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Resources for Adolescent Parents is a program that offers young women who are pregnant or have children the support they need to keep going to school. Program Objective(s):
To provide pregnant or parenting teens (under 18):
- with an off campus Gordon Bell high school program called “Just Learning”
- with the support they need to remove the barriers that interfere with going to school
Service Philosophy
To provide a smaller classroom, off campus, where pregnant or parenting teens attend school without fear of bullying or discomfort because of being pregnant/parents. To offer assistance in choosing courses that will instill or renew confidence in learning and to provide individual support while working on grades 9-12 mandatory and elective high school credits, to offer counselling services, support during pregnancy, information on nutrition, information on parenting and a variety of speakers. To offer support in preparing to turn eighteen and/or in planning and preparing for future school and employment goals.
Contact:
Resources for Adolescent Parents
717 Portage Avenue
New Directions for Children, Youth, Adults and Families
Fax: 204-774-6468
Phone: 204 786-7051 ext. 2200
E-mail: RAP@newdirections.mb.ca