Dr Helen Cosis Brown
Principal Lecturer Social Work
Department: School of Health and Social Sciences
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8411 4647
- E-mail: h.cosis-brown@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
BA (Hons) MSW CQSW PhD
Research Interests
Fostering and adoption. Sexual orientation and sexuality and social work
Teaching Interests
Social work law, communication skills, models and methods of social work intervention, fostering and adoption
Biography
Selected publications:
- Authored books: Brown H. C. (1998)Sexuality and Social Work: Working with Lesbians and Gay Men, Basingstoke: Macmillan
- Edited books: Brown, H. C., Fry, E. and Howard, J. (eds) (2005) Support Care: New Directions for Family Placement. Lyme Regis: Russell House
Articles and chapters in edited books:
- Brown, H.C. (2002) (2nd Ed) 'Counselling' in R. Adams, L. Dominelli and M. Payne, (eds) Social Work: Themes, Issues and Critical Debates, Basingstoke: Macmillan. Pp 139-148
- Brown, H.C. (2002) 'Fostering and Adoption' in R. Adams, L. Dominelli and M. Payne, (eds) Critical Practice, Basingstoke: Palgrave. Pp 106-115
- Brown, H.C. (2005) 'Carrying Out Research in Social Work' in R. Adams, L. Dominelli and M. Payne, (eds) Social Work Futures, Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan. Pp 251-263.
Referred articles:
Brown, H.C. and Kershaw, S. (2008) 'The legal context for social work with lesbians and gay men in the UK: updating the educational context' Social Work Education, 27:2
Professional membership
Department for Children, Schools and Families research reference group for treatment foster care
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering
The British Association for Social Work



