Background
McGowan, Brenda Gay was born on September 28, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Gay and Dorothy Frances (Mullin) McGowan.
( Since its establishment in 1978 the Center for Family L...)
Since its establishment in 1978 the Center for Family Life has been an integral source of assistance to immigrant families in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a community struggling with poverty, unemployment, health issues, drug-related problems, youth gang activity, a housing shortage, and oversubscribed schools. This book is a narrative of the development of the Center and its relations with the surrounding community. With its unique combination of community-rootedness and clinical sophistication, the Center serves as a programmatic model for other family service contexts. Underlying the Center's programs and the staff's interactions with families is a philosophy and theoretical orientation that embraces clients in a shared sense of responsibility for change, focuses on all family members and on families as systems, and emphasizes the developmental and the expressive. Almost 30% of the community's children and youth are participating in one or more Center services over the course of a year. Such services include after-school childcare, summer camp, creative and performing arts programs, recreation, youth development and parent education, employment programs for adults and youth, comprehensive emergency services to meet family needs for food, clothing, and financial assistance; individual, family, and group counseling; and neighborhood foster care. The authors supply case studies and supporting theoretical material, and discuss the implications for professional practice, education, research, and policy that can be derived from studying the Center's experience.
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consultant social work educator
McGowan, Brenda Gay was born on September 28, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Gay and Dorothy Frances (Mullin) McGowan.
Bachelor, Wellesley College, 1963; Master of Social Work, Boston College, 1966; Doctor of Social Work, Columbia University, 1974.
Caseworker, Catholic Charitable bureau of Boston, 1963-1968; supervisor, director family home program, Catholic Charitable bureau of Boston, 1968-1969; project director, research associate Child Advocacy Research Project, Columbia University School Social Work, New York City, 1971-1973; assistant professor, Columbia University School Social Work, New York City, 1976-1978; associate professor, Columbia University School Social Work, New York City, 1978-1985; professor, Columbia University School Social Work, New York City, since 1985. Visiting lecturer U. Maine, Portland-Gorham, summers 1973, 74, Smith College School Social Work, summer 1980, Pontifica Universidade Catolica do Riode Janiero, Brazil, summers 1984, 85. Research associate Children's Defense Fund, Washington Research Project, New York City, 1974-1976.
( Since its establishment in 1978 the Center for Family L...)
Member advisory committee Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Demonstration, New York Community Trust, since 1992. New York state delegate White House Conference on Families, 1980. Member New York City youth board Office of the Mayor, 1984-1990, numerous other civic activities.
Member National Association of Social Workers (national committee on inquiry 1993-1996, board directors New York City chapter 1979-1981, 88-90, chair child welfare committee 1974-1975, co-chair committee on professional standards 1983-1985, co-chair task force on services to families and children 1984-1987), Academy Certified Social Workers, Council on Social Work Education, American Orthopsychiat. Association.