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| Just for Teens can be delivered in your school or community directly, as well as through collaboration with community partners. |
Outcomes
| Just for Teens has demonstrated a positive impact on participants' individual development as teenagers, while addressing important issues related to their roles as parents. |
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| Just for Teens gives teen parents the support they need to stay in school, develop life skills, and become effective and confident parents. |
Outcomes - Just for Teens
Just for Teens has demonstrated a positive impact on participants' individual development as teenagers, while addressing important issues related to their roles as parents.
The following outcomes summarize the program's impact:
- Increased confidence of teens as people and as parents
- Increased academic achievement
- 97.2% high school graduation rate among teen participants, more than double the national average for teen parents
- Quasi-experimental research by the University at Buffalo provides strong evidence of increased emotional intelligence among teen participants, a finding that has been linked to academic and economic resiliency and success
Additionally, participating teen parents receive valuable life and parenting skills, addressing key risk factors which contribute to child abuse and neglect: lack of parental confidence, isolation, and poor parent/child relationships.
