hirsch
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim
Dwight Stuart Youth Foundation
UniHealth Foundation
Weingart Foundation
Adrianne and Robert Zarnegin
Pearl Angels
$50,000-99,999
Anonymous
Anonymous
The Auxiliary of the Los Angeles Child
Guidance Clinic
Nancy and Bob Brachman
Catholic Healthcare West
Crail-Johnson Foundation
Les Dames de Champagne of Los Angeles
Joseph Drown Foundation
Victoria Erteszek Foote for the Erteszek
Family Foundation
The families of John R. Liebman and Bonnie
A. Kohl, and the late Marilyn Liebman
William S. Louchheim
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Moelis
The Kenneth T. and
Eileen L. Norris Foundation
Ms. Monica C. Petrucci
The Skirball Foundation
Lon V. Smith Foundation
Sweet-Friedlander Family
The Flora L. Thornton Foundation
The Walt Disney Company Foundation
Ms. Virginia M. Wilson
Robert and Joyce Zaitlin
Platinum Angels
$25,000-49,999
The Bice Passavant Foundation
Chapman and Associates Charitable
Foundation
Confidence Foundation
The Everhealth Foundation – Honoring the
Memory of Frederick I. Frischling
The Hearst Foundation, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Quinton C. James
George C. Page
Ms. Elizabeth W. Pfromm
SHARE, Inc.
Mr. Bernard P. Smith
J. B. and Emily Van Nuys Charities
The Victor Family
Whitecap Foundation
Gold Angels
$15,000-24,999
Anonymous
Ms. Elaine Carey
The Cleveland Foundation
Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy
Employees Charity Organization of
Northrop Grumman
Bernard and Ellyn Gelson
George Hoag Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hochberg
The Thomas and Dorothy Leavey
Foundation
Los Angeles Times Summer Camp Fund
The Harold McAlister Charitable
Foundation
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Robin and Tom Moody
Mr. Carlos Perez
Pfaffinger Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Royer
Shamrock Holdings of California, Inc.
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.
Transamerica Foundation
Carl E. Wynn Foundation
Silver Angels
$7,500-14,999
Bank of America Foundation
BP Foundation
Cactus Classic Golf Tournament
California Children and Families
Commission
Ms. Martha C. de la Torre
Employees Community Fund of
Boeing California
The David Geffen Foundation
Diane and Guilford Glazer
Adriana and Marvin Karno
KTLA Charities
Morelle Lasky Levine
Lions Club of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times Family Fund
Ms. Sonia Mercado
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neary
PacifiCare Foundation
Adrienne and Kenneth Pingree
Wendy and Ken Ruby
Dr. Ruth Sinay and Mr. Joseph Sinay
Nancy and Craig Smith
Society of Young Philanthropists
Robert J. Stransky Foundation
The Times Mirror Foundation
Union Bank of California
Kay and Richard Van Horn
R.S. Zarnegin Continuation Ltd.
Bronze Angels
$2,500-7,499
Anonymous
Mrs. Howard Ahmanson
American Psychiatric Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. August
The Aron Warner Fund
The R. C. Baker Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Banchik
Frank G. Binswanger III
The Brotman Foundation of California
Mrs. Cecil Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Evis J. Coda
Rolland and Yoshie Cooper
Mary and Tom DeMund
Noelle and Jeff Donfeld
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Essakow
Betty J. Friedlander and Robert D. Haines
Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher
Mr. and Mrs. Todd and Terry Gilman
Mr. Emerson Glazer
Ms. Erika Glazer
Governor’s Book Fund, California State
Library Foundation
Ms. Jane Hefflefinger
Hollywood Park Racing Charities, Inc.
