Daily Living Skills / Self Care
Compositive Model
Daily Living Skills / Self Care
Daily living skills/self-care skills are the skills that are necessary to perform various tasks independently, like cooking and house-cleaning.
Key research findings:
- Some evidence suggests that participation in youth development organizations and educational programs can teach youth daily living /self-care skills.
- Daily living skills/self-care skills bolster both individual and social responsibility among adolescents.
- Youth believe that they can learn responsibility from performing household work.
Promising practices:
- 4-H is a positive youth development organization that provides hands-on learning opportunities for youth in three areas (science, citizenship, and healthy living) that serve to promote the development of life skills.
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