| Abstract: | The difficult life problems of disadvantaged adults and adolescents are not easily resolved through traditional unstructured counseling methods. The Life Skills counseling program provides a structured means of helping disadvantaged groups acquire the necessary experience, knowledge, and skill to cope effectively with the psychosocial aspects of personal development, parenthood, and citizenship. Life Skills counseling employs a life problem-derived curriculum and a four-stage learning model which integrates counseling and teaching functions as it facilitates problem-solving through inductive and deductive modes of inquiry and application. |
