Well-being curriculum: Integrating life skills and character strengths

Pages: 518-521
Nidhi Chadha (Department of Psychology, G.G.D.S.D College, Chandigarh)

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.