School of Life Skills Education and Social Harmony

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development

An Autonomous Organization under the Ministry of Youth Affairs
& Sports, GOI
Sriperumbudur – 602 105, Tamil Nadu

“Training in Life Skills”

Venue: RGNIYD Date: 05 – 07 January

2011

Resource
Persons,
School of Life
Date Time Sessions Skills
Education and
Social Harmony

05.01.20 09.00 – 09.30 Registration

11 a.m. Inauguration
09.30 – 10.00
a.m.
• Getting to know each other
10.00 – 11.30 • Objectives and Schedule of the Ms. Sunita
a.m. Training Programme Ranjan
• Establishing Ground Rules
11.30 – 11.45 Tea Break
a.m.
What are Life Skills
• Understanding Skills and the
11.45 – 01.00 concept of Life Skills Ms. Sunita
p.m. • Ten Core Life Skills – Introduction. Ranjan
Life Skills and Personality
Development
01.00 – 02.00 Lunch Break
p.m.
02.00 – 04.00 Self Awareness Ms. Adhila
p.m. • Knowing Myself Hassan
• Self Care

1
 Self Awareness and Self
Esteem/Image
• Physical and Psychological care of
oneself
• Self Esteem and Inferiority Complex
04.00 – 04.15 Tea Break
p.m.

04.15 – 06.30 Empathy and Empathizing with

Dr. Subha Shree
p.m.
others
Recap
Effective Communication
• Understanding basics of
communication
• Why should we communicate
9.00 – 11.30 • Different ways of communication Ms. Sunita
a.m. • Components of effective Ranjan
communication
• Communicating non-verbally/ Body
language
• Importance of listening
• Barriers of communication
06.01.20 11.30 – 11.45 Tea Break
11 a.m.
Interpersonal Relationships
• Understanding different types of
11.45 – 01.00
relationships Dr. Subha Shree
p.m.
• Ending a relationship constructively
• What makes a relationship healthy
01.00 – 02.00 Lunch Break
p.m.
Creative Thinking
• Thinking and lateral thinking
02.00 – 04.00
• Finding new ways to do a thing Mr. Sivakkumar
p.m.
• Looking at problems/situations
differently
04.00 – 04.15 Tea Break
p.m.
Critical Thinking
04.15 – 06.30 Ms. Adhila
• Analytical thinking
p.m. Hassan
• Critical Thinking in daily life
07.01.20 9.00 – 11.30 Decision Making and Problem Solving Mr. Sivakkumar
11 a.m. • Problem and steps in Problem

2
 Solving
• What is Decision Making
• Ripple effects of Decision making
11.30 – 11.45 Tea Break
a.m.
Team Work
11.45 – 01.00 • Building a team Ms. Sunita
p.m. • Working with team Ranjan
• Group dynamics
01.00 – 02.00 Lunch Break
p.m.
Practicing Decision Making and
Problem Solving
02.00 – 04.00
• Let us practice decision making and Dr. Subha Shree
p.m.
problem solving
• Learning how to say NO
04.00 – 04.15 Tea Break
p.m.
04.15 – 06.30 Coping with Stress and Emotions Ms. Adhila
p.m. Hassan
06.30 – 07.00 Valedictory
p.m.