Purpose of Life Skills Education
Life skills refer to a large group of psychosocial and interpersonal skills that promote mental well-being and lead to a healthy and productive life. The World Health Organization (WHO 1993) defines life skills as “the abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enables individuals to deal effectively with the
demands and challenges of everyday life.”
- Life skills develop competencies and actual behaviors
- Life skills address the whole individual and therefore can lead to overall, sustained life-long behavior change
- Life Skills empower children and young adults
Why Do Children Need Life Skills?
Life Skills are critical for children. Life Skills lead to behavior change. The life skills approach declares that if children and young people are provided with the opportunity to learn skills in a supportive environment, they can confidently manage their lives in a positive manner while serving as valuable resources to their friends, family and community.
- Knowledge is not enough. Experience indicates that building awareness and providing knowledge is not enough to influence behavior. Although people may understand risk, they may not make rational decisions to change their behavior to reduce these risks.
- Knowledge must impact attitudes and values to change behavior. Attitudes and values influence our Life Skills activities provide opportunities to reflect on one’s beliefs and attitudes. These efforts, when encouraged in a supportive environment, lead to changes in behavior.
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