The relationship between supportive services and the school's responsibility to provide these services to the teenage mother

This study examined the educational and supportive services outside and in the school available to the young mothers in a Chicago Public High School Alternative program in order to determine its effectiveness and make recommendations for helping the young mother obtain her education and learn skills needed for self-sufficiency. There were three parts to this study: (a) the evaluation of the program, (b) evaluation of the factors that are internal and external to the programs that facilitate and/or hinder use of available services, and (c) consideration of, how the program might be improved and better lined to other community agencies and service providers to offer a firmer network of support to assist teenage mothers attain their educational and career training goals.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Klein-Benjamin, Marilyn Beth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Westbury, Ian

• Education, Guidance and Counseling
• Sociology, Individual and Family Studies
• Sociology, Public and Social Welfare

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Klein-Benjamin, Marilyn Beth

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591088045
AAI9702561
(UMI)AAI9702561

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23323