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
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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
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 Accurate perception
 Recognition and Expression of
Emotions
 Perspective-Taking (Empathy)
 Communication
 Cooperation
 Rational Conflict Resolution
 Self-control
 Self-regulation
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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
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 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
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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
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• Behavioural Exercises
• Rules of Conduct
• Feedback
• Trainingsrituals
• Concentration Exercises
• Warm up
• Individual Counseling
Structure of a Training Session
Mood
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Discuss Rules
Relaxation
Work through a Module
Evaluation and Transfer
Closing Discussion
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Modules of FIT FOR LIFE
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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
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Social Problemsolving
3
Socially kompetent Behaviour
4
Lacking Initiative
Aggressive
Behaviour
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Evaluation of Training (N = 69-78)
Ratings by Trainers
Pre
Post
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2
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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
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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
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attention!
Funded by: European Social Fund (ESF),
Federal Employment Agency, and the State
of Bremen
philipp.jugert@bipp-bremen.de
www.bipp-bremen.de