FIT FOR LIFE 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 FIT FOR LIFE 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 FIT FOR LIFE Accurate perception Recognition and Expression of Emotions Perspective-Taking (Empathy) Communication Cooperation Rational Conflict Resolution Self-control Self-regulation FIT FOR LIFE 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 Theoretical Background Perception FIT FOR LIFE Social-Cognitive Information Processing Interpretation Search for Reactions Theory (Crick & Dodge, 1994) Evaluate and Choose Reaction Social-Cognitive Learning Theory (Bandura, 1986) Attention Conduct Memory Execute Behaviour Developmental Tasks (Havighurst 1982; Hurrelmann, 2002) Motivation Self-Efficacy (Bandura, 1994) Belief/Confidence in Experience Self-Efficacy • own Skills • Ability to cope with tasks FIT FOR LIFE 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 FIT FOR LIFE • Behavioural Exercises • Rules of Conduct • Feedback • Trainingsrituals • Concentration Exercises • Warm up • Individual Counseling Structure of a Training Session Mood FIT FOR LIFE Discuss Rules Relaxation Work through a Module Evaluation and Transfer Closing Discussion FIT FOR LIFE 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 1 ** Social Problemsolving 3 Socially kompetent Behaviour 4 Lacking Initiative Aggressive Behaviour FIT FOR LIFE Evaluation of Training (N = 69-78) Ratings by Trainers Pre Post ** 2 FIT FOR LIFE 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 FIT FOR LIFE 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 FIT FOR LIFE attention! Funded by: European Social Fund (ESF), Federal Employment Agency, and the State of Bremen [email protected] www.bipp-bremen.de
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