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Category: Advocacy Training

Stop Recycling Chronically Homeless Human Beings

April 24, 2019 drmarymclaughlin

We cannot resolve chronic homelessness by endlessly recycling people from shelters to hospitals to jails to rehabs to court to…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Advocacy Training, Dr. Mary, Emotional Education, Homeless Filed under: #advocacy #advocacytraining #drmary #emotionaleducation #homelessness

A Frustrating Morning

April 10, 2019 drmarymclaughlin

One of my people has a disabling traumatic brain injury and a history of numerous incarcerations. He has bounced around…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Advocacy Training, Dr. Mary, Emotional Education, Homeless, Traumatic Brain Injury Filed under: #advocacy #advocacytraining #drmary #emotionaleducation #homelessness #traumaticbraininjury

A Few Days in the Life

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Advocacy is very much about intensive follow-up activity once chronically homeless people have been housed. Within the past few days,…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Advocacy Training, Dr. Mary, Emotional Education, Homeless, Traumatic Brain Injury Filed under: #drmary #advocacy #advocacytraining #emotionaleducation #homelessness #traumaticbraininjury

You Can Do This Too!

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I was in downtown Syracuse yesterday with a WW II veteran I’d brought to the VA Hospital for an appointment…

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Reagan Administration

March 12, 2019 drmarymclaughlin

I’m always puzzled by the very reverent memories that so many hold of those years. My memories are of first…

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Home Sweet Home

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The woman having her hair cut and styled in this photo just moved into her very own apartment this month…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Advocacy Training, Donationd, Dr. Mary, Emotional Education, Homeless Filed under: #advocacytraining #advocacy #emotionaleducation #homelessness #drmary

Recycling Homeless People

March 7, 2019 drmarymclaughlin

After spending over ten years working intensively with chronically homeless people and conducting research on the streets, I’ve noted that…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Advocacy Training, Dr. Mary, Emotional Education, Homeless Filed under: #advocacy #advocacytraining #drmary #emotionaleducation #homeless

Mental Illness

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There are so many inaccurate preconceptions about “mental illness” when it comes to people experiencing homelessness that appropriate interventions may…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Advocacy Training, Dr. Mary, Emotional Education, Self Help Filed under: #advocacy #advocacytraining #drmary #emotionaleducation #selfhelp

Code Enforcement

March 3, 2019 drmarymclaughlin

Code enforcement is an unrecognized but significant cause of homelessness. In one of my cases, two disabled brothers were put…

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Posted in: Advocacy, Advocacy Training, Dr. Mary, Homeless Filed under: #homeless #drmary #advocacy #advocacytraining

Gratitude

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One way to re-establish emotional equilibrium in our lives is by focusing on gratitude. The more unsettled we feel, the…

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