Abstract: Teenage pregnancy is one of the most pressing issues in the country today. In Zambales, cases of teenage pregnancy is likewise a perennial challenge not only to health practitioners but more so, to the educators. This case study was conducted to qualitatively describe the experiences of one female teenager who engaged in premarital sex and eventually got pregnant but chose to go back to schooling after. The participant lives with her mom, stepdad and step siblings. She is a strong woman. Despite of engaging in pre-marital sex and teenage pregnancy, she has managed to overcome trials and challenges. Her strong conviction on the importance of education, as supported by her family, made her continue her studies while having to take care of her own son. The preliminary rehabilitation and intervention strategies conducted by the researcher are viewed effective in terms of improving the participant’s biopsychosocial aspects and academic performance. After the intervention, her emotional quotient increased making her more mature, more confident and more emotionally stable. A rehabilitation and intervention strategies could be sustained until such time that the client can be fully reformed and can be able to stand of her own as a nurturing mother and as a responsible student. The family members should continue to show their strong support to her so she will be able to finish her collegiate studies. Her peers should be very sensitive of her formative experiences and should help her to improve herself both personal and professionally.
Keywords: teenage pregnancy, premarital sex, rehabilitation and intervention strategies, student mother.
Title: FROM DELIVERING A CHILD TO PURSUING EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF A TEENAGE STUDENT MOTHER
Author: Maria Teresa C. Ragadio
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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