Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: From Words to Housing

ISBN-13: 9781615990269 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 168 str.

Jay S. Levy;David W. Havens;David Modzelewski

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BOn any given night, there are over 643,000 homeless peopleresiding in shelters and on the streets across America. What can we do to help?/BBR"Levy crafts stories of characters who sear the memory: OldMan Ray, the World War II veteran who resents the VA system andregards himself as the de facto night watchman at Port Authority;Ben who claims to be a prophet disowned in his own country, crucifiedby the government and enslaved by poverty finds a bridge tothe mainstream services and a path to housing through the commonlanguage of religious metaphors, including redemption andforgiveness; and Andrew who has been mentally murdered ishelped to understand his own situation and gain disability benefitsthrough the language of trauma; among others.BRThese stories are deftly interwoven with theory and practice as Levy constructshis developmental model of the engagement and pretreatment process. The outreachworker strives to understand the language and the culture of each homeless individual,builds a bridge to the mainstream services, and helps those providers to understandthe special circumstances of these vulnerable people. Levy bears witness to thecourage of these pilgrims who wander the streets of our cities, and his poignant bookis a testament to the healing power of trusting and enduring relationships."BR--Jim OConnell, MD - President and Street Physician forBoston Health Care for the Homeless ProgramBRBRThe reader will...BRliExperience moving real life stories that demystify homeless outreach and its centralobjectives and challenges.liLearn about effective strategies of outreach & engagement with under-servedpopulations.liUnderstand and be able to utilize the stages of common language construction inyour own practice.liLearn about pretreatment principles and their applications with persons experiencinguntreated major mental illness, addiction, and medical issues.liDiscover new interventions via outreach counseling, advocacy and case managementwith people experiencing long-term or chronic homelessness.liUnderstand how to better integrate policy, programs (e.g. Housing First), and supervisionwith homeless outreach initiatives.BRBRBAbout the Author/BBRJay S. Levy, LICSW has spent the last 20 years working withindividuals who experience homelessness. He has developed newprograms and provided clinical staff supervision. Jay is one ofthe architects to the Regional Engagement and Assessment forChronically Homeless Housing program (REACH). This wasadopted by the Western Massachusetts Regional Network as aninnovative approach toward reducing chronic homelessness.BRBRLearn more at Bwww.JaySLevy.com/BBRFrom the New Horizons in Therapy Series at Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.comBRBRSOC025000 Social Science : Social WorkBRPSY010000 Psychology : Psychotherapy - CounselingBRPOL002000 Political Science : Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.BR