Life Skills and Leadership Manual - Peace Corps

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Trainer Material 2: Summary of Training Units

Use this list to guide your preparation for this session. Look through the summary of each Unit below and be

prepared to provide handouts or the flip charts from these topics to participants if they need them as a

reminder.

Unit 1

Identity and Self-Esteem – internal and external assets, building confidence

Positive Values – personal and cultural values, personal vision

Coping with Stress and Emotions – stages of adolescent development, stress management

techniques, turning a negative situation into a positive one

Unit 2

Communication – listening skills, giving and receiving feedback, ways to say “No”

Creative thinking – expanding an idea, combining ideas, considering multiple perspectives, ask

“What if ...,” turn an idea upside down

Decision Making – PAUSE for better decisions; Head, Heart, Hands, Hope

Problem Solving – levels of agreement, using “Yes and ...”

Unit 3

Goal Setting – long-term and short-term goal setting, SMART goals

Action Planning – thinking about the future as if it has already happened, road map for the future

Time Management – need to, have to, want to

Unit 4

Leadership Skills – leadership qualities, more direct and less direct leadership

Group Participant Skills – leadership actions

The Project Cycle – Identifying, Planning, Doing, Reviewing, Celebrating