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Life Skills Training For School Children
and Youth
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Background
As we face an increasing amount of violent incidents committed by school
children, and young men and women in and out of school campuses, educators, social workers and parents
search for the causes and mitigating factors for these tragedies to happen. The
increase in intensity and frequency of these incidents is claiming more lives,
and has created a hostage environment permeated by fear and confusion among
students and parents alike. We can no longer wait for the next "bang" followed
by the 6 o'clock news where we see body bags being taken out of a school
campuses, or neighborhoods from "Any town" USA. The Mayberry streets of the 40"s and 50"s are gone,
and gone forever. Tragically the old slogan, "It's a jungle out there", has
become a reality. We can no longer just treat the fever; we must cure the
infection that is causing it. It takes more effort and resources to put out
fires and to rebuild, than to build a new fireproof building.
Purpose
Cognizant of the importance of teaching our youth Math, English and Science,
critical for their academic growth, Genesis Life Management, has designed
a Life Skills Program for school children, and young men and women. It focuses among others on Self-Esteem, Conflict
Resolution, Accountability, Anger Management and Teen Dating Violence Awareness. The purpose of this program is
to teach our youth not only how to survive and prosper during those critical years to
adulthood, but to come out victorious and become role models among their peers.
The Life Skills Program will empower them toward making the right choices early
on, and away from economic dependency later in their lives. It will build a
shield of positive self-esteem, self-respect, and self-reliance, against crime,
drugs, promiscuity, and the instant gratification trap. Thus, we will afford
them our biggest bequest: roots and wings. Roots by knowing that we have faith
in them and care for them, so that they will stand firm when faced with
adversity; and wings by strengthening their self worth, and by teaching them to
dream. Our faith in them must become their backbone.
The lack of training on Self-esteem, Conflict Resolution, Accountability, Anger
Management, and Teen Dating
Violence Awareness among others, can increase the risk of young men and women developing poor
self-esteem, rejection, fear, insecurity, resentment, bitterness, hopelessness,
and helplessness. On the contrary, putting special emphasis on the above
training topics, will result in increased numbers of physical and emotionally healthy
youth, with improved academic performance, thus becoming future positive
role models.
Implementation and Follow-up
Genesis Life Management trains individuals to provide the Life Skills
Training Program to our youth. After a screening is conducted on each "mentor",
the Principal and the Trust Counselor of a school, or Community Provider Trainer is contacted, arrangements
are made to allow these individuals, after they are trained, to conduct class presentations in general,
and to specific groups, i.e., at risk or suspended students. The Life Skills
Training Program is provided through regular classroom periods of 45-50 minutes
where "Life Improvement" or other similar subjects are taught. Auditoriums
are used for large number of students.
In order to sustain emotionally healthy youth through their growing years, and as regular
exercise and proper nutrition are essential to maintaining their strong physical
immune system, Genesis Life Management recommends that the Life Skills
Training Program be provided periodically. It will optimize our youth's
successful emotional wellbeing, as they transition to adulthood.
Life and Parenting Skills Training
Program
Outline
of Life and Parenting Skills Training
Program
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