Teen Parenting & Pregnant Minor Program

Parenting, Family and Consumer Awareness

Loving Solutions

Parent Project Senior

Pregnant Minor/Teen Parenting provides pregnant teens with vital information from pregnancy to newborn care. Students gain knowledge for a healthier pregnancy and healthier parenting through cooperative learning, lecture, discussion, written assignments, tests, observation, field trips and guest speakers.

Main Topics

• Nutrition during pregnancy
• Male and Female reproductive systems
• Emotional changes during teen pregnancy
• Fetal development
• Signs and symptoms of labor
• Hospital routings
• Positions of comfort for labor
• Emotional changes of being a teen parent
• Physical changes of postpartum
• Newborn behavior and care
• Methods of birth control
• Role of the father
• Money management

Teen Parent Program

• Infant care
• Breast or bottle feeding
• Adjusting to parenthood
• Solid foods
• Infant development
• Discipline
• How to cope with your feelings
• Group playtime—singing, bubbles, and parachute play

 

 

Special Topics

• Immunizations
• Well baby check-ups
• Infant CPR and Safety
• Communication and Relationships
• Child care
• Planned parenthood
• Applying for a job
• Teen AIDS/HIV
• Establishing paternity/Child support
• Parenting in the 21st century
• Effects of drugs on babies

For more information regarding class times,

days, and location call 634-2589