An Alternative School Model for Pregnant and Parenting Teens: A Qualitative Analysis.
Teenage pregnancy is linked to poverty, poor child physical and psychological well-being, child maltreatment, family dysfunction, and reduced educational attainment. Furthermore, less than half of teenage mothers birthing a child prior to age 18 earn a high school diploma. Consequently, alternative...
| Published in: | Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 471 - 485 |
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