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Life Skills and Leadership Peace Corps Publication No. M0098 Acknowledgements The Life Skills and Leadership Manual was supported in part by USAID (through contributions from USAID/Africa Bureau/Sustainable Development) funds provided under the Global Education Framework Agreement. The Life Skills and Leadership Training Package and this accompanying manual are designed to address the Peace Corps Youth in Development core skills development for youth. The concepts and learning objectives were outlined by Ambet Yangco, youth sector manager for PC/Philippines; Peace Corps/Washington Youth in Development Specialists Katie Green and Jim Russell; and Tanya Gipson-Nahman, chief of the Program Support Unit in the Office of Overseas Programming and Training Support. It was written through a contract with The Firefly Group of Guilford, Vermont, coordinated by Russell. Field reviews and input came from the following posts: PC/Ecuador, PC/ Morocco, PC/Paraguay, PC/Peru, PC/Philippines, PC/Tunisia. The Peace Corps expresses its gratitude to all who contributed to this important skills develop- ment resource for Volunteers and their counterparts and the youth they serve. Life Skills and Leadership Manual Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Unit 1: Personal Development Session 1: Me and My Assets ..................................................................... 16 Session 2: Stages of Adolescence ................................................................. 30 Session 3: Building Self-Confidence .............................................................. 44 Session 4: Choosing Positive Values ...............................................................60 Session 5: Understanding Mental Models ..........................................................74 Session 6: Stress and Emotions ................................................................... 86 Session 7: Surviving Tough Times ............................................................... 100 Unit 2: Interpersonal Development Session 1: Active Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Session 2: Positive Communication .............................................................. 133 Session 3: Making Decisions .................................................................... 154 Session 4: Creative Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Session 5: Negative to Positive .................................................................. 191 Session 6: Solving Problems ..................................................................... 206 Session 7: Looking at Conflict ................................................................... 220 Session 8: Collaboration ........................................................................ 231 Unit 3: Goal Setting and Action Planning Session 1: Goal Setting, the Basics ................................................................248 Session 2: SMART Goals ..........................................................................263 Session 3: Steps for Action ...................................................................... 279 Session 4: Setting Priorities, Managing Time ......................................................297 Unit 4: Teamwork and Leadership Session 1: What is a Leader? ......................................................................320 Session 2: Team Leadership ..................................................................... 334 Session 3: My Leadership Role (Optional) ....................................................... 351 Session 4: The Project Cycle ..................................................................... 363 Session 5: Our Project ........................................................................... 380 Session 6: Celebration and Reflection ........................................................... 397 Introduction Life Skills and Leadership for Three YD Sector Competencies The Life Skills and Leadership Manual is designed to be used by Peace Corps Volunteers and their counterparts who work with youth worldwide to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes inte- gral to three Youth in Development sector competencies: 1. Support healthy lifestyles and prepare youth for family life; 2. Prepare youth for the world of work; and 3. Engage youth as active citizens. While a particular project may focus on only one or two of these sector competencies, the life skills and leadership topics relate to all aspects of life, including: succeeding in the workplace, fostering healthy living, and engaging with communities. With this manual, Volunteers leading a wide range of positive youth development activities in any sector can learn to integrate life and leadership skills training into their relationships with youth in their communities. Once Volunteers and staff members are familiar with the concepts introduced in the manual, they will be able to see consis- tency with other important principles and practices of the Peace Corps’ approach to programming and training in the Youth in Development sector. These include life skills indicators and tracking tools for monitoring, reporting, and evaluating outcomes of youth training activities. A Second Life Skills Manual? The Peace Corps previously published a manual of Volunteer-led activities titled the Life Skills Man- ual [ICE No. M0063], which has been translated into several languages and implemented widely since 2001. That manual was developed specifically to provide preventative HIV/AIDS training to youth. It contains the following units: Peer Education, Facing Facts About HIV/AIDS and STDs, Com- munication Skills, Decision-Making Skills, and Relationship Skills. The scenarios and exercises focus on preventing HIV and STDs exposure and adolescent reproductive health issues. Feedback from field staff and Volunteers indicated a need for an additional manual that expanded on the emphasis on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention and adolescent reproductive health is- sues. This manual is the answer to that request as it attempts to identify important life skills and apply them generally across all sectors in which a Volunteer might be working with youth. There now are two life skills manuals, with an expanded title for the original manual: • Life Skills for Sexual and Reproductive Health [ICE No. M0063] – the original Life Skills Manual • Life Skills and Leadership Manual [ICE No. M0098] – this current publication Introduction 1
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