This article reports the results of a collaborative intervention effort between a teen-parent
program and a school of social work Social work faculty and students participated in a program
aimed at strengthening parental skills and the utilization of social support among adolescent
mothers who were enrolled in a special high school program. The results of this evaluation study
point to additional factors, such as empathy training and stress management, which need to be
included in a comprehensive service-delivery program for school-age mothers.
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