Young People In Focus

EVERYONE ASSUMED IT WAS AN ACCIDENT
A guide to 'planned' teenage pregnancy for those working with young people by Suzanne Cater and Lester Coleman
Young People in Focus, 2006 Guide Series

Funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation

This Guide aims to provide information for those working with young people, by sharing young parents' views and experiences from Young People in Focus's research into 'planned' teenage pregnancy. The main aim is to help gain more awareness, understanding and insight into the reasons behind 'planned' teenage pregnancy. The real-life quotes can be used with young people to open up discussion about what it's like to become a parent, and help them think about whether having a baby is what they really want.


ISBN: 978 1871504 781

SUPPORTING YOUNG FATHERS: Examples of Promising Practice
Nigel Sherriff, Young People in Focus 2007

"This report will be invaluable to both workers and managers seeking to develop effective services for young fathers. It is full of good, practical ideas, and stresses that young fathers need to be engaged with, both systematically and on their own terms. It shows convincingly that when young fathers are offered reliable and sensitive support, the impact on them, their children and their families, can be profound"

David Bartlett, Fathers Direct

The key feature is its attention to the practical details that directly interest practitioners. It conveys the voices of those working with young fathers, and explores how practitioners can most effectively be helped on the often complex and difficult issues they have to deal with.

72pp ISBN 978 1871504 811

YOUNG FATHERS PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT
Enid Mordaunt, Young People in Focus, 2005

This comprehensive report evaluates the work of the five different young fathers' projects that were part of Young People in Focus's Young Fathers Project undertaken between 2002 and 2004. The report identifies key ingredients for successful work with young fathers and includes extensive comments from project workers and young fathers themselves.

153pp

ISBN 978 1871504 627

Young Men Understanding Fatherhood
Andrew Cummings, Uk Youth

This toolkit provides essential reading for those running a young fatherhood programme with young men aged 13-19.

The programme’s 11 sessions and 44 activities cover: knowing ourselves and others; understanding values and beliefs; problem solving and risk taking; what it means to be a man; relationships; sex and sexual health; what babies need; being a good dad; dads and the law and safety and first aid. Activities have been piloted in a variety of settings including, parenting projects, leaving care services and YOI’s.

INTER-PROFESSIONAL APPROACHES TO YOUNG FATHERS
Jane Reeves, M&K Update Ltd

This book draws together contemporary research evidence, social theory and policy which can affect the way practitioners, students and academics conceptualise and work with young fathers. Each chapter illustrates its subjects with discrete evidence from that particular field. A summary of this literature and evidence, provided in each chapter, makes this book very 'user friendly'.

FOUR CARRIER BAGS & A BUGGY DVD
Red Rose Chain 2006

This educational resource pack is for use with young people aged 14+ as part of a sex education programme and looks at the reality of being a young parent. The film documents the lives of members of a Young Parents' Support Group and the accompanying Teaching Notes give suggestions for exercises and areas for discussion. These include: having a baby; coping; the cost of living; relationships; depression and looking forward.

DVD plus Teaching Notes

TEENAGE PREGNANCY: THE MAKING AND UNMAKING OF A PROBLEM
Lisa Arai

This book exposes an unhealthy relationship between the media and policy making, leading to the distortion of research evidence. Lucid, analytic and controversial, it is a must-read for policy makers in the present and future.

Professor Rachel Thompson, Faculty of Health and Social Care, The Open University

Teenage Pregnancy examines who is likely to have a baby as a teenager, the consequences of early motherhood and how teenage pregnancy is dealt with in the media. The author argues that society's negative attitude to young mothers is likely to marginalise an already excluded group and that efforts should be focused primarily on supporting young mothers and their children.