This article discusses a 4-stage model of counseling for college women with unwanted pregnancies who come to a university counseling center. It is based on a crisis model that is both time- and goal-limited. (Author)

This report is addressed to Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) sponsors to familiarize them with the issues concerning adolescent pregnancy, highlight innovative approaches in working with young parents, and offer suggestions on how to reach and serve young parents with CETA. The report focuses on the problems of young parents, both…

The following guidelines emerge from recent court decisions: (1) the right to an education is a fundamental property right not to be denied unless an overriding public interest is served; (2) marriage is not sufficient grounds for exclusion of a student from regular academic or extracurricular activities; and (3) pregnancy, whether the girl is…

This House of Representatives Bill specifies some of the conditions and needs that gave rise to legislation for school-age mothers: the increasing incidence of adolescent pregnancies; the disruption caused to families and educations of such pregnancies; the high risk status of infants born under such circumstances; and the lack of adequate helping…

Focuses on the relationship before and after pregnancy between a group of young mothers and the fathers of their children. Considers the problem of legitimizing the child and the provision of a so-called "normal" home with both parents versus the adequate preparation of the young mother for future life through completion of her…

Describes the Family Education Center in Arlington, Virginia. Pregnant students can attend the center until a short time after delivery. They return to their home schools to earn their diplomas, to continue in adult education, or to complete their General Educational Development test. (JOW)

Disadvantaged women (pregnant teenagers, teenaged parents, single parents, displaced homemakers) need support services (child care, transportation, counseling in self-esteem, career guidance) as well as employment training to gain marketable skills that lead to a good job and economic independence. (CT)

Describes a program designed to improve child-rearing skills and teach infant development to pregnant teenagers and school-age mothers. Evaluation suggests sensitization of school-age parents to the needs of young children, reasons for infant behavior, and other child-rearing issues. This model could be adapted for all groups of expectant parents.…

Describes several pilot projects used in Arizona school districts to plan teenage parenting programs. Also defines strategies to develop such projects, including community support, goal identification, program objectives, and learning activities. Discussed also is the importance of multiple funding sources including federal and school district…

Describes a program which provides parenthood education, practical skills, encouragement, and emotional support to Mexican-American adolescents who are pregnant or mothers. (DB)

Reports on surveys in Britain on educational provision for pregnant students and student mothers. Discusses educational access and equity, and points out policy questions that need addressing. Responds to characterization of these women as a "drain" on the national purse and advocates provision of education and child care to increase…

Reports on a study of high school mothers examining factors associated with having a second teen birth or a closely spaced second birth. Suggests that a combination of young teen mothers staying in school, living at home with their parents, and being engaged in educational or work activities might help reduce the risk of a second birth.…

Explores different treatment of pregnant minors under adoption and abortion law. Asserts rules governing autonomy of minor decision-making in adoption and abortion are not predicated on any unified theory of child development, protection of pregnant teenagers, or nature and long-term effects of decisions, but rather are motivated by the state's…

Those interested in critical, feminist, and anti-racist pedagogy are on a search for means to counter dominant ways of speaking about stigmatized groups. Some see promise in popular theater, which starts from the experience of those on the margins. This ethnographic study followed 12 teen mothers, a highly stereotyped group, as they wrote and…

This annual report details the 1996-97 activities of the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, an independent agency created by the Tennessee General Assembly with the mission of advocating for improvements in the quality of life for Tennessee children and families. Following introductory letters from the commission's chair, Phillip Boyd,…