Lifeskills for Adolescents

Life Skills for Adolescents
see also ... program findings response

89% of Year 10 students participating want the program to continue in their school

Below are the top 10 issues for boys and girls at the commencement and completion of the program.

Top 10 Boys Issues
Program Start - March 1999	Program End - October 1999
Sex	Sex
Relationships	Self esteem
Dating	Career Opportunities
Dealing with Girls	Drinking
Sexuality / Intimacy	Sexuality / Intimacy
Drinking	Me
Jobs for Me	Emotions
Social Skills	Drugs
Career Paths	Boys to men
Being a bloke	How to make it in the world

Top 10 Girls Issues
Program Start - March 1999	Program End - October 1999
Sex / Relationships	Sex
Dealing with Boys	Emotions
Emotions	Self Esteem
Sexuality / Intimacy	Drugs
Being a woman / Self respect	Me
Dating	How to make it in the world
Career paths	Sexuality / Intimacy
Drinking	My body and how it works
Living Alone / Together	Career Opportunities
Dealing with parents	How to talk to boys easier

Staff at the Colleges were surveyed and responded to the questions

How has the program impacted upon you personally?

We now have more friendly teacher/student relationships
Students are more respectful
Students are more readily and able to discuss issues
Allows a more informed and non-threatening teacher/student relationship

What impact has it had on the school environment?

Students are now aware of alternative peer behaviour
Mutual Respect
Understanding of what risk taking really means

Other comments can be found here

	Whitehills Secondary College
	Ballarat High School

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