Life Skills and Living Values (Ms Karima)

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SESSION OBJECTIVES

Define life skills and living values.

Categorize and classify life skills.

Identify the core living values.Appreciate the importance of life skills and living values

in the development of youth.

Lay strategies at college and community to monitor and

mentor the inclusion of life skills and living values in thecollege and its environment.

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Life skills Abilities for adaptive and positive

behaviour that enables individuals to deal

effectively with demands and challenges of everyday life (WHO 1993)

Life skills education Skill based health on

education. It affects ones physical, social,

emotional and spiritual health.Livingvalues They are morally acceptable

standards, societal norms or virtues of behaviour

in the society.

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1. Knowing and living with oneself.2. Knowing and living with others.

3. Effective decision making.

4. Knowing and living with oneself includes:-

a) Self awareness

- your environment.

- Your culture.

- Capabilities.

- weaknesses/strengths/ limitations.

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-Appreciation

- Emotions

- Desires- Character

b) Self esteem

- Value of oneself.

- influenced by ones socialization with friends,

family members, teachers, peers etc.

c) Coping with stress

- Emotional, mental and physical reactionscaused by prolonged pressure.

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` Family problems.` Exams.

` Death.

` Retrenchment.

` Broken relationship.

` Failure to meet deadlines.

` Illness.

` Suspension from college.

` Relationships.

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d) Coping with emotions e.g.

fear

love

anxiety

sorrow

sadnessshyness

disgust

self control

self management. etc

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5. Knowing and living with others e.g.

- parents

- relatives

- peers at college

- neighbours

- lecturers/support staff

- people they meet.

i) Effectivecommunication ability to express self.

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ii) Assertiveness knowing what you want and

why i.e.

- being firm- being clear on what you want.

- Find out what you want.

- saying it clearly and correctly.

- repeating what you have said if necessary.

- being a good listener and acknowledging other

persons needs.

- avoiding distractions.- finding away of closing issues.

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iii) Empathy Ability to accurately understand what

another person is experiencing and taking steps of

helping him/her to cope with situations.iv) Negotiation discuss critical issues in a clear

and open way so as to build a consensus or

agreement without compromising ones principles.

v) Conflictresolution skills seriousdisagreement which may result in verbal or

physical confrontation.

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vi) Conflictmanagement

- Facilitating a common ground.

- Giving each party a fair chance to present theirviews.

- Identifying the cause of a problem.

- Analyzing the consequences of one action to be

taken.- Come into terms with reality of the situation.

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6. Effective decision making

- Ability to analyze and evaluate ideas or issues

positively.It involves

Critical thinking - ability to analyze and evaluate

ideas or issues positively.

Creative thinking looking for solutions afteranalyzing the cause of a problem.

Problem solving skill involves analysing the

nature of the problem and coming up with a

workable solution.

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Decision making ability to make sound decisions

when one is confronted with several demands.

3Cs toeffectivedecisionmaking

Decision making

ChoiceChallenge Consequences

Challenge

Choice

Consequence

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` Freedom.

` Peace.` Love.

` Respect.

` Responsibility.

` Honesty.

` Humility.

` Happiness.

` Simplicity.

` Tolerance.

` Cooperation.

` Unity

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Benefits of life values as they relate to being

formation.

Enable one to make socially conscious choices.Are treasures of life.

Bring happiness.

Bring self respect and dignity.

Increase independence and freedom.

Expand capacity to be self sufficient.

Liberate one from external influences.

Offer protection.

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Bring empowerment.

Open heart and human nature so that life is filled

with compassion and humility.

THANK YOU.

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