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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 15, 2011
Contact: Andrew Aldrich
410-654-0000, ext. 7
410-259-9695 (cell)
Children’s Guild President Named Innovator of the Year
BALTIMORE—Dr. Andrew Ross, president and CEO of The Children’s Guild Institute, a nonprofit child-serving organization, was named Innovator of the Year by The Daily Record. The award recognizes leaders who have had a positive effect and tremendous impact in Maryland.
Ross co-founded Transformation Education, an approach to education that adapts the behavior of the child-serving adult to the child, creates stimulating learning environments and integrates the learning experience. In addition, he co-founded The Upside Down Organization, the training and consultation division of The Children’s Guild Institute.
Prior to becoming president of The Children’s Guild in 1995, Ross served as executive director of Family Services in Philadelphia; president and CEO of Children’s Square U.S.A. in Council Bluffs, Iowa; and director of residential services for Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau in Cleveland, Ohio.
Among his accomplishments in the education field, Ross has written 21 articles and co-authored two books about the treatment of emotionally troubled children and the management of organizations designed to serve disadvantaged children.
Ross received both a master’s degree in social work and doctorate in social welfare administration from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is licensed as a clinical practitioner in the state of Maryland.
The Children’s Guild Institute, a nonprofit child-serving organization, consists of The Children’s Guild, which includes special needs schools in Baltimore City and Prince George’s County serving children and adolescents who are difficult to educate due to autism, multiple disabilities and trauma. The Children’s Guild also operates three group homes, a treatment foster care program and an outpatient mental health program in Baltimore and Anne Arundel County public schools. In addition, The Children’s Guild Institute includes Monarch Academy Public Charter Schools in Baltimore City and Glen Burnie providing rigorous academics, adventure-based learning and an enriched curriculum, as well as the Upside Down Organization and National Children’s Guild Fund.
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