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FIT FOR LIFE A Social Competence Training Programme for Adolescents. Philipp Jugert Bremer Institut für Pädagogik und Psychologie ProMenPol, Berlin, October 8-9, 2009. Central Aims of the Programme. Increase Availability of differentiated Social Skills.
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FIT FOR LIFEA Social Competence Training Programme for Adolescents Philipp JugertBremer Institut für Pädagogik und Psychologie ProMenPol, Berlin, October 8-9, 2009
Central Aims of the Programme Increase Availability of differentiated Social Skills Success in School, in Vocational Training and in the Job Prevention and Reduction of Social Conflicts and Behavioural Disorders Improvement of Learning and Working Behaviour
Social Skills • Accurate perception • Recognition and Expression of Emotions • Perspective-Taking (Empathy) • Communication • Cooperation • Rational Conflict Resolution • Self-control • Self-regulation
Target Groups Adolescents and Young Adults who are socially disadvantaged: • Youths without school certificate • Youths that dropped out from an apprenticeship • Migrants, Refugees, Asylum seekers • Graduates from special school
Perception Interpretation Search for Reactions Evaluate and Choose Reaction Attention Memory Execute Behaviour Conduct Motivation Theoretical Background • Social-Cognitive Information Processing Theory (Crick & Dodge, 1994) • Social-Cognitive Learning Theory (Bandura, 1986) • Developmental Tasks (Havighurst 1982; Hurrelmann, 2002)
Self-Efficacy (Bandura, 1994) • Belief/Confidence in • own Skills • Ability to cope with tasks Experience Self-Efficacy Competent, goal oriented Behaviour Various Ways how to solve a problem Cope with Failure Cope with more difficult Problems Self-confidence and Self assurance
Training Methods • Structured Roleplay • Behavioural Exercises • Rules of Conduct • Feedback • Trainingsrituals • Concentration Exercises • Warm up • Individual Counseling
Structure of a Training Session Mood Discuss Rules Relaxation Work through a Module Evaluation and Transfer Closing Discussion
Modules of FIT FOR LIFE • Motivation • Feedback • Self-confidence • Self-management (Health) • Communication • Body language • Cooperation and Teamwork • Leisure time • Life planning • Job and Future • Feelings • Fit for Conflict 1 & 2 • Empathy • Praise and Criticism
Implementation & Dissemination • Manual published as a book • 10 % direct training • 90 % Train-the-Trainer Seminars Type of Institutions: • Secondary schools • Special schools • Vocational Schools • Youth services • Children‘s homes & Youth centres • Youth custody
Implications for Policy Makers • Roll-out is not well funded • Gap widens between job demands and level of development of socially disadvantaged youth • Without increased investment in these youth, the public and private follow-up costs will be immense!
Thank You very much for your attention! Funded by: European Social Fund (ESF), Federal Employment Agency, and the State of Bremen philipp.jugert@bipp-bremen.de www.bipp-bremen.de