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
