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A Message of Gratitude from Tom and Brian Brian Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer; Perri Klass, MD, FAAP, National Medical Director; Judy Newman, Executive Vice President/President, Scholastic and Tom DeWitt, MD, FAAP, Chair of the Board. At this year’s conference, the inaugural “Judy Newman Book Award” was presented to Judy. The award honors her two decades of service on the board and her lasting legacy of curiosity, kindness and determination to get the best children’s books into the hands of as many young readers as possible. Dear Friends, Dear Partners, We are grateful that year after year you have Thank you. Because of you, we continue to chosen to promote the welfare of children grow at a rate of 5% annually, reaching more and families throughout the United States by children, more families, and more pediatric investing in Reach Out and Read. providers than ever before. I am honored to share with you a few highlights from the past Your steadfast support means that, in 2018, year. Reach Out and Read fulfilled all of our short-term financial obligations and closed Great strides were made in securing public out the year with significant long-term funding in several states, including Georgia, investments, providing even greater financial Massachusetts, North Carolina, South sustainability for our organization. Carolina, and Washington State, and with It is my honor to share with you that your support our individual donor base has Scholastic Inc., under the leadership of grown by one-third over the past two years. Chief Executive Officer Richard Robinson, I am honored to mention our partners at has provided Reach Out and Read with the Heising-Simons Foundation and NCR $500,000 to help seed our first-ever Foundation who provided crucial funding national endowment. Revenue from the for the special initiatives highlighted in this investment of the endowment will be used report. to grow capacity, promote research and This increased funding ensures that millions new ideas, and implement new technology. of infants and toddlers will benefit from In celebration of our 30th anniversary in 2019, we’ve set a $2 Million goal for the the critical role that reading and language- endowment. rich interactions play in their early brain development and ability to learn and We are so grateful that you have partnered succeed throughout their lives. with us on this journey and look forward to celebrating our 30th anniversary with you! Thank you for making a difference. With gratitude, Brian Gallagher Tom DeWitt, MD, FAAP Chief Executive Officer Chair of the Board 2 I reachoutandread.org THE ONLY NATIONAL EARLY LITERACY ORGANIZATION WORKING IN THE PEDIATRIC SPACE Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics INCLUDING 4.7 MILLION 1 IN 4 CHILDREN 32,700 MEDICAL CHILDREN SERVED LIVING IN POVERTY PROVIDERS 7.2 MILLION BOOKS 6,000 DISTRIBUTED PROGRAM SITES Reach Out Parent-child bonding Reach Out and Read trains pediatric providers nationwide to coach parents at Early Brain all infant and toddler well visits about the Development critical role that reading and language- rich interactions play in their daily routine, starting at birth. and Read Early language & literacy reachoutandread.org I 3 Gathering Our Gathering Network - Our Network – Advancing Our Advancing Impact Our Impact Lynne Burke , former Executive Director; Nate Chomilo, MD, Medical Director; Kris Hoplin, Executive Director and Karen Elhai, MD, all from Reach Out and Read Minnesota Reach Out and Read held our annual and Disorders, Northwestern University, Leadership Conference on May 16-18, 2018. discussed the latest research on parent- More than 150 medical providers, experts child interactions and early childhood and researchers in pediatrics, literacy, and brain development. Reach Out and Read early childhood development gathered Executive Directors and Program staff at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio. shared new and innovative ways to increase We were warmly welcomed and hosted program quality and fidelity, as well as by Board Chair Dr. Tom DeWitt, Director efforts to enhance our brand awareness in of General and Community Pediatrics at order to attract more pediatric practices Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and his team. and corporate partners. Participants learned about the latest This was our largest conference to date, and research in our field from thought represented the work of more than 6,000 leaders such as Ariel Kalil, PhD, of the program sites and 32,000 practitioners Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab at across the country. Pleased with the the University of Chicago. John Hutton, powerful turn-out by the network, Dr. MD, Assistant Professor, University of DeWitt said, “What we did at our National Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics and Leadership Conference will ripple out into Adriana Weisleder, PhD, Assistant Professor, our national network.” Department of Communication Sciences 4 I reachoutandread.org Chris Garber, Executive Director, Reach Out and Read Connecticut and Massachusetts; Nate McNamara, Senior Grantwriter and Joel Horwich, Grantwriter, listen intently to the latest research on early brain development being presented at the Leadership Conference. “The ideas we discussed keep Reach Out and Read moving forward, so that we remain at the forefront of early childhood development, especially for children growing up in poverty.” Tom DeWitt, MD, FAAP, Board Chair, Reach Out and Read OUR IMPACT “A picture tells a thousand words. The Reach Out and Read pediatrician on the left has coached this young mother on the power of loving her child through reading aloud. She may not be thinking about the broader impact of this moment, but this interaction and all the ones like this to come are essential to her baby’s future success. We know that 80 percent of all brain development happens in the first three years of life. Here, we see a mother embracing this reading experience, and all the benefits it brings, starting in infancy. That is what Reach Out and Read is all about.” Brian Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer 18 MOS Simple Counting 24 MOS How Many? 36 MOS Comparison A special initiative within our program model REACH OUT AND READ COUNTS “The Heising-Simons Foundation is proud to support Reach Out & Read’s Early Math Initiative, which trains medical providers to raise awareness and provide guidance among families about the importance of building children’s foundational math skills before the age of five. Research reveals that early mathematical skills correlate more strongly with later academic success than any other early indicator.” Kimberly Brenneman, Program Officer, Heising-Simons Foundation For almost three decades, Reach Out have created a protocol, a provider training, and Read has worked with a network of a suite of early math materials and an volunteer medical providers to promote early evaluation process. We have just started literacy and rich parent-child interactions sharing early math enhancement with the during routine pediatric exams. With a families and children that we serve and the transformational gift of $914,000 from response so far has been highly enthusiastic.” the Heising-Simons Foundation, we are exploring how we can enhance our proven core model to foster foundational math skills and promote “math talk” as a way for parents to interact with their young children. Our pilot showed that early math offers a promising enhancement of our core model, one that merits refining and expanding. Nikki Shearman, Reach Out and Read’s Chief of Strategic Initiatives, explains the initiative: “Initially, we are focusing on implementing a limited study, working with 1,000 families in five states. Together with the leaders from these affiliates, we reachoutandread.org I 7 1 in 6 CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES HAS A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY 2X CHILDREN INSURED BY MEDICAID HAVE A NEARLY TWO-FOLD HIGHER PREVALENCE OF ANY DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY 290% DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM INCREASED 290% OVER THE LAST 12 YEARS A special initiative within our program model NEW RESEARCH PROMPTS DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES GUIDE UPDATES “At NCR Foundation we believe potential is distributed equally; opportunity, however, is not. Through our support of the Developmental Disabilities Promotion Guide we are providing the opportunities for children with developmental challenges and their families to interact and develop reading and listening skills very early in their development so they can progress to their fullest potential!” Yvonne Whittaker, Foundation Lead, NCR Foundation Our Developmental Disabilities Literacy Dr. Monica Ultmann, Director of Promotion Guide was created for primary Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics care providers who treat infants and children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, and with developmental challenges and provide a consultant to Reach Out and Read support, advice, and helpful resources to with expertise in language development their families. Since the original guide was and disabilities, led the charge for the produced ten years ago, there has been much-needed comprehensive updates a boom in research related to autism, to the Guide, parent handouts and reading disabilities, and learning challenges, training videos. which gave us a wealth of resources for meaningfully adapting the information and resources we had been providing. “Widespread developmental and behavioral screening in primary health care settings has led to an increase in the number of infants and young children who are identified with various developmental issues at increasingly