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How to Open and Sustain a Drop-In Center for Homeless Youth
Author(s): Natasha Slesnick, Michael Glassman, Rikki Garren, Paula Toviessi, Denitza Bantchevska, Pushpanjali Dashora
Publication Date: 2008
This paper discusses how to operate a youth drop-on center and different ways to provide services to homeless youth to enhance their motivation for change. Drop-in centers have the potential to facilitate engagement of homeless youth into treatment and back into the mainstream. However, little guidance was found in the literature regarding how to open and sustain a drop-in center for homeless youth. This paper offers such guidance, including info...
Comparison of HIV Risks among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Heterosexual Homeless Youth
Author(s): Rashmi Gangamma, Natasha Slesnick, Paula Toviessi, Julianne Serovich
Publication Date: 2007
Youth who are homeless and gay, lesbian or bisexual (GLB) are one of the most disenfranchised and marginalized groups in our society. The purpose of this study is to examine and compare HIV in GLB homeless youth with their heterosexual counterparts. Participants for this study included 268 youth involved in treatment outcome studies with substance abusing homeless youth. Results suggest that GLB youth have greater HIV risks and that these risks a...
Assessment of Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Runaway Youths
Author(s): Natasha Slesnick, Scott Tonigan
Publication Date: 2004
While excellent adolescent alcohol and drug screening tools are available, there are relatively few, if any, psychometrically validated measures to use in the assessment of adolescent treatment outcome. This study conducted a test-retest exercise of the Form 90 Drug and Alcohol (Form 90 DnA) to determine the stability of adolescent responses when administering the day-by-day calendar/grid approach. Homeless youth (N = 37) with alcohol, drug, or a...
Dual and Multiple Diagnosis Among Substance Using Runaway Youth
Author(s): Natasha Slesnick, Jillian Prestopnik
Publication Date: 2005
Despite controversy in the field regarding the usefulness of diagnoses and the potential for negative repercussions associated with labeling or validity of diagnoses (2-4), diagnostic information allows communication and provides information that can be a useful starting point for intervention efforts (5, 6). Used appropriately, diagnostic information has the potential to enhance treatment outcome through guiding intervention efforts. (excerpt fr...
System Youth: a Subgroup of Substance-Abusing Homeless Adolescents
Author(s): Natasha Slesnick, Melissa Meade
Publication Date: 2001
Purpose: While many youths residing at homeless shelters will return home, many are placed in group or foster homes. Few researchers have examined the experiences of adolescents with a history of these out-of-home placements. This study examined shelter residents and compared the experiences of system and non-system youth. Methods: Information regarding youths' family functioning, substance use, depression and related problem behaviors was obtai...
Perceptions of the Family Environment and Youth Behaviors: Alcohol-Abusing Runaway Adolescents and Their Primary Caretakers.
Author(s): Natasha Slesnick, JillianL Prestopnik
Publication Date: 2004
Research suggests family disturbance is highly correlated to adolescents running away from home. However, given methodological challenges, few studies assess parent report of the family situation and instead, rely primarily on adolescent self-report. This article reports the findings of parents' and runaway adolescents' reports on several behavioral dimensions. Substance-using runaway adolescents completed measures about their family environment...