Life Skills and Leadership Manual - Peace Corps

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generated scenarios, participants will identify at least
one strategy for turning a problem into an opportunity.

3. By examining common youth-oriented situations,
   participants will demonstrate at least two methods of
   negotiation skills, including “how to say no” and resist
   peer pressure.


4. Solving Problems 1.^ By sorting and categorizing cards with statements
   about problem solving, participants will describe all the
   steps in problem solving.

1 hour, 3 0

minutes

7. Looking at
   Conflict
   
   
   1. After sharing with a partner, participants will identify at
      least one strategy to turn problems into opportunities,
      and help participants get to workable solutions in a
      conflict.
   
   
   
   

1 hour, 30

minutes

8. Collaboration
   
   
   1. After responding to a series of short statements,
      participants will practice at least one constructive
      method to handle conflict in friendships without
      resorting to violence or combative behavior.
   
   
   2. After practicing positive responses and having a
      discussion, participants will model at least one adaptive
      and flexible response to problems, including at least one
      strategy to deal with setbacks and feedback.
   
   
   
   

1 hour, 30

minutes

Total hours^ in Unit 2^13 hours, 30

minutes

Unit 3: Goal Setting and Action Planning

Sessions Objectives Time

1. Goal Setting, the
   Basics
   
   
   1. After a guided visualization, participants will define their
      personal vision or dream of their future, including what
      it looks like in three years and as an adult.
   
   
   2. After thinking about their own life choices, participants
      will reflect critically on past experiences and articulate at
      least one example of how those experiences affect
      future progress toward one’s dream.
   
   
   
   

2 hours

2. SMART Goals 1.^ Working in small groups, participants will describe goals
   that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and
   Time-Bound.


3. Working individually, participants will write a futuristic
   story which describes their vision of their lives in the
   future, and three concrete steps they took to accomplish
   their vision.


4. Working individually, then with a partner, participants

2 hours