Ms. Shelly Holmes
Audrey and Sydney Irmas Charitable
Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Jason
Kaiser Foundation Hospital of Los Angeles
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Kleiner-Cohen Foundation
Nancy and Jim Krasne
Ms. Susan R. Levin
Marlene and Sandy Louchheim
Wayne Moore
Alexander and Dafne Moradi
Ilene and Jeff Nathan
Peter Norton Family Foundation
Oak Tree Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Paduano
Mr. Keith W. Renken
Anthony P. Ressler and Jami B. Gertz
The Riordan Foundation
The Honorable and Mrs. Maxwell Hilary
Salter
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sanders
Mr. Brion R. Sasaki
Ms. Helen L. Scharps
Mr. Brad Scott
The SKETCH Foundation
Mitchell J. Stein Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Stoddard
Mrs. Leonard Straus
Raeann and Steven Talavera
Dr. Thomas F. Trott
Mr. Edgar Twine, Esq.
Universal Studios
Torrey Webb Charitable Trust
Wells Fargo Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanford Whiting
Endowment Angels
The Steve Neuman Special Fund
The Charles A. and Margaret W. Pollak Trusts
The Marilyn Liebman Arts Enrichment Fund
Annual Honor Roll of Donors
Fiscal Year July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
The Clinic is deeply grateful for gifts received this past fiscal year from old friends and first-time
supporters alike to support our comprehensive array of programs and services. This support is a vital
contribution to the Clinic’s ongoing efforts to offer help and hope for children and their families.
Champions
$25,000 and Up
The Atlas Family Foundation
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Leaders
$5,000 - 24,000
Anonymous
Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation
Catholic Healthcare West
The Families of John R. Liebman and
Bonnie A. Kohl, and the late Marilyn
Liebman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Louchheim
Lon V. Smith Foundation
Society of Young Philanthropists
Ms. Virginia M. Wilson
Adrianne and Robert Zarnegin
Benefactors
$1,000 - 4,999
Anonymous
The Bice Passavant Foundation
Mr. Bob Brachman
Kleiner-Cohen Foundation
Ms. Martha C. de la Torre
Employees Charity Organization of
Northrop Grumman
Victoria Erteszek Foote for the Erteszek
Family Foundation
Ms. Marcia Glick
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hirsch
Morelle Lasky Levine
Ms. Sonia Mercado
Robin and Tom Moody
Mr. Carlos Perez
Mr. Kenneth A. Ruby
Sidney Stern Memorial Trust
Nancy and Craig Smith
The Victor Family
Ms. Joyce Zaitlin
Patrons
$500 – 999
Ms. Shelly Holmes
Wayne Moore
Dr. Thomas Trott
Kay and Richard Van Horn
Ms. Jennifer Lee Zweber
Friends
$250 – 499
Mrs. Cecil B. Brown
Ms. Elaine Carey
Mrs. and Mr. Carol and Dick Kemp
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neary
Dr. Pamela D. Perry-Hunter
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sanders
Truist Altruism, Connected
Dr. and Mrs. John and Judy Wells
Associates
$100 – 249
Dr. and Mrs. David Bender
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin M. Chalek
Ms. Margaret Farnum
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Gallagher
Joanne Marie and Marcel George
Ms. Margaret Howe
Dr. and Mrs. Marvin and Adriana Karno
Dr. Stanley J. Leiken
Ms. Margaret Ann MacDonald
Ms. Sybil W. Stoller
Mr. John Trott
Mr. Gary Williams
Supporters
$25 – 99
Ms. Anne L. Arend
Mr. and Mrs. Brent D. Bradley
Ms. Betty J. Friedlander and
Mr. Bob Haines
Ms. Alyson Goodall
Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Janet Kessler
Mr. Sheldon H. Levy
Mr. Cesar Portillo
Dr. Greta S. Pruitt
Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Denise Weinstock
Ms. Madeleine Seltzer Williams
Ms. Gertrude Barwick
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth and Jane Brown
In honor of Dr. Quinton James
Mrs. and Mr. Carol and Dick Kemp
In memory of Nancy Kemp
The Families of John R. Liebman and
Bonnie A. Kohl, and the late
Marilyn Liebman
In honor of the Liebman and Nylund
grandchildren
