(I'm afraid this has gotten quite extensive over the
years. Search for the topics you need. Please stay informed,
and care about the kids you work with. Thanks for being out there.)
- Alan Guttmacher Institute, Sex and America's Teenagers,
New York and Washington, 1994
(A must read)
- Apter, T., Altered Loves: Mothers and Daughters
during Adolescence, New York: Fawcett Columbine,
1990. ( If you're a mother, or a daughter, it helps to read this
one.)
- Barth, R., Reducing the Risk - Building Skills to
Prevent Pregnancy, STD & HIV, ETR Associates,
California, 1993 ("Hands on" learning ideas)
- Belenky, M., et al, Woman's Ways of Knowing: The
Development of Self, Voice and Mind., Basic Books,
1986. (An appreciation of woman's strengths - aren't our teenage
mothers evolving into adult women?)
- Blankenhorn, D., Fatherless in America: Confronting
our Most Urgent Social Problem, Basic Books, Harper
Collins Publishers, 1995.
- Blessed Events and the Bottom Line: Financing Maternity
Care in the United States, The Alan Guttmacher Institute,
1987. (A study on the costs of having a baby in America)
- Bender, D., Leone, B., Teenage Sexuality: Opposing
Viewpoints, St. Paul, Minnesota: Greenhaven Press,
1988 (If you intend to speak intelligently about adolescent sexuality
you need to be aware of opposing sides on the issue)
- Brick, P., Teaching Safer Sex, New Jersey,
The Center for Family Life Education, 1989 (Learning guides
on contraception)
- Brinkley, G., & Sampson, S., Young and Pregnant
- A Book for You, Pink, Inc., Atlantic Beach, Fla,
1989. (An excellent handout for pregnant teens)
- Brumberg, J., The Body Project: An Intimate History
of American Girls, Random House, New York, 1977 (An
eyeopening look at American woman and society’s expectations
for their bodies)
- Coles, R., & Stokes, G., Sex and the American
Teenager, New York: Harper & Row, 1985. (A helpful
volume of studies on trends in adolescent sexuality.)
- Coles, R., The Moral Intelligence of Children, Random
House, 1997. (By an award winning author who examines not only
our children’s moral development, but our own.)
- Coles, R., The Youngest Parents,Teenage Pregnancy
as it Shapes Lives, Doubletake Books, North Carolina,
1977. (A photo essay)
- Concordia Press, Learning About Sex Series: Volumes
1 through 6, St. Louis, Missouri, 1988. (An excellent
series for kids ages three to young adult, published by the
Concordia Press of the Lutheran Church)
- Coontz, S., The Way We Never Were: American Families
and the Nostalgia Trap, Basic Books, Harper Collins
Publisher, New York, 1992. (Quite an eye-opener)
- Corbett, M., & Meyer, J., The Adolescent and
Pregnancy, Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications,
1987. (A text directed at nurses, but easily readable by anyone)
- Crewdson, J., By Silence Betrayed: Sexual Abuse
of Children in America, New York, Harper & Row,
1988 (A wake up call)
- Dash, L, When Children Want Children - An Inside
Look at the Crisis of Teenage Parenthood, New York,
Penguin Books, 1989 (Do they? Read this and have your perspective
enlarged)
- Davis - Floyd, R., Birth as an American Rite of
Passage, Berkeley: University of California Press,
1992. (If you're involved in birthing in America, you need to
be informed of this author's perspective)
- Doak, C., Doak, L, & Root, J., Teaching Patients
with Low Literacy Skills, Philadelphia: Lippincott,
1985. (Don't attempt to reach adolescents without some of the
skills detailed in this text. Mine is always on my desk)
- Dobson, J., Parenting isn't for Cowards, Texas,
Word Books, !987 (Dealing with the frustrations of child-rearing)
- Dunham, C., Mamatoto: A Celebration of Birth, New
York, Penguin Books, 1991. (For the sheer joy of it!!)
- Edelman, MW, A Measure of Our Success - A Letter
to My Children and Yours, Boston, Beacon Press, 1992
(Written by the director of Children's Defense Fund)
- Edelman, MW, Guide my Feet: Prayers and Meditations
on Loving and Working with Chidlren, Beacon Press,
Boston, MA 1995.
- Faller, K, Child Sexual Abuse - An Interdisciplinary
Manual for Diagnosis, Case Management and Treatment, New
York, Columbia University Press, 1988. (A difficult subject,
but one professionals MUST face up to)
- Fortunato, J., AIDS, the Spiritual Dilemma, San
Francisco, Harper & Row, 1987. (Written by " a therapist
to gay and straight, to those dying of AIDS and those by the
grace of God more fortunate.")
