Child and Family Well-Being and Homelessness

Mary E. Haskett, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University, where her research focuses on factors that shape parenting, the influences of parenting on children's social-emotional development, adjustment of children with a history of maltreatment, and understanding approaches to support parents and children experiencing homelessness. She and her graduate students currently conduct research on interventions to promote positive parenting among parents residing in emergency shelters and transitional housing. Dr. Haskett co-edited (with S. Perlman and B.A. Cowan) a leading text on family homelessness, Supporting Families Experiencing Homelessness: Current Practices and Future Directions (Springer, 2014). She received the 2016 National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, Dr. Staci Perlman Achievements in Research Award.

Chapter 1. Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Families Experiencing Homelessness.- Chapter 2. Mental Health and Adaptation of Children Experiencing Family Homelessness.- Chapter 3. Observed Parenting in Families Exposed to Homelessness: Child and Parent Characteristics as Predictors of Response to the Early Risers Intervention.- Chapter 4. Assessment of Families Experiencing Homelessness: Analysis of Current Practice.- Chapter 5. Access to Early Childhood Services for Young Children Experiencing Homelessness.- Chapter 6. Interagency Collaboration to Promote Mental Health and Development of Children Experiencing Homelessness.- Chapter 7. A Safe, Stable Place to Call Home: Policy Implications and Next Steps to Address Family Homelessness.

"This book achieves its goals of increasing awareness of the challenges faced by homeless children and families, implementing and evaluating interventions, and generating policy recommendations. ... In addition to researchers and academics, this volume is likely to become a resource for policy makers, child advocates, and educators (particularly those involved with Head Start programs). ... this collection of empirical studies and policy recommendations is one step in the right direction for homeless children and their families." (Katelyn E. Poelker, Nicole D. Yong and Judith L. Gibbons, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 62 (31), August, 2017)