Resources For Homeless Students: Bibliotherapy

Whether you are worried about a family member in distress or wanting to help understand a problem of your own, Coping books will provide the critical information you are seeking. Homelessness can result from poverty, natural disaster, or other causes. This book deals with the particular stresses with which homeless teens must cope.

The stories and poems of actual homeless children--including fourteen-year-old Kareem, who lives in a city shelter -- depict the reality of homelessness in America, illustrating what it means to be deprived of the things most people take for granted.

This volume explores many aspects of homelessness. Readers will evaluate the causes of homelessness, the effectiveness of government programs that target homelessness, and how new legislation will impact this situation. Readers are presented with opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro versus con format. Essay sources include The Christian Science Monitor, Policy Priorities, Melinda Henneberger, and Michelle Chen.

Editor Arthur Gillard helps readers to explore issues related to homelessness. Through articles from a variety of sources, this book explores topics like tent cities as a temporary answer to long-term housing problem, and the impact of "housing first" approaches. Readers will evaluate whether or not giving money to panhandlers helps the chronically homeless, and the long-term effect of homelessness on families. They will learn intelligent ways to speak out about homelessness. Essay sources include the National Coalition for the Homeless, Colorado Springs Gazette, Anna Nussbaum Keating, and Hubert G. Locke.

First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

​​​​​​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.

The Encyclopedia of Homelessness is the first systematic effort to organize and summarize what we know about this complex topic which impacts not only the homeless but all of society. The Encyclopedia focuses on the current situation in the United States, with a comparative sampling of homelessness around the world. The Encyclopedia contains entries on Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, France, Guatemala, Japan, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Tokyo, Calcutta, London and others from around the world. The Encyclopedia of Homelessness meets the needs of a broad audience, offering a rich history and the data, views, and perspectives of experts from different disciplines and perspectives.

This in-depth examination reviews fundamental changes of the past decade that have reduced homelessness in the United States and other Western democracies. * A chronology of relevant key events of the last decade in the United States, England, Canada, and Australia * A glossary * A bibliography of print and nonprint resources, including electronic resources