title: Presenting relaxation techniques to pregnant adolescents.
abstract: Teens present a unique challenge for the childbirth educator. A committed educator must find creative teaching strategies that will ease an adolescent's tension and provide a safe environment where a teen can "own" the message of her body's ability to give birth. The author of this column presents one of her own strategies for teaching relaxation techniques to adolescents.
authors.affiliation: M ary J o P odgurski is Director of The Washington Hospital Teen Outreach and the founder of the Academy for Adolescent Health, Inc. in Washington, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Podgurski