What is the theory behind this Life skills for adults worksheet?

Life skills include a set of learned abilities that help an individual lead a successful life. According to the World Health Organisation, life skills are defined as, “the abilities for adaptive and positive behaviour that enable individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life“. Essentially, they enable individuals to easily adapt to whatever circumstances come their way and maintain a positive outlook of life. 

Following is a  comprehensive list of ten core life skill strategies and techniques that can be taught to adults for a successful life:

Social Skills	Thinking Skills	Emotional Skills
Self-awareness	Creative Thinking	Coping with Stress
Empathy	Critical Thinking	Coping with emotions
Effective Communication	Decision Making
Interpersonal Relation	Problem Solving

How will the worksheet help?

The worksheet will help cleints identify their strongest and weakest skills. It will allow them to reflect on their strengths and how they have helped them in life. It will also present the clients with the opportunity to reflect on their weaknesses and how they can be improved. 

How to use the worksheet?

Instruct the clients to read through the description of each life skill in the categories of Social skills, thinking skills and emotional skills. Help them identify their strongest and weakest skills. They can then answer the questions that follow.  

Life skills for adults worksheet

Instructions: Read through the given table and answer the questions that follow.  

Social Skills	Thinking Skills	Emotional Skills
Self-awarenessValuing everything about yourself	Creative ThinkingAble to ‘think outside the box’, look at things differently, show flexibility	Coping with StressRecognizing stress and its adverse effects and making efforts to control it
EmpathyAbility to consider and value different perspectives	Critical ThinkingBe able to analyse situations based on facts, observation and evidences	Coping with emotionsBeing aware of your emotions and channelling them appropriately.
Effective CommunicationBe able to express yourself both verbally and non-verbally	Decision MakingAsses situations from all angles before reaching a sound decision
Interpersonal RelationForm lasting and positive relations with others around you	Problem SolvingIdentify problems and actively look for workable solutions

References

Acharya, P. & Kapoor, S. (2018). Handbook of activities on life skills. American Indian Foundation.

World Health Organization. (1994). Life skills education for children and adolescents in schools. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/63552 

You can download this worksheet here.