CONTENTS
Introduction: The purpose of this handbook
How to use this book
Definitions
Lifeskills and children’s rights
Section One: What are life skills and why are they important?
What are life skills?
The needs of children and young people
How life skills help
Organising life skills programmes
Section Two: Planning, managing and implementing a life skills programme
Introducing a lifeskills programme
Planning a life skills programme
How to organise the order of topics
Planning an individual life skills session
Approaches to teaching
Tips and tools for life skills educators
Training for life skills educators
Section Three: Life skills Activities
Introduction
General monitoring questions