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Well-Being Curriculum:Integrating Life Skills and Character Strengths


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The present paper focuses on how enhancing social, emotional and thinking skills through a complete package called 'Well-being curriculum' i.e. identifying and inculcating life skills and character strengths among adolescents to achieve their goals and strengthen their abilities to be successful in life. Well-being curriculum should be applied at schools where skills and strengths are imparted in a supportive learning environment. The age group targeted is mainly 10-18 years adolescents, since young people of this age group seem to be most vulnerable to behaviour related health problems. In real life, many skills and strengths are required to manage a particular situation effectively. In a way, various skills and strengths work best in conjunction. This makes work on applying well-being curriculum more a matter of synthesis (i.e., gathering & bridging what is best in us) than analysis (i.e., picking ourselves apart). Therefore, this novel curriculum is meant for the promotion of health and well-being of adolescents.

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Life Skills, Character Strengths, Positive Psychology, Well-Being.
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Nidhi Chadha
Psychology, G.G.D.S.D College, Chandigarh, India

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The present paper focuses on how enhancing social, emotional and thinking skills through a complete package called 'Well-being curriculum' i.e. identifying and inculcating life skills and character strengths among adolescents to achieve their goals and strengthen their abilities to be successful in life. Well-being curriculum should be applied at schools where skills and strengths are imparted in a supportive learning environment. The age group targeted is mainly 10-18 years adolescents, since young people of this age group seem to be most vulnerable to behaviour related health problems. In real life, many skills and strengths are required to manage a particular situation effectively. In a way, various skills and strengths work best in conjunction. This makes work on applying well-being curriculum more a matter of synthesis (i.e., gathering & bridging what is best in us) than analysis (i.e., picking ourselves apart). Therefore, this novel curriculum is meant for the promotion of health and well-being of adolescents.

Keywords


Life Skills, Character Strengths, Positive Psychology, Well-Being.