Mr. and Mrs. Todd and Terry Gilman
In honor of Mark and Cathy Louchheim for
their work with the Clinic
Ms. Jane Petipas
In honor of Tom Moody
Ms. Nanci Nishimura
In honor of Tokiko Nishimura
Dr. Areta Crowell
In honor of Elizabeth W. Pfromm
Mr. Bob Brachman
In memory of Sophie Shapiro
Access and Safety Campaign
Capital Improvements
The Ahmanson Foundation
S. Mark Taper Foundation
Weingart Foundation
In-Kind Gifts
Avi Resort & Casino
Build-a-Bear Workshop
Children’s Book World
The Comedy & Magic Club
Cubs for Kids
El Pollo Loco
Golf n’ Stuff
The Gymboree Corporation
Legoland California Resort
Merri Jill Finstrom
Mountain High Resort
Real Mex Restaurants
South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
Toyota Speedway at Irwindale
Universal Studios
Wild Rivers Waterpark
Neuman Fund Contributors
Bob Brachman
Ms. Laura Trott
In honor of Dr. Thomas Trott
In honor of Kay Miller, Roberta Goodnow,
and Emily Warner
Tribute and Memorial Gifts
In memory of Betty Belton
Audrey and Donald Humphries
In memory of Agnes and Quinton James
Mapping a Stronger Community
Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic Offices
1. University Park Site
3031 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles
2. Exposition Park Site
3787 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles
Vermont
21
La Cienega Blvd.
14
School-Based Services Partners
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
18
19
13
3. Leimert Park Site
4401 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles
20
10
9
15
6
8
16
24
12
4
Alameda
Western
Slauson Ave
17
23
11
St.
5
Manchester Blvd
22
7
The Los Angeles Child Guidance
Clinic empowers children and
young adults in South and
Central L.A. to get on track to
success with easy-to-access
behavioral health services. We
work from our three locations
within the community, in local
schools, in parks and other
community settings, and in the
privacy of our clients’ homes.
52nd Street Elementary School
75th Street Elementary School
Alexander Science Center School
95th Street Preparatory School
Audubon Middle School
Tom Bradley Environmental Science and
Humanities Magnet
10.28th Street Elementary School
11. 68th Street Elementary School
12.William and Carol Ouchi High School
13. Dorsey High School
14.Foshay Learning Center
15. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
16.Manual Arts Senior High School
17. Nevin Avenue Elementary School
18.Norwood Street ElementarySchool
19. Vermont Avenue Elementary School
20.L. B. Weemes Elementary School
21. West Adams Preparatory High School
22.Woodcrest Elementary School
23.The Accelerated School
Other Service Site Partners
24.South Central Family Health Center
25.Good Shepherd Shelter (location not disclosed)
Left to right: Luncheon emcee Azalea Iñiguez, Telemundo TV52; Elizabeth W. Pfromm, Clinic President & CEO; Carlos Perez, Chairperson, Clinic Board
of Directors; Sandy Banks, L.A. Times; Dr. Evis Coda.
Clinic Honors LA Times’ Sandy Banks & USC Family Of Schools
The Clinic’s Annual Awards Luncheon
this year recognized Los Angeles Times
Columnist Sandy Banks and the USC
Family of Schools for their extraordinary
efforts on behalf of children and families
in great need.
Ms. Banks – whose columns provide
insightful and compelling focus on
children in local foster care – received
the Clinic’s Evis Coda Award for Building
Hope for Families.
“Sandy Banks’ compassionate
advocate’s voice helps the Times’
900,000 readers better understand
the special challenges faced by foster
children, and in doing so builds public
support for the frayed safety net meant
to protect and support them,” said Clinic
President and CEO Elizabeth Pfromm.
USC’s Family of
Schools program received
the Quinton James Award
for Making a Difference.
In addition to offering
SAT prep, access to USC
students for tutoring and
mentoring and more,
the university raised $11
million for partner schools
and organizations through
the program – funds
donated by USC faculty
and staff.
