Adolescents defined as at-risk typically lack healthy models of parenting and receive no parenthood education prior to assuming the parenting role. Unless a proactive approach is implemented, the cyclic pattern of dysfunctional parenting-- including higher rates of teen pregnancy, increased childhood abuse, low educational attainment,…

Stresses the importance of parenthood education for school-age parents as well as their classmates. (PB)

Describes a school program designed to detect and prevent child abuse and neglect by training school staff members to recognize and report child abuse cases, and to teach future parents how to better understand themselves and children. (CS)

An emerging secondary school curriculum focus is on the study of the people and places closest to students themselves--their own families and the communities in which they live. These studies are popular because they start with the lives of students; help define students' self-concepts; focus student attention on areas for effective social action;…

The author presents a role-playing exercise in which students must examine their motivation for parenthood. (Author)

Urbana (Illinois) High School has had a class for pregnant students for several years, taken for physical education credit. This year the program was expanded to include postpartum as well as antepartum students, a unit on nutrition, and community health and social services. (MF)

Describes the author's technique for teaching pupils about the influence of their families on them by discussion regarding a child's position, or birth order, in the family. (HMV)

Presents evidence from a national demonstration program, Project Redirection, and the Salem, Oregon YWCA Program, which demonstrates that by including vocational and employent-rated services in comprehensive programs for pregnant teens and teenage parents, service providers can help equip young parents with skills needed to compete for jobs paying…

Reports on a project combining agency and university program resources to teach teenage mothers child care and self-sufficiency, promote the healthy development of their children, and give field training to social work students. (Author/RH)

Young black males account for almost half of all unwed fathers. The average black adolescent unwed father is 17 years old at the birth of his first child, comes from an unusually large family, began having sex at an earlier age than other black men, and has had slightly positive educational and employment experiences. Most also exhibit a high…

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

This document is the first of two volumes describing the activities of the Tri-State Parenting Collaborative (TSPC) Project, conducted in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota during the period from 1977 through 1982. The TSPC linked state education agencies, universities, local schools, community groups, and an education development center in…

Describes a program being taught in 14 East Coast independent schools and three Philadelphia public schools to teach school-aged children to be caring and competent in human and family relationships, by observing parent-child interactions and by participating in infant care. Highlights predicted outcomes of the Education for Parenting program.…

Describes an English class designed to help high school seniors learn more about reading and to provide them with a knowledge of children's literature so that they can someday lead their children to literacy. (AEA)