This award-winning teen pregnancy program gives teens the straight story on the entire birth experience, from pregnancy and birth to parenting and childcare. Direct, honest, and encouraging, this 3-volume set takes a real-world look at how teens can successfully meet the challenges of being young parents.

Updated in 2010 with:

• Fresh, updated look with modern graphics and music
• All-new teen cast, births, and footage
• Completely revamped and up-to-date prenatal nutrition section
• Improved 3D animation
• A more in-depth cesarean chapter
• Additional information on prenatal dental health, fetal brain development, skin-to-skin contact, postpartum emotions, abusive head trauma (shaken baby syndrome), and domestic violence.

 

Program Benefits:

• Easy to use - 3 volumes are organized for the way you teach
• Solution-oriented - advice for teen parenting and staying in school
• 3D animation - illustrates medical procedures, stages of labor, and cesarean surgery
• Encouraging - promotes healthier and safer pregnancies, births, and postpartum periods

 

Volume 1: Pregnancy - Teaches lifestyle changes that encourage a healthy, full-term pregnancy.

Topics include:

• Prenatal Check-Ups & Nutrition - finding out you're pregnant, prenatal visits, dental health, nutrition, weight gain, pregnancy warning signs
• Protect Your Baby - alcohol, tobacco, drugs, caffeine, medication, and more
• Physical & Emotional Changes - prenatal exercise, importance of sleep, signs of premature labor, emotional changes, relationship abuse
• Getting Support - friends and family, staying in school, alternative education options

 

Volume 2: Labor and Birth - Empowers teens by showing them the choices they have for labor and delivery.

Topics include:

• Anatomy & Birth Process - fetal position, signs and stages of labor, labor support, positions for labor, natural labor techniques
• Medical Procedures - induction, analgesics, epidural, amniotomy, Pitocin, Cesarean birth
• Newborns - newborn appearance, skin-to-skin contact, rooming in, colostrum, lactation support

 

Volume 3: Postpartum - Helps young parents prepare for the challenges and joys of providing for a newborn.

Topics include:

• Physical Recovery & Postpartum Emotions - the healing process, signs of infection, nutrition, rest, exercise, baby blues, signs of postpartum depression
• Baby Care and Behaviors - well-baby visits, feeding baby, sleeping, crying, bathing and diapering, when to call the doctor, SIDS, second-hand smoke, abusive head
• Relationships & Parenting - establishing paternity, co-parenting, birth control, positive relationships, living situations, friend and family support, finishing school, and childcare options.

 

Each segment is 25 minutes long and includes a facilitators guide which includes discussion questions, activities, quizzes, handouts and more, Closed Captioned (English Only). Each title can be purchased separately

Also available in Spanish (1st Edition only)

Healthy Steps for Teen Parents is an eloquent effort featuring real teens in real pregnancies dealing with enormous realities - what they and their families will go through and can expect, physically, mentally, emotionally and financially - during the pregnancy, birth and postpartum process. Volume 1, Prenatal Care, discusses among other relevant topics nutrition and exercise, the harmful effects of substance abuse and the importance of emotional support as well as some warning signs, possible problems and options for staying in school. Volume 2, Labor and Birth, presents precise, detailed footage - and helpful graphics - about labor including facts on natural and other pain management techniques. And, thanks to two young women willing to share life's most intimate experience, one is able to view the miracle of two live births. Volume 3, Postpartum, talks about life after the arrival of a baby: breastfeeding, bathing, safety and interaction with the newborn along with how a mother should care for her own emotional and physical self and changes within relationships. Education is stressed, daycare options are explored and the segment wraps up on a positive note - 'making it all happen.' Healthy Steps for Teen Parents really delivers. It offers real time dialogue, a smooth story flow, fine editing, great graphics and good music tracks and, above all, excellent, pertinent information for pregnant teens. This program is now available in Spanish - with native-speaking hosts and all Spanish graphics. Teen pregnancy education; live action; facilitator's guide & workbook; 14 reproducible black line masters; ages 13 -21; published by Injoy Videos. Available on Video or DVD at SocialLearning.com

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