LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA 3•
Livelihood skills Daily living skills Learning skills Health skills Survival skills
Applying for a job Managing personal How to read and Brushing teeth How to seek
finances write police help
Managing time Preparing meals Arithmetic Correct and Where to go
consistent use of in an emergency
condoms
Work habits Banking Hobbies First aid Contacting help
lines
Setting up a Going to the post Drawing and crafts Making oral Contacting the
business office rehydration salts fire station
(ORS)
Vocational skills Using transportation Learning about Road safety
human rights
Women’s self help Going to a health Making nutritious
groups center mealsAPPROACH TO LEARNING LIFE SKILLS
Life skills are learned in special ways—the process
of learning life skills is as important as learning its
content. In other words, the way life skills are
learned is as important as what is learned.
Experiential Methodology
Each life skills lesson builds on previous lessons
and influences future lessons. In this way, the
learning of life skills is constantly reinforced.
Developing new skills is initially difficult and
requires a great deal of perseverance and support.
Many practice sessions need to be set up to
master a skill. In addition, each learner must have
opportunities to receive feedback and reflect on
how to improve their newly acquired skills. For
example, learning to say no to drugs is not easy,
and a young person will need to practice and
gradually acquire competency by practicing the
new skill in a variety of situations.Experiential methods Examples
Young people learn skills in hypothetical or A role play on assertiveness in a practice life skills
practice situations session
Skills are tried and tested in easy, Expressing thoughts clearly and taking turns in a
low risk situations conversation with friends
Skills can next be tried in medium risk Rejecting an offer of help when it is not needed
situations (risk of hurting another person’s feelings)
Skills are applied in a high risk situation Saying no to drugs and resisting Peer pressure