- Garth, M., Starbright - Meditations for Children,
Harper Collins Publishers, San Francisco, 1991. (Visualizations
suitable for young teens)
- Godby-Johnson, A., A Rock and A Hard Place - One
Boy's Triumphant Story. New York, Crown Publishers,
1993. (If you have time for only one book on this list, please
pick this one. There is more wisdom and life within it's pages
than any book I've ever read. Thank you, Tony.)
- Goer, H., Obstetric Myths Versus Research Realities:
A Guide to the Medical Literature. Bergen & Garvey,
1995. (A clear, concise, and complete reference)
- Gong, V., AIDS, Facts and Issues, Rutgers
University, 1986. (A relatively early, but complete, resource)
- Gordon, S., The Teenage Survival Book, New
York, Random House, 1988. ( A magnificently open, positive book
for adolescents
- Gordon, S., Raising a Child Conservatively in a
Sexually Permissive World, New York, Simon &
Shuster, 1989 (An open, non judgmental book written by an open,
non judgmental author)
- Hatcher, R., ed., Contraceptive Technology, 1990
- 1992., New York: Irvinton Publishers, 1990. (An
irreplaceable resource on contraception.)
- Hatcher, R., Doctor, am I a Virgin, Again? Cases
and Counsel for a Healthy Sexuality. University of
Emory Press, 1990.
- Henshaw, S., ed, Teenage Pregnancy in the United
States: The Scope of the Problem and State Responses, New
York: The Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1989. (An overview of states
responses to sexuality education and the adolescent who gives
birth)
- Howard, M., How To Help Your Teenager Postpone Sexual
Involvement, The Continuum Publishing Company, New
York, NY, 1988. (For parents, but full of hints for educators
interested in postponing sexual involvement curriculums)
- Humenick, S. ed, Adolescent Pregnancy: Nursing Perspectives
on Prevention, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation,
Volume 27, Number 1, 1992 (A composite of articles on the issue)
- Jones, EF, et al, Teenage Pregnancy in Industrialized
Countries, New Haven and London, Yale University
Press, 1986. (A study sponsored by the Alan Guttmacher Institute
- an eye opener)
- Joseph, S., Dragon within the Gates: the Once and
Future AIDS Epidemic, New York, Carroll & Graf
Publishers, 1992. (Realistic and tough to read - touches the
political and economic choices that must be made to protect the
uninfected and treat the sick.)
- Kahn, R. P., Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth,
University of Illinois Press, Chicago, 1995.
- Kittredge, M., Teens with AIDS Speak Out, New
Jersey, Simon & Shuster, 1991.
- Leach, P., Children First: What our Society must
Do- and is Not Doing - for Our Children Today, Alfred
A. Knopf, New York, 1994. (Penelope Leach, author of Your
Baby and Child, urges us to put families and children first)
- Lieberman, A., Easing Labor Pain, New
York: Doubleday, 1987. (Readable, and appropriate for an older,
motivated teen. Remember that the professional must read anything
she/he recommends to an adolescent)
- Lindbergh, A. M., Gift from the Sea., New
York, Pantheon Books, 1955, 1975. (To give you strength, and
to celebrate the gift of life.)
- Lindsay, J.W., School Age Parents: The Challenge
of Three Generation Living, California, Morning Glory
Press, 1990. (If you work with young adolescents, intergenerational
living will more than likely be a part of the problem)
- Lindsay, J.W., Teens Parenting, Morning
Glory Press, California, 1988.
- Lindsay, J., & Rodine, S., Teen Pregnancy Challenge,
Books 1 Strategies for Change, and Book 2, Programs for Kids,
California, Morning Glory Press, 1989, (Both these
volumes are worth your time, in particular book two if you're
considering establishing a teen program)
- Luker, K., Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of
Teenage Pregnancy, Harvard University Press, 1966.
(A truly awesome treatise on the prejudices and realities of
early childbearing)
- Maynard, R., Kids Having Kids: Economic Costs and
Social Consequences of Teen Pregnancy The Urban University
Press, Washington D.C., 1997.
- McKay, S. The Assertive Approach to Childbirth:
Using Comunications Strategies to Increase Birthing Options,
ICEA, 1986.
- McClure, V., The Tao of Motherhood, Willow
Springs, Mo, Nucleus Publications, 1991. (For those of us who
consider motherhood our primary role in life)
- Miller, H, et al., AIDS, The Second Decade - The National
Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington
DC, 1990. (A report from the Committee on AIDS Research)
- Mitford, J., The American Way of Birth, New
York: Penguin Books, 1992.(Read it if you work with birthing
women)
- Monette, P., Borrowed Time: an AIDS Memoir, New
York: Avon Books, 1988. (Please read this if you're having trouble
relating to what the media has labeled "alternative life
styles" or the human beings who live them. A treatise to
humanity, devotion and love in the face of indifference and pain.)
