Resources for Adolescent Parents (R.A.P), is a New Directions program that offers a full-time high-school (Grade 9-12) curriculum to pregnant and parenting young women (14-17*) in an off-campus Gordon Bell High School classroom.
A Winnipeg School Division Teacher and Educational Assistant (EA) provide educational support in the classroom. Three New Directions staff provide support to ensure that students are motivated to attend school and earn their high school diploma. Counselling is provided when issues in the students’ lives interfere with attendance and focus.
R.A.P recognizes the strength and capability in the young women who attend. The success they achieve comes from their values, their inner strength and their motivation to be successful not only for themselves, but also their children and their Indigenous heritage. The role of the RAP staff is to work with the strengths that exist in each student and to assist them in removing barriers to their success and to encourage them on in their journey.
Research into teen pregnancy demonstrates that having a baby as a teen does not have to halt one’s dreams and goals, because earning a high school diploma is the catalyst for success.
*we accept ages 18+ if extended in care of Child and Family Services