"I like the fact that it unleashed qualities that I did not know existed within me. I appreciated that way it was done: professionally, yet interesting while targeting the individual as a person to build his own self esteem.”

Stacy Cayonne, Personal Development Officer, Ministry of Local Government

“I liked the facilitator's special ability to lay out the various aspects of the course and making it enjoyable ,interesting and knowledgeable. Learning about the kinds of stress- related patterns and the exercises that made me feel good, brought me to a place of self- acceptance. I enjoyed how to deal with stress by reframing my mind when certain situations arise. The workshop was wonderful.”

G. A Singh, Programme Assistant, Unemployment Relief Programme

“I plan to use more enthusiasm and vision in my leadership style. I liked the gender roles because it relates with everything that is going on. I enjoyed teaming with a partner to discuss issues of both the male and the female and making our report."

Camilla M. Gopee Entrepreneur and PDO

"I particularly liked the laying down of the ground rules, which made the atmosphere more relaxed and each one was not afraid to voice their opinion. I loved the teamwork and how you can say what you mean."


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LPI Life Skills Director

  Ceronne Prevatt-Wiltshire has a passion for training from the first group of dolls she 'taught' at the age of four. Since then she has been a Curriculum Coordinator and a Life Skills Adviser in the Ministry of Education and in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Tertiary Education respectively, in Trinidad and Tobago. She is a Consultant in Life Skills Train the Trainer programmes. She conducts pre-service and in-service training for Life Skills Facilitators in training and work experience programmes and staff development. She also facilitates international Life Skills training workshops for various Ministries, organizations, community and non-profit groups. She has conducted workshops in London, United Kingdom; Kingston, Jamaica; Kumasi, Ghana; Scarborough, Tobago; Roseau, Dominica and St. George's, Grenada.

 

LPI Life Skills Training

The United Nations Inter-Agency Meeting in April 1998 generated a broad definition of Life Skills education:

"Life skills education is designed to facilitate the practice and reinforcement of psychosocial skills in a culturally and developmentally appropriate way; it contributes to the promotion of personal and social development, in the prevention of health and social problems, and the protection of human rights."

LPI Life Skills begins with possibilities and it creates the self-reflection and capacity to fulfill them. It facilitates the possibility of your own participation and development while facilitating that of others: It facilitates the possibility of self-love, connection, collective consciousness and action for personal and social transformation, the core principles of LPI. It provides the knowledge base, then translates the knowledge of what to do into how to do it and provides the enabling factors to do so. It provides the psychosocial skills, societal, occupational and livelihood skills to realize your possibility within 7 themes reflecting LPI principles.

Each theme is developed in several modules. Modules are customized to meet the needs of the specific groups. The training facilitates acceptance of the views and knowledge of participants in a non-threatening nurturing climate. It offers through interactive presentations the Life Skills concepts and the internalization and practice of skills: self awareness and monitoring, social skills of communication and negotiation, and cognitive skills of critical thinking, creative thinking, problem solving and decision making.


SELF- LOVE
I) Self-Awareness

  · Systemic Chatter
  · Self Esteem and Self Direction
  · Exploring Values
  · Assertiveness

II) Well-Being

 

· Wellness and Self Care:
  · Nutrition
  · Fitness
  · Stress Management
  · Drug education

CONNECTION
I) Communication

  · Process, Forms and Barriers
  · Acknowledging assumptions and perspectives
  · The Gift of Affective Listening
  · Exploring Emotions: Anger, Envy
  · Exploring Conflict and Healing Dynamics

II) Relationship Skills acknowledging power dynamics

  · Parenting
  · Gender and Relationships
  · Human Sexuality and Sexual Health
  · Relationships in the Workplace

COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS-COMMUNITY BUILDING

  · Valuing your Ancestry
  · Citizenship - Maintaining Collaborative and Supportive Interpersonal Relationships in the Community
  · Creating awareness of community issues for change
  · Leadership

ACTION
I) Personal Participation and Transformation

  Including
  Expression
  · Public Speaking
  · Public Relations
  Building the Future
  · Goal Setting
  · Time Management
  Financial Life Skills
  · Money Management
  · Saving and Investment
  · Entrepreneurship
  Employability Skills
  · Job Search
  · Ethics in the Workplace
  · Managing the Environment

II) Social Transformation

  · Living the ethical life within power relations
  · Social Justice in times of change (physical, economic)
  · Collective Action for Change
 
 
Customized training and consultation is available on an international level.
 



Service Delivery
Please contact us to discuss fees.

LPI Life Skills Institutes provide Train the Trainer workshops for community persons interested in becoming Life Skills facilitators
   

LPI Life Skills Institutes provide open workshops for the community.
See upcoming events for specific dates and times

   

On-site courses and sessions provide customized training to reflect the specific needs and strengths of your organisation

   

Individual and Group Coaching
LPI Life Skills coaching supports you in using Life Skills for your personal, social and vocational empowerment.

   

Consultation to agencies, organizations and institutions
Consultations can be used to implement and sustain training sessions and to receive on-going direction and support.

   
Tutorials for up to 4 participants
   

 

Ceronne,

I would like to thank you for playing a strong role in the team leaders’ orientation. You created a balance in getting the job done without making the others feel “trampled”. Helped by this, this group of team leaders is ahead of previous groups and very well placed to get much more done during the boot camp – and setting a great example for future sessions. Please keep up the strong support and leadership both online and in the boot camp. It looks like this one is going to establish another new standard.

Regards,
Paul West

Director of Knowledge, Management and Information Technology, Commonwealth of Learning, Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth

 

Team leaders: Ceronne, Kavena, Ava, Andrea and Ravhee with President and CEO of the Commonwealth and Paul West, Director of Knowledge, Management and Information Technology, Commonwealth of Learning, Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth

 

Life Skills Survey: click here

Contact Information
C2#4 La Reine Court
Flagstaff Complex
St. James
Trinidad and Tobago
Tel: 868- 622-0272
Cellular: 868-480-8650
Fax: 868 - 637-3297




 

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