This presentation describes 10 Life Skills identified by WHO

1. Introduction
Life skills help to promote mental well-being & competence in young
people as they face the realities of life.
Life skills empower young people to take positive action.
To protect themselves and promote health & positive social
relationships.

2. What is Life Skills?
WHO (1997)
◦ “The abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enables
individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of
everyday life”.
UNICEF (2001)
“Life-skills based education is, behavior change or behavior
development approach, designed to address a balance of three areas:
knowledge, attitude, and skills.

3. The 10 Life Skills.
1) Critical Thinking.
2) Creative Thinking.
3) Decision Making.
4) Problem Solving.
5) Interpersonal Relationships/Skills.
6) Effective Communication.
7) Coping with Emotions.
8) Coping with Stress.
9) Self-Awareness.
10) Empathy.

4. Managing
Emotion
Critical
Thinking
Self-
Awareness
Coping with
Stress
Effective
Communication
Interpersonal
Skills
Problem
Solving
Decision
Making
Empathy
Creative
Thinking

5. Key Life Skills :
Life Skills include psychosocial competencies & interpersonal
skills that help people make informed decisions, solve problems,
think critically & creatively, communicate effectively, build healthy
relationships, empathize with others, & manage their lives in a
healthy & productive manner.
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6. Key Life Skills
Life Skills fall into three basic categories
which compliment, supplement &
reinforce each other:
* Social or Interpersonal Skills
* Cognitive or Thinking Skills
* Emotional Skills
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7. Key Life Skills
3 basic categories
* Social or Interpersonal Skills
* Cognitive or Thinking Skills
* Emotional Skills
These three basic categories further include the following
skills.
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8. 8
Life Skills
Social & Interpersonal
Skills
Communication
Skills
Assertiveness Skills
Cooperation Skills
Empathy
Cognitive or Thinking
Skills
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Creative Thinking
Decision Making
Self-Awareness
Emotional Skills
Managing Stress
Managing Emotions
Resisting peer pressure

9. Critical Thinking
 It is an ability to analyze information & experience in
an objective manner.
 Key to form right attitudes towards life
 Assists in developing responsible behavior.

10. Creative Thinking.
• It is an ability that helps us look beyond our direct
experience.
• And address issues in a perspective which is different.
• It adds novelty and flexibility to the situation of our
daily life.

11. Decision Making
 The process of making assessment of an issue by
considering all possible options & effects different
decision might have on them.
 Relating current situation to past similar situation

12. Problem-Solving.
• Devising a plan in order to solve a problem.
• Having made decisions about each of the options.
• Choosing the one which is the best suited.
• Following it through the process again till positive
outcome of the problem achieved.

13. Interpersonal Relationship/Skills.
 It is a skill that helps us to understand our relations with
others.
 And relate it in a positive manner with them.
 It helps us to maintain relationship with others.
 Helps to end relationship constructively.

14. Effective Communication.
 It is an ability to express ourselves both verbally &
non-verbally.
 In an appropriate manner.
 This means being able to express desires, options &
 Fears and seek assistance and advice in times of need.

15. Coping with Stress.
 It is an ability to recognize the source of stress in our
life.
 Its effect on us & acting in ways that helps to control
our levels of stress.
 Taking action to reduce some stress.
 For example changes in physical environment, life
styles, learning to relax etc.

16. Managing Emotions
 It is an ability, which involves recognizing emotions in
others, and ourselves.
 Being aware of how emotions influence our behaviors.

17. Self Awareness
 Includes our recognition of ourselves, our character,
strengths and weakness, desires and dislikes.
 It is a pre-requisite for effective communication.
 Interpersonal relationship and developing empathy.

18. Empathy
 Ability to understand and accept others.
 Even in situation that we may not be familiar with.
 It helps us to understand and accept others and
 Their behavior that may be very different from
ourselves.

19. Why Life-Skills?
 Early identification of problems, early intervention and support at key
moments in lives of young people is vital.
 Development needs & aspirations of the individuals.
 Development of psychosocial abilities.
 To enhance capabilities and enlarge choices.
 For building self-image & self-worth.
 Strengthens the ability of an individual to evolve, developing self-
confidence and power to act.

20. Significance of learning Life Skills
 Contribute actively in various decision-making and processes
 Resolve disputes and conflicts and to weigh up what is right
and wrong
 Understand and to respect different beliefs, customs and
traditions of a multi-cultural world.
 Understand the strength and limitations of the personality and
to modify accordingly
 Manage emotions and sustain mental health
 Identify diverse cultures, ethnic and communities

21. Advantage of learning Life Skills
 To understand differing and opposing views
 To express opinion, to behave in a team,
 To understand emotions of others as well as themselves,
 To lead a successful life with mental wellbeing