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Assistance
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of Inland North County
2068 E. Valley Pky
Escondido, CA
(760) 746-7532 |
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Deterring Teen Pregnancies
Recognizing the need to insert reality into the overly sentimentalized picture many teens have of childcare, Assistance League of Inland North County works with local high schools by offering Baby Real Deal.
This program is designed to give high school students a real life-like experience in parenting by using infant simulators. Students learn the care of the "babies" in Child Development, Life Sciences, Home Economics and Health Education classes. The goal is to help a student determine that he or she is not ready for parenting until older.
Students take "a baby" home on Friday afternoon and care for it until Monday morning. The baby is programmed to cry, indicating a need to be fed, burped, changed or cuddled. The student wears a bracelet with a sensor that records if the student or someone else cared for the "baby."
A computer chip records if the "baby" received care in a timely manner, was abused or ignored. The teacher can program the "baby" for low, medium or high care based on the needs of the student. Computer software that comes with the program allows the teacher to evaluate the care the "baby" received. The chapter also loans Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Drug-Affected "babies" along with a compelling CD to the schools. They vividly illustrate the damage done to babies from using drugs and alcohol during pregnancy.
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Assistance League of Inland North County provides the participating schools with:
Several infant simulators
Manuals of instruction
Videotapes of instruction
Strollers, car seats and diaper bags
Loan of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Drug Affected "Babies"
Batteries for the "baby"
Support staff for the program
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