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MENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION INTERVENTIONS FOR YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS:
PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR FRONT-LINE PROVIDERS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Natasha Slesnick, PhD, is professor of couple and family therapy at Ohio State
University. Her research focuses on developing interventions for youth who are homeless
and their families. She has opened drop-in centres for youth experiencing homelessness in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Columbus, Ohio.
Elizabeth Van Hest, LISW, is an outpatient counsellor with Nationwide Children’s
Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Before that, she was a counsellor at Ohio State University
with mothers who are homeless and a services specialist with the Michigan Department of
Health and Human Services.
APPENDIX
Youth goals for advocacy
Name: ____________________
Date: ___________________
SHORT-TERM GOALS
LONG-TERM GOALS
I need the following services (Check all that apply):
•¡
Housing
£ £ Apartment
£ £ Furniture
£ £ Bedding
•¡
Alcohol/other substance use
£ £ Detox
£ £ Antabuse medication
£ £ Intensive outpatient treatment
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