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    This document discusses life skills and their importance. It defines life skills as abilities that allow individuals to effectively deal with everyday challenges according to the WHO. Key life skills components discussed include critical thinking, self-confidence, self-awareness, decision making, and interpersonal relationships. The goals of developing life skills are to help individuals lead successful lives through lessening negative behaviors, increasing prosocial behaviors, improving self-image and emotional adjustment, and gaining knowledge and self-control.

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    This document discusses life skills and their importance. It defines life skills as abilities that allow individuals to effectively deal with everyday challenges according to the WHO. Key life skills components discussed include critical thinking, self-confidence, self-awareness, decision making, and interpersonal relationships. The goals of developing life skills are to help individuals lead successful lives through lessening negative behaviors, increasing prosocial behaviors, improving self-image and emotional adjustment, and gaining knowledge and self-control.

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    This document discusses life skills and their importance. It defines life skills as abilities that allow individuals to effectively deal with everyday challenges according to the WHO. Key life skills components discussed include critical thinking, self-confidence, self-awareness, decision making, and interpersonal relationships. The goals of developing life skills are to help individuals lead successful lives through lessening negative behaviors, increasing prosocial behaviors, improving self-image and emotional adjustment, and gaining knowledge and self-control.

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    CHAPTER EIGHT

    INTRODUCTION TO LIFE SKILLS


    8.1. Nature and Definition of Life skills
     “Abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that
    enable individuals to deal effectively with the
    demands and challenges of everyday life.” (WHO).
     “Behavioral changes or behavioral development
    approach designed to address a balance of three
    areas: knowledge, attitude, and skills”
    (UNICEF’s).
     The abilities help to promote mental well-being
    and competence in young people as they face the
    realities of life.
    8.2. Components of Life Skills
    Critical thinking
     Thinking more effectively within curricular subject areas,
    understanding the reasoning employed, assessing
    independently and appropriately, and solving problems
    effectively.
     Also involves improved thinking skills in dealing with real life
    problems-in assessing information and arguments in social
    contexts and making life decisions.
    Self-confidence
     Individual’s trust in his or her own abilities, capacities, and
    judgments.
    Self-awareness
     It is the quality or trait that involves conscious awareness of
    one’s own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
    Self-concept
     Incorporates traits, preferences, values, beliefs, and interests
    the person believes to be true about himself/herself.
    Self-esteem
     The degree to which we perceive ourselves
    positively or negatively
     Our overall attitude toward ourselves, which can
    be measured explicitly or implicitly.
    Decision-making
     Combining and integrating available information
    to choose, implement, and evaluate one out of
    several possible courses of actions.
    Interpersonal relationships
     Social associations, connections, or affiliations
    between two or more people having various levels
    of intimacy and sharing, and implying the
    discovery or establishment of common ground.
    Reflective communication
     Attending communications with thoughtful and
    due attention to reflect on one’s own thinking,
    behaviors and interaction with others.
    Peers pressure resistance
     Individual’s abilities and skills to confront
    negative influences from his/her group members.
    Knowing rights and duties
     One’s knowledge and understanding of rights and
    duties of individuals, groups, institutions and
    nations allowed to do or not to do by law and/or a
    culture.
    8.3. Goals of Life Skills
     Knowing and applying life skills is to lead smooth and
    successful life at home, work place, and in social
    interpersonal relationship.
     Lessened violent behavior;
     Increased pro-social behavior
     Decreased negative, self-destructive behavior;
     Increased the ability to plan ahead and choose effective
    solutions to problems;
     Improved self-image, self-awareness, social and emotional
    adjustment;
     Increased acquisition of knowledge;
     Improved classroom behavior;
     Gains in self control and handling of interpersonal
    problems and coping with anxiety; and
     Improved constructive conflict resolution with peers,
    impulse control and popularity.

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