Gayla Westbrook is the Program Director at Parents Assistance Center. She has worked here since 2003. She began as a facilitator for our Parenting Skills Class before she eventually became a permanent employee. In 2006, she began working here full-time. She has served in her current position for about two and a half years.
Gayla describes herself as wearing “a lot of hats.” She oversees 18 Parenting Skills Classes and Compassion Workshops. She supervises the PCIT Program and Access and Visitation. She also coordinates quarterly in-services and reviews cases files. In addition, she performs some administrative duties, such as putting together quarterly and annual reports.
Gayla began her education at Oklahoma Baptist University pursuing a business degree. After a year, she realized that she wanted to pursue her life-long passion of helping families. She later pursued her Graduate degree at Oklahoma Christian University. She worked with Northcare from 1993-1998 and then worked with foster children with developmental disabilities from 1999-2000.
When asked about what she likes most about PAC, Gayla said she likes knowing she is making a difference to families. She loves it when a light bulb goes on in parents’ heads and they realize they have been better to their children.
Parents Assistance Center (PAC) has been serving the Oklahoma City community since 1976 with educational and therapeutic services for families that need better parenting skills. Our mission is to prevent child abuse, neglect and other family violence by strengthening the family. The services offered by Parents Assistance Center are not offered anywhere else in the Metro. Parents can change the future for themselves and their children by attending group workshops and obtaining other services at PAC.
For more information on Parents Assistance Center, please visit http://pacok.org/
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