To keep the family intact, the program offers individual, family, couple, and group treatment to family members. Clinical work is supplemented by educational tutoring and support groups. Phyllis Brown, CSW, Social Worker Provides mental health services to older adults residing in Co-op City and their families under a joint project with Visiting Nurse Service of New York and The Jewish Association for Services for the Aged. Eleanor Steinman, CSW, Senior Social Worker Offers couseling services for older adults and their families. Covering the west region of the Bronx, FYI provides home visits and 24-hour availability.
Referrals are from psychiatric emergency rooms only.
Gloria Plesent Offers Supervised Visitation Program, which provides a safe, secure setting in the Bronx Family Court where a noncustodial parent may visit their child under professional supervision. Marsha Winokur, Ph.D. Provides a complete psychological and educational service for children, adolescents, and adults with learning and school-related difficulties. A full range of evaluation, remediation, and parent-guidance services is offered. There is a satellite license for P.S. 7, a local school, where ongoing services are provided. Staff fluent in Spanish are available.