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.
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.
Dr. Staci Perlman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Human Development and Family Studies with a joint appointment in
the Delaware Education Research and Development Center at the
University of Delaware and the 2013 Visiting Scholar at the
People’s Emergency Center (PEC) in Philadelphia. Her work focuses
on using partnership-based research to promote the development and
well-being of vulnerable children, youth, and families. Most
recently, she has worked with Joe Willard of the People's Emergency
Center to examine the prevalence and influence of homeless
experiences among youth enrolled in Philadelphia's public high
schools. Dr. Perlman also serves as the co-chair of the APA
Taskforce on Promoting Positive Parenting in the Context of
Homelessness and was the 2011 recipient of the Child Maltreatment
Section of the American Psychological Association’s Early Career
Award for Outstanding Contributions to Practice in the Field of
Child Maltreatment.
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.
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
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