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Promoting Child Rearing For Teen Mothers Within The Foster Care System, Monic Chavez, Rebecca King
Promoting Child Rearing For Teen Mothers Within The Foster Care System, Monic Chavez, Rebecca King
Spring 2024 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium
Teenage pregnancy in foster care is twice the national average, with one-third becoming pregnant by 17. There are limited programs available to assist teen mothers in foster care in developing healthy parent-child relationships and parenting skills despite their desire to break the cycle of trauma and improve their relationships with their children. The objective of the capstone program is to establish and operate a residential maternity home-based trauma-informed parenting program that assists teenage mothers in foster care in developing parenting skills and a healthy parent-child relationship by providing them with the necessary resources and support.