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Washington, D.C. — Georgetown University's Child Development Center (CDC) will present former first lady Rosalynn Carter with its Lifetime Achievement Award, which honors a person who has made a distinguished contribution to improving the quality of life for vulnerable children and their families.
The presentation will be made during the opening session of the CDC's Training Institutes. The nearly 2,000 participants will include state and local policy makers, clinicians, case managers, researchers, and educators, as well as individuals from the fields of mental health, child welfare and juvenile justice. The Training Institutes will focus on ways of developing and operating high-quality, effective community-based systems of care for children and adolescents with emotional disturbances and their families.
"I am proud to present Rosalynn Carter with this award for her tireless work, which has spanned three decades," said David Nelson, MD, chair of pediatrics at Georgetown, who will present the award to Carter. "She has improved many lives through her advocacy of mental health awareness, early childhood immuniziation and homelessness."
Other highlights will include a preconference lecture by Jerry Harvey, PhD, professor of management science at George Washington University, and a talk on achieving cultural competence by Terry Tafoya, PhD, a clinical psychologist and traditional Native American storyteller. Tafoya will discuss cross-cultural issues in mental health care.
"We are honored to serve the children of this nation during these very uncertain times," said Phyllis Magrab, PhD, director of the CDC and a leader in the field of child development. "These Training Institutes are bringing together critical thinkers from varied backgrounds, but we are all dedicated to one goal: improving the quality of life for vulnerable children and their families."
A fundraiser for the CDC, "Through the Eyes of Children," will feature a buffet dinner and a gallery of photographs taken by children around the world. Honorary co-chairs of this event are Diane Williams, wife of District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams; Theresa DeGioia, wife of Georgetown President John J. DeGioia; and award-winning photographer Erika Becker.
The fundraiser will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Columbus Club in Union Station. For more information, contact Vernice Thompson at (202) 687-8837.The training institutes, which will take place from July 10-14, will be held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Woodley Park. For more information, visit
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/gucdc/institutes.html.
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The Child Development Center, part of Georgetown University Medical Center, was established nearly 40 years ago to improve the quality of life for children who have or who are at risk for developmental, learning and emotional difficulties. The Center is made up of more than 100 health, education and social-service professionals who work together to provide clinical services and community outreach as well as professional training and technical assistance, research and policy development.
Georgetown University Medical Center includes the nationally ranked School of Nursing & Health Studies, the School of Medicine, the Lombardi Cancer Center and a $120 million biomedical research enterprise. The Lombardi Cancer Center is one of only 40 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, and the only one in the Washington DC area. For more information, visit
www.georgetown.edu/gumc.
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