- Monette, P., Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story,
New York, Harcourt Bruce Janovanovich Publishers,
1992. (Exceptional. Please take the time to read this marvelous
writer and have your eyes opened)
- NAACOG'S Clinical Issues in Perinatal and Women's Health
Nursing, Volume 2, Number 2: Adolescence, Philadelphia:
Lippincott, 1991. (Magnificent!)
- Nichols, F., & Humenick, S., Childbirth Education:
Practice, Research and Theory, Philadelphia, W.B.
Saunders Co., 1988. (Although not a text on adolescent pregnancy,
an invaluable resource for childbirth educators or professionals
interacting with expectant parents of any age.)
- Pipher, M., Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves
of Adolescent Girls, Ballantine Books, New York,
1995. (A look at the everyday dangers of being young and female)
- Podgurski, M.J., School Based Adolescent Pregnancy
Classes, AWHONN's Clinical Issues in Perinatal and Women's Health
Nursing, Volume 4, Number 1, Lippincott, 1993 (Sure,
I'm prejudiced. I know the author)
- Podgurski, M.J., Games Educators Play, Academypress,
1996.
- Podgurski, M.J. What’s Up as You Grow Up? for
Girls and What’s Up as You Grow Up? for BoysAcademypress,
1997
- Podgurski, M.J. Till Human Voices Wake Us, AcademyPress,
PA 1996. (A one act play on adolescent pregnancy)
- Poorman, S., Human Sexuality and the Nursing Process,
Connecticut: Appleton & Large, 1988. (A nursing
text on sexuality by a professor from the University of Pittsburgh)
- Priya, J.V., Birth Traditions and Modern Pregnancy
Care, Great Britain, Dotesios, Ltd., 1992. (A lovely
text that celebrates both cultural diversity and the communality
of the life process for all.)
- Quindlen, A., Living Out Loud, and Thinking
Out Loud. New York, Random House, 1988, 1993 ( Collections
of essays on life. I find myself talking out loud when I read
them - saying "Yes" like I'm at a revival)
- Reamer, F., AIDS and Ethics, Columbia
University Press, New York, 1991.(A help on facing the dilemmas
of the AIDS crisis)
- Rickel, A., Teen Pregnancy and Parenting, New
York: Hemisphere Publishing, 1989. (Comprehensive, including
current research findings)
- Risking the Future: Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy
and Childbearing, Vol. 1, The National Research Council,
1987. (Available through The Alan Guttmacher Institute)
- Robinson, B., Teenage Fathers, Lexington
Books: D.C. Heath and Co., 1988. (An excellent viewpoint of the
other partner in an adolescent pregnancy)
- Rothman, Barbara Katz, In Labor: Women and Power
in the Birthplace, W.W. Norton & Company, New
York, 1991.
- Sack, F., Romance to Die For: The Startling Truth
about Women, Sex and AIDS, Florida, Health Communications,
1992
- Sanders, J. Before Their Time, Harcourt
Bruce Jovanovich Publishers, Florida, 1992.
- Scaer, R. Korte, D. A Good Birth, A Safe Birth:
Choosing and having the childbirth experience you want, The
Harvard Common Press, 1989.
- Shengold, L, Soul Murder - the Effects of Childhood
Abuse and Deprivation, Yale University Press, 1989.
(Read this if you work with kids)
- Shilts, R., And the Band Played On: People, Politics
and AIDS, New York, St. Martini's Press, 1987. (
Important reading if you're uninformed about the background of
the AIDS epidemic in the US)
- Simkin, P. The Birth Partner, Harvard
and Boston: The Harvard Common Press, 1989.
- Strauss, S., Sexual Harassment and Teens, Minneapolis:
Free Spirit Publishing, 1992. (Important to be aware of the prevalence
of this issue)
- The Science of AIDS, Readings from Scientific
American, New York: W.H. Freeman Company, 1989. (Scientific
in nature, and universal in scope)
- Taffel, R., Parenting by Heart, New
York, Addison - Wesley Publishing Company, 1991 (Sensitive and
insightful. Good for all parents)
- Twerski, A., When do the Good Things Start? and
Waking Up Just in Time, New York, Topper Books,
1988, 1990 (Excellent books on addiction and the twelve step
programs, written with a bit of help from Charlie Brown and his
friends)
- Wagner, M., Pursuing the Birth Machine, ACE
Graphics, Australia, 1994. (Wow!)
- Walker, A., In Search of Our Mother's Gardens, Harcourt,
Bruce and Company, New York, 1967. (A lovely book that speaks
to the African American women's experience)
- Walker, A., Possessing the Secret of Joy, New
York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers, 1992 ( A novel of
grace and courage)
- Whitehead, B., The Divorce Culture, Alfred
Knopf, New York, 1997.
- Wolf, N., Promiscuities: The Secret Struggle for
Womanhood, Random House, New York, 1997.
- Zabin, L., & Hirsch, M., Evaluation of Pregnancy
Prevention Programs in the School Context, Lexington
Books, Massachusetts, 1988.
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