Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Helping Couples, Youth, and Unaccompanied Adults

ISBN-13: 9781615992010 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 178 str.

Jay S. Levy;David W. Havens

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This book provides social workers, outreach clinicians, case managers, and concerned community members with a pretreatment guide for assisting homeless couples, youth, and single adults. The inter-relationship between Homeless Outreach and Housing First is examined in detail to inform program development and hands on practice. iPretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First/i shares five detailed case studies from the field to elucidate effective ways of helping and to demonstrate how the most vulnerable among us can overcome trauma and homelessness. brbrReaders will:brliExpand their assessment skills and discover new interventions for helping people who have experienced long-term or chronic homelessness.liUnderstand and be able to integrate the stages of common language construction with their own practice.liLearn about the positive measurable impact of a Housing First approach and its moral, fiscal, and quality of life implications.liUnderstand how to better integrate program policy and supervision with Homeless Outreach & Housing First initiatives.liLearn how to utilize a Pretreatment Approach with couples, youth, and unaccompanied adults experiencing untreated major mental illness and addiction.brbr"Jay S. Levys book is essential reading to both people new to the movement to end homelessness and folks who have been in the trenches for many years. Learn how to do effective outreach with the chronic homeless population, and the ins and outs of the Housing First model. The personal stories and the success cases will give inspiration to work even harder to help both individuals and for ending homelessness in your community."brMichael Stoops, Director of Community OrganizingbrNational Coalition for the Homeless, Washington, DCbrbrLearn more at bwww.JaySLevy.com/bbrbrAnother empowering book from Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com