Motherhood - An Applied Sort
The Age
Saturday June 28, 2008
Eight young mums and mothers-tobe are doing the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning program at Swinburne TAFE's Croydon campus.
The program counts towards a certificate III in children's services and allows girls aged 15-19 - who were unable to continue their schooling when they became pregnant - to keep their babies with them in childcare and personal development classes."Often when these girls fall pregnant, they feel they don't fit in at school, so they end up dropping out," says VCAL teacher Louise Schilling."While there are other programs for young mums, we believe this is one of a few that actually welcomes babies in the classroom. It provides an opportunity for the girls to learn how to care for their baby's health, nutrition and emergency care as well as how to play with them whilst studying their VCAL."
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