1. What are Life Skills?
Life skills are the abilities that individual can develop to live a fruitful life.
Life skills are psychological abilities that enable individual to translate knowledge attributes and values regarding their concern into well informed and healthy behaviors.
To summarize, being able to take decision based on a logical process of
"Abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable the individual to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life.
TLS Model - Hendricks 1996( Targeting Life skills)
Life skills are the abilities that individual can develop to live a fruitful life.
Life skills are psychological abilities that enable individual to translate knowledge attributes and values regarding their concern into well informed and healthy behaviors.
To summarize, being able to take decision based on a logical process of
- What to do?
- Why to do?
- How to do?
- When to do?
"Abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enable the individual to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life.
TLS Model - Hendricks 1996( Targeting Life skills)
Skills that help an individual to be successful in living a productive and satisfying life.
There are 3 broad categories of life skills
- Social / Interpersonal skills - Facilitates social interactions
a. Communication skills
b. Assertiveness
c. Cooperation
d. Empathy
e. Leadership - Cognitive / Thinking Skills - Enhances the logical faculty of the brain using an analytical ability etc
a. Problem Solving Ability
b. Critical Thinking
c. Creative Thinking
d. Decision Making
e. Self-Awareness - Emotional Skills - Involves knowledge and being comfortable with oneself
a. Stress Management
b. Emotion Management
c. Resisting peer pressure etc