The Life Skills Model

Life skills are capacities for positive adaptive behavior, which enable us to effectively negotiate the demands and challenges of everyday life. They involve personal skills that will enhance interpersonal relationships. The WHO suggests that programs be developed to reduce risk behaviors and increase physical and mental health care. Adolescents are a special population for these programs, due to their greater vulnerability.
The life skills model consists of favoring the development of a set of ten competencies, being grouped into categories that complement each other: social and...