MindNurture | Cradle to Classroom®

Cradle to Classroom^® (CTC) is a comprehensive program for developing parenting skills in adolescent parents, helping them complete their high school education, and promoting the future academic success of their children. It includes extensive in-school academic, social, and health supports for young mothers and an intensive home-visiting program for adolescent parents and their infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

Cradle to Classroom has two main goals:

to assist pregnant and parenting adolescents in completing high school,
and
to improve the home and child care experiences of the children of adolescents, helping them prepare for school success.

Cradle to Classroom also:

Tracks teens and helps them with issues before they have academic problems
Helps teens find good child care so they can attend school
Visits teens weekly in their homes to help them learn to be good parents and cope with life issues
Uses the research-validated LearningGames^® curriculum

Why is Cradle to Classroom important?
Some sobering statistics for adolescent parents

The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births among western industrialized countries.
Fewer than one-third of teen mothers ever finish high school.

According to research, if a young mother stays in school, receives a diploma, and avoids having a second child, by age 30, she is likely to catch up to the average income level of her peers who did not get pregnant in high school.

Some sobering statistics for the children of adolescent parents

Children of teen parents are 50% more likely to repeat a grade and are less likely to graduate from high school than children of older parents.
Children of teen mothers are more likely than those born to older mothers to experience adolescent childbearing, homelessness, juvenile delinquency, and incarceration.

The Abecedarian Research Project has shown the LearningGames intervention raises IQ, improves elementary and secondary school performance in reading and math, reduces retention in grade, delays childbearing, reduces risky behaviors such as drug use and unprotected sex at 18 years of age, and increases the likelihood of attending a 4-year college.

Real world testimonials
Read what people are saying about this comprehensive program.


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Testimonials CTC Information Request	Home > Cradle to Classroom® Cradle to Classroom^® (CTC) is a comprehensive program for developing parenting skills in adolescent parents, helping them complete their high school education, and promoting the future academic success of their children. It includes extensive in-school academic, social, and health supports for young mothers and an intensive home-visiting program for adolescent parents and their infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Cradle to Classroom has two main goals: to assist pregnant and parenting adolescents in completing high school, and to improve the home and child care experiences of the children of adolescents, helping them prepare for school success. Cradle to Classroom also: Tracks teens and helps them with issues before they have academic problems Helps teens find good child care so they can attend school Visits teens weekly in their homes to help them learn to be good parents and cope with life issues Uses the research-validated LearningGames^® curriculum Why is Cradle to Classroom important? Some sobering statistics for adolescent parents The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births among western industrialized countries. Fewer than one-third of teen mothers ever finish high school. According to research, if a young mother stays in school, receives a diploma, and avoids having a second child, by age 30, she is likely to catch up to the average income level of her peers who did not get pregnant in high school. Some sobering statistics for the children of adolescent parents Children of teen parents are 50% more likely to repeat a grade and are less likely to graduate from high school than children of older parents. Children of teen mothers are more likely than those born to older mothers to experience adolescent childbearing, homelessness, juvenile delinquency, and incarceration. The Abecedarian Research Project has shown the LearningGames intervention raises IQ, improves elementary and secondary school performance in reading and math, reduces retention in grade, delays childbearing, reduces risky behaviors such as drug use and unprotected sex at 18 years of age, and increases the likelihood of attending a 4-year college. Real world testimonials Read what people are saying about this comprehensive program.