Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness (eBook, PDF)

Current Practices and Future Directions
Redaktion: Haskett, Mary E.; Cowan, Beryl Ann; Perlman, Staci

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

¿¿¿¿¿¿Homelessness among families with children in the U.S. is rising rapidly due to the economic downturn. Supporting Homeless Families: Current Practices and Future Directions aims to raise the standard of services provided to families without homes through practices that are strengths-based and culturally competent. This book provides a contextual overview of family homelessness. An ecological and developmental framework for understanding the implications of homelessness from infancy through adulthood are presented with reference to existing research. The book also addresses innovative designs for providing collaboration between and among diverse services that interface with families experiencing homelessness. In doing so, the importance of providing families with culturally competent services that support them during episodes of homelessness as well as the period of re-housing are addressed. Examples of empirically proven interventions and best practices are showcased, and roadblocks to success and sustainability are discussed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 243
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461487180
• Artikelnr.: 43792414

Autorenporträt

Mary Haskett, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University. Her program of research is designed to gain understanding of factors that contribute to harsh parenting and factors that promote resilience of young abused children. She currently serves on the editorial boards of Child Abuse & Neglect and Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Dr. Haskett is President of the APA Section on Child Maltreatment and Co-chairs the Interdivisional Task Force on Promoting Positive Parenting in the Context of Family Homelessness. >Beryl Ann Cowan, JD, PhD, is a clinical and community psychologist and attorney whose research interests include mental health needs of marginalized high risk children and their families at the interface of social services systems and judicial systems, including foster care and juvenile justice settings. Dr. Cowan's was previously a Sr. research associate at The National Center on Family Homelessness where she was involved in studiesof the mental health needs of military families. She has served on the American Psychological Association (APA) Presidential Task Force on Psychology's Contribution to End Homelessness, and is currently a member of the APA Interdivisional Task Force on Promoting Positive Parenting in the Context of Family Homelessness.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Needs of Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness.- The Why and the Who of Family Homelessness.- The Developmental Trajectories of Infants and Young Children Experiencing Homelessness.- Trauma Exposures and Mental Health Outcomes among Sheltered Children and Youth ages 6-18.- Parenting in the Face of Homelessness.- Needs of Special Populations without Homes.- II. Frameworks for Service Delivery and Intervention for Families.- Collaborations Across and Within Systems that Provide Services to Families without Homes.- Trauma Informed Practices in Shelters and Other Programs Serving Families Experiencing Homelessness.- Cultural Competence and Individualized Care in Service Provision.- III. Evidence Based and Promising Approaches to Service Provision and Intervention.- Research on Programs Designed to Support Positive Parenting.- Programs for homeless children and youth: A critical review of evidence.- Primary Stakeholders' Perspectives on Services for Families without Homes .

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This edited volume provides a comprehensive look at the needs of homeless families, the human service system's responses to those needs, and the effectiveness of those interventions. ... Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries." (A. Dworsky, Choice, Vol. 51 (8), April, 2014)

"This book is an extremely welcome addition to the literature on homelessness, and the only one solely devoted to the needs of families and children. This timely volume is a creative compendium of articles that explores every aspect of the issue and describes the cutting edge of the field." - Ellen L. Bassuk, M.D., National Center on Family Homelessness, Center for Social Innovation, and Harvard Medical School