Life Skills Education Toolkit

LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION TOOLKIT FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN INDIA 9•

Module Six: Coping with Emotions6. Copingwith Emotions

• Identify and express different feelings• Understand that feelings can be

expressed both verbally and non-verbally

• Understand that it is normal for

feelings to change and that they canchange in intensity

• Learn that young people share many

emotions during adolescence.

• Understand how negative feelings

expressed by others or by oneselfaffect self-esteem and behavior

• Understand some feelings hurt, but

there are ways to express them safely

• Explore feelings linked to HIV• Explore feelings linked with grief and

loss

• Learn coping strategies that lead to

positive thinking and feeling

• Learn how to care for someone with

HIV

One:

Understanding

Feelings Two:

Feelings that

hurt Three:

A Stronger Me

• Trust Game• Pass the Feeling• Rainbows and

Clouds

• Mix and Match

Feelings

• Mood Meter• A Drop in the Bucket• Blow up the Balloon• Think Feel Do• Managing Anger:

Firecracker Control

• Managing Sadness• Fear Not• A Book of Me• Happy Memories• A Story of Hope• Big Book

Module

Objectives

Session

Activities

Life Skills Learned/OutcomesSelf awareness and criticalthinking Self awareness, coping withemotions and stress andcritical thinking Self awareness, criticalthinking, coping with stressand emotions, problemsolving and empathy