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School-based Child Care for Children of Teen Parents: Evaluation of an Urban Program Designed To Keep Young Mothers in School.
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Crean, Hugh F.; Hightower, A. D.; Allan, Marjorie J. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2001
Studied the effects of the school-based Early Childhood Centers for Children of Teen Parents Program. Records for 81 program participants were compared with those of 89 young mothers who did not participate. Participants had better school attendance and lower overall risk than nonparticipants and were more likely to graduate from high school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Attendance, Day Care
School-Based Preventive Interventions for At-Risk Populations: Practical and Ethical Issues.
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Gensheimer, Leah K.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Practical and ethical issues (parent consent, voluntary participation, and confidentiality) in the conduct of research in preventive intervention for high-risk students are illustrated in the context of the implementation and evaluation of a school-based program for the elementary school children of alcoholics. Implications for prevention studies…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Confidentiality, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Services to Teenage Parents.
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Marsh, Jeanne C., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
Eight papers discuss current ideas about what can be accomplished when services are provided for adolescent parents. Topics include programs for high-risk adolescents, services and employment opportunities for pregnant and parenting adolescents, school-based clinics, evaluation of a teen pregnancy program, costs/benefits of deferred teenage…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Clinics, Cost Effectiveness