Lauren S. Henry

"He who saves a single soul, saves the world entire" - Schindler's List

<p><span class="caps">LAUREN</span> S. <span class="caps">HENRY</span>, an east coast transplant to Los Angeles, graduate of Syracuse University’s Musical Theater/Drama Program &amp; T.V. Radio, Film Production from the Newhouse School of Communications. She also taught K-6 in the MD/No.VA School Systems for 4 years &amp; in 2002, she found a way to combine her five passions: art, kids, psychology, writing and performance, &amp; founded her company, <em>With a Brush of Love</em>.</p> Lauren is a Color/Design Expert &amp; uses a wide variety of techniques to elicit desired psychological responses through strategic environmental design. (say <em>that</em> 3 times fast!) Her primary focus are children diagnosed w/ autism &amp; other special needs, who are significantly more sensitive to sensory elements that surround us every day. <strong>With a Brush of Love</strong> combines various sensory elements crafting the most optimal surroundings for her client. The effect is to pacify those who are overly agitated or aggressive, stimulate the withdrawn, or improve focus &amp; concentration, which dramatically increases one&#8217;s ability to succeed in all areas, both scholastically &amp; socially. <p>Over the past eight years, Lauren&#8217;s been a featured designer on <strong>HGTV’s “kidspace”</strong> &amp; a contributing designer on <strong>ABC’s ”Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,”</strong>(apparently, no one&#8217;s as tall as they seem!)<br /> While her work is mainly residential, it extends to schools &amp; hospitals such as <strong>D.C. Children’s National Medical Center</strong>&amp; <strong>St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital</strong>. Her artwork has been featured at <strong>The James Gray Gallery</strong>in <strong>Bergamot Station</strong> in Santa Monica, CA. She was also awarded the <strong>Customer Service “Rave Reviews Award”</strong> as one of the <strong>Top 10 Best Service Oriented Companies</strong> from the <strong>Washington Business Journal.</strong></p> <p>Lauren was invited by the <strong>Exceptional Family Member Program</strong>(a U.S. military organization supporting families w/ children diagnosed w/ special needs) in <strong>Okinawa, Japan</strong>, to re-design a bedroom for a family on base. <strong>Hands On Tokyo</strong>, an International volunteer program, invited her to over-see the renovation of a local orphanage as well! (whew!)</p> <p>Most recently, she published her first book, <strong>“Unique Kids. Unique Surroundings.”</strong> &#8211; a guide to empower parents to design emotionally healthy, supportive environments for their children. Since Lauren clearly has so much spare time, (<em>not!</em>) she also contributes to various publications such as the <em>“Autism@Home Series”</em> &amp; offers webinars on autismhangout.com.<br /> I&#8217;m just wondering when the girl sleeps!</p>

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