Life Skill.

life skill

"Life skills" are defined as psychosocial abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. They are loosely grouped into three  broad categories of skills: cognitive skills for analyzing and using information, personal skills for developing personal agency and managing oneself, and inter-personal skills for communicating and interacting effectively with others.

Life skills are abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable humans to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life;[1] in other words, psychosocial competency.[2] They are a set of human skills acquired via teaching or direct experience that are used to handle problems and questions commonly encountered in daily human life.

life skills

The subject varies greatly depending on social norms and community expectations but skills that functions for well-being and aid individuals to develop into active and productive members of their communities are considered as life skills.

Basic Skills are those foundation skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and English as a Second Language. In addition, it includes learning skills and study skills which are both necessary for students to succeed at the college level.

Life Skills is a network of affiliate centers whose trained facilitators teach the “Learning to Live, Learning to Love”curriculum. The goal of Life Skills is to help individuals increase their capacity to function well in relationships, build character and, where possible, to offer hope of reconciliation.

Life skills are usually associated with managing and living a better quality of life.

They help us to accomplish our ambitions and live to our full potential.

Any skill that is useful in your life can be considered a life skill. Tying your shoe laces, swimming, driving a car and using a computer are, for most people, useful life skills.

Life skills: Decision-making, goal setting, problem-solving, coping with stress, coping with emotions, negotiating, friendship, interpersonal relationships, empathy (concern for others), critical thinking, creative thinking, resisting peer pressure, assertiveness.