Left to right: Tom Sayles, Senior Vice President for University
Relations; Carlos Perez; Elizabeth Pfromm
“The USC Family of Schools creates synergy and leadership in our
neighborhoods, with extraordinary results for 15 local schools and over 7,000
students annually,” said Ms. Pfromm. “We are proud to have engaged with the
program since its inception in 1994, and honor the University’s commitment
to life-changing opportunities for local youth.”
Clinic Leadership
Service Highlights
Clients Served
3,403 children and family members benefited from
Clinic services.
Outpatient Visits
51,707 mental health outpatient visits were provided
at three community-based Clinic offices, as well as
on-site at 20 local schools, in clients’ homes, and
other community sites.
The Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic is indebted to
the governing leadership of our Board of Directors and
the guidance and assistance of our Advisory Board.
These individuals, working in close partnership with
Executive Staff, give generously of their time, talents,
and resources in carrying out our mission.
Board of Directors
Officers
Carlos Perez
Chairperson
Deloitte & Touche, LLP, rtd.
Peter Nylund
Telepacific Communications
Shelly Holmes
Chairperson Elect
The Rogers Group
Thomas F. Trott, M.D., Ph.D.
A Medical Corporation
Martha C. de la Torre
Vice Chairperson
El Clasificado
Michael W. Stoddard
Virginia M. Wilson
TIAA-CREF
Advisory Board
Victoria Erteszek Foote, Co-Founder
Robert Zarnegin, Co-Founder
Barbara Bice
Mark S Louchheim
Cynthia Ann Telles, Ph.D.
Keith W. Renken
Barry Sacks
Samuel M. Victor
Access Center Services
1,174 children, family members, and caregivers
received immediate assistance at the noappointment, no-fee bilingual Access Center.
Gary Williams
Secretary
Loyola Law School
Days of Service Provided
5,095 days of service were provided through our
intensive day treatment program.
John R. Liebman, Esq.
Nominating Committee Chairperson
McKenna Long & Aldridge
Executive Staff
Elizabeth W. Pfromm, M.S., MPA
President/CEO
Robert J. Neary
Immediate Past Chairperson
TechGnosis, Inc.
Elena Judd, Ph.D.
Vice President of Programs
USC Medical Residents
6 residents from the University of Southern
California’s Keck School of Medicine served
rotations at the Clinic through the Child Psychiatry
Residents Training Program, receiving specialized
training in the diagnosis and treatment of young
children.
Directors
Directors
Scott Bice, Esq.
USC Gould School of Law
California Psychology Internship Council Training Site
4 doctoral students participated in our Psychology
Internship Program, providing clinical treatment
services and receiving specialized training.
Quinton C. James, M.D.
Los Angeles Unified School District, rtd.
Public Sector Partners
• Los Angeles County Department of Children
and Family Services
• Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
• California Department of Rehabilitation
Alexander Moradi
ICO Development
Wayne Moore
Treasurer
Southern California Association of
Governments
Robert S. Brachman
Wilshire Insurance Agency
Eugene Friedlander
Ken Ruby Construction Company
Steven Talavera
Vice President of Finance and
Administration
Tereas Leingang, M.A., J.D.
Vice President of Human Resources and
Risk Management
César Portillo
Vice President of Clinic Advancement
David L. Hirsch, Esq.
MASCO Corporation, rtd.
Sonia M. Mercado, Esq.
Sonia Mercado & Associates
Robin Moody
Tom Moody, Inc.
A n n u a l R e p o r t 2011
César Portillo, Editor
Carolyn Wang, Editorial Assistant
HUTdogs, Graphic Design
Additional photography:
David McCoy: Front Cover
Betrice Coleman-Sweet: Pages 3, 22
César Portillo: Pages 5, 7, 8, 11, 13, 22
Carolyn Wang: Pages 8, 11, 12
Keck Medical Center Photo courtesy of USC
3031 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(323) 373-2400
www.lacgc.org

2011 Annual Report - Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic

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