Topic

Content

Working as a Group

• Groups and group processes
• Forming/Storming/norming/performing
• Task roles in groups
• Problems with groups
• Skills required to work effectively as a group
• Leadership in groups

Action Planning

• What is Action Planning
• Where to start Action Planning
• The Action Plan process
• Monitoring, evaluating and reviewing the Action Plan
• Stakeholder involvement

Assertiveness Skills

• Building self confidence
• Setting and achieving personal goals
• Communication honestly and directly
• Presentation techniques
• Body language
• Setting boundaries
• Understanding negotiation
• Giving and receiving positive feedback
• The importance of having a positive, optimistic outlook
• Handling conflict

Effective decision making

• Decision making methods
• Decision making models and theories
• Effective decision making
• Evaluating decision
• What to do when things go wrong
• Leadership and decision making
• Effective negotiation
• How to influence decision making effectively
• Challenging decisions

Presentation Skills

• Communicating effectively
• Public speaking
• Powerpoint presentations
• Good quality presentation
• Getting a message across
• Skills needed to be an effective presenter
• Role Play and practice

Travel Training

• Planning a journey
• Travel links
• Recognising land marks
• Timetables
• Health and safety
• What to do if you get lost
• Using the Internet to plan a journey

Life Skills for Independent Living

•  Money – banking, budgeting, handling money, paying for goods, checking change, keeping money in a safe place.
•  Travel – how to get out and about, how to use public transport safely, planning for holidays and day trips.
•  Shopping – how to plan a shopping trip, what to buy and where to go, how to check receipts and change, using debit cards and chip and pin. 
•  Personal Hygiene – the importance of personal hygiene and how to keep neat and tidy.
•  Organisational skills – planning ahead, keeping the home organised, preparing for events.
•  Communication skills – meeting up with friends, going to social events, how to meet and greet people, telephone skills, writing notes and letters.

Financial Capability and Personal Budgeting

• Identifying personal income and expenditure
• Recording income and expenditure
• Coping with a limited budget
• Effective shopping
• Banking
• Receipts and payslips
• Credit and loans
• Budgeting and planning
• Debt advice services