Parenting

**Family and Consumer Sciences**
 * Parenting and Personal Relationships**
 * __Course Description:__**
 * This one semester elective will begin with personal wellness, the development of healthy relationships and different family structures. The second part of the course explores different aspects of pregnancy with emphasis on parenting readiness, prenatal needs of mother and child, birth options, planning/preparation and birth. The course closes with a look into the role of a new parent as he/she cares for the physical, mental, social, moral and emotional developmental needs of the newborn to age one. The student will participate in the Real Care Baby II parenting simulation project. **
 * __Grading:__**
 * Grading for this course will be calculated by using the grades in each category to tally a category percentage. Each category percentage will then be added up and divided by four (four categories). Categories are as follows:**
 * Class Participation—25%**
 * Assignments—25%**
 * Tests/Quizzes—25%**
 * Projects—25%**


 * __Homework/Assignment Policy:__**
 * For full credit, homework and other assignments are due on the date specified by the teacher. Any work submitted late will receive //__half__// credit. Again, half credit will be given for any work not handed in on the due date.**
 * NOTE: If you are in school, but missed class for whatever reason, it is the student’s responsibility to stop by to turn in or show me your work. If the student fails to do so, full credit will not be given for the assignment.**
 * FOR LEGAL ABSENCES: See school policy for work submission guidelines.**
 * __Food/Beverages/Gum/Candy/Etc.:__**
 * As per school policy, these items are not permitted in the classroom unless you have permission from the office or school nurse.**
 * __Behavior:__**
 * The classroom is an equal opportunity learning environment. For this reason, disruptions of any kind will not be tolerated and will result in removal from the classroom with a referral to the office. Students are here to learn and therefore exemplary academic behavior is mandatory.**
 * __Parent/Guardian/Student/Teacher Communication:__**
 * I can be contacted at gmickey@jtasd.org or (570) 325-3663 x 1839. If a student is absent, the student (or their parent/guardian) should feel free to contact me for any missed work. Email is often the most efficient means of communication.**

**Expected Time Frame** **(Subject to Change)**

Week 1: Beginning of year paperwork and introduction activities; Defining Yourself Week 2: Understanding Others; Taking Responsibility Week 3: Loving Relationships Week 4: Domestic Violence Week 5: Domestic Violence and Substance Use and Abuse Week 6: Contraception Week 7: Contraception and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Week 8: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Week 9: Getting Married and Making Adjustments Week 10: Today’s Families Week 11: Prenatal Development Week 12: Prenatal Development; Planning and Preparation Week 13: Planning and Preparation; Birth Week 14: Birth Week 15: The Newborn Week 16: The Newborn Week 17: Three Months to One Year Week 18: Three Months to One Year