This module provides information designed to enable individuals to facilitate one- to two-hour training sessions appropriate for teachers, other professionals, and parents. It focuses on specific strategies intended to empower students with challenging behaviors to help themselves. It describes service learning, examines factors in developing…

This course curriculum specifically addresses interrelationships in marriage and family life. The fundamental concepts that are discussed are also applicable in establishing good relationships with friends, teachers, and boy/girl friends. The course is organized around three key principles that have been identified as major factors affecting…

This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, focuses on teenagers' access to higher education. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic, thinking, interpersonal, information utilization, and other skills…

This guide is intended to assist teachers in using a life skills approach to introducing early adolescents to the five basic areas of home economics. The following topics are covered in the individual units: life skills in family communication (hearing and listening, speaking, writing, obtaining and responding to feedback, holding a sustained…