What is the Definition of Life Skills?
According to The New Dynamics of Life Skills Coaching,
Life Skills, precisely defined, are problem-solving behaviours appropriately and responsibly used in the management of personal affairs. As problem-solving behaviours, life skills liberate in a way, since they include a relatively small class of behaviours usable in many life situations. Appropriate use requires an individual to adapt the behaviours to time and place. Responsible use requires maturity or accountability. Also, as behaviours used in the mangement of personal affairs, life skills apply to five areas of life responsibility identified as self, family, leisure, community and job.
Allen, S. (1995). The New Dynamics of Life Skills Coaching. YWCA of Metropolitan Toronto, p. 15.
What is a Life Skills Coach?
According to The New Dynamics of Life Skills Coaching,
[T]he tasks of the Life Skills coach are to facilitate problem-solving, create a safe climate and manage conflict. These goals are accomplished by helping groups identify their purpose, goals, issues and resources both within and outside the group.
It is also their role to help group members accomplish their goals and to encourage the group to look at its development and ways of working together.
Allen, S. (1995). The New Dynamics of Life Skills Coaching. YWCA of Metropolitan Toronto, p. 147
Life Skills Coaching Certification
