ADOLESCENT PEER EDUCATORS

LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN LIFE

SKILLS, HEALTH & WELL BEING

MODULE-II
 Adolescent Peer Educators Leadership In Life Skills,
Health and W ellbeing
Orientation Program Matrix
DAY I1 ( 3 PM TO 5 PM) M O D U L E II S E S S I O N F L O W METHODOLOGY
3:00 PM TO 3.05 PM RECAP OF M O D U L E I

PROGRAM INTRO AND SETTING THE

3:05 PM TO 3.20 PM
CONTEXT
IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH , NUTRITION AND
3.20PM TO 3.40PM
H YGI E NE

3.40PM TO 4.10PM EXCERCISES AND DIET MENTIMETER

BRAINSTORMING
PPT
ACTIVITY –FAMILY POTRAIT AND BRAIN STORMING—
VI DE O S C A S E
4.10PM TO 4.20PM EXPECTATION AND RESPONSIBILTIY
STUDIES
ROLE PLAY
ACTIVITY---HEALTHY STYLE OF RAPID FIRE
4.20PM TO 4.30PM
COMMUNICATION
ACTIVITY---THREE DIFFERENT STYLES OF
4.30PM TO 4.40PM COMMUNICATION AND BRAINSTORMING ON
THEM
S U M M I N G UP[ KEY MESSAGES/ PEER
4.40 PM TO 5.00PM
EDUCATORS LEARNING AND FAQ’S]
MODULE I

◾ Theme 1: INTRODUCTION:The journey from core life skills to 21st century skills

◾ Theme 2 : Building Resilience for coping and capacity building – Activities to be

conducted in session demo
KEY ME SSA G E S FROM M O D U L E I- T H E M E I

Life Skills help adolescents to behave in healthy and positive ways.

The 10 life skills work best in conjunction.

Life skills are not taught as these are inherent but are dormant.We need to sharpen them and
enhance through constant practice.

Life skills enhancement in school is an ongoing process cannot be dealt stand alone, it needs to
be integrated into school curriculum.

Many life skills are required to manage a particular situation effectively in diverse ways.

One particular skill may be effectively applied in many diverse situations.

KEY ME SSA G E S FROM M O D U L E I- T H E M E I

The appropriate combination of life skills in a situation is an art.

Life skills are transacted in the early years by parents, teachers, other significant members in the society
who act as role models for an individual.

Creative thinking is required when we face difficult situations.

It is best to make thinking 'out of the box a habit to find the best solution when in a difficult situation.

Through Critical thinking we can analyze the pros and cons of any situation and make right choices most
of the time.

Rehearsing application of life skills in simple situations makes it easy to use them in complex situations.
KEY ME SSA G E S FROM M O D U L E I- T H E M E II

Adolescence is a natural process. Remember, not just you but everybody goes through it. It is a period
between childhood and adulthood. Biological changes may vary in time, but they do have a pattern.

Do not hesitate to ask questions from parents, teachers or any other trusted adult.

Learn to look after the needs of your body - means looking after physical like fitness & nutrition, emotional
needs and psychosocial needs.

Life skills bring greater acceptance by others and helps adolescents to make this stage of life a joyful
experience.

We need to think critically and decide whether we really need to use the product and whether the use of it is
healthy for us.

We all have different attributes/qualities. Some we like, some we don’t.

We can either learn to like our shortcomings or change them.We have a choice.
 M O D U L E II

◾ Theme 3: Growing up healthy, importance of nutrition

and hygiene
◾ Theme 4: Family bonding and caring communication-
emerging paradigm
 T H E M E 3:
G RO W I N G U P H EA LT H Y, I M P O RTA N C E OF
N U T R I T IO N A N D H Y G I E N E
M E N T IMETER A C T IV IT Y

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L E A R N I N G OBJECTIVES

All the students Creation of positive

from pre-primary and approachable
to senior secondary environment for
will develop right students to express
eating habits . themselves.

More students
Students will voluntarily coming The bug of
understand the forward to become laziness being
importance of peer educators in removed from
exercise in daily turn extending the students
life. chain of awareness.
Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social-being
and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity .
Physical Health & Mental Health are inter-related.

H ygiene is a set of practices performed to preserve health.

According to W H O (WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION) ,“Hygiene
refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health & prevent
the spread of diseases”.

Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients ,other

substances in food in relation to maintenance of growth, reproduction,
health & to protect the disease. Nutrition is an important determinant and
priority area for all round development of adolescents.
 Adequate
nutrition

Disease
GOOD Good
Sanitary
control
HEALTH practices

Maintain Good
Hygiene/cleanliness

Proper food intake will provide good nutrition; good hygiene practices will help in better
utilization of food and improve the resistance to other diseases and complications and ultimately
prevent the diabetic person from deterioration of his/ her diabetic condition and help him/ her
lead a productive and healthy life.
 N U T R ITIO N A N D A D O L E S C E N C E
Nutrition influences growth and development throughout infancy, childhood and adolescence. It is, however, during the period of adolescence
that nutrient needs are the greatest

Opportunity to prepare for a healthy productive life to prevent the onset of nutrition-related
chronic diseases in adult life
Need for girls to preserve and enhance

Perfect stage to form good eating habits stores of iron for menstrual losses,
and set the tone for a lifetime of illness and future pregnancy
healthy eating

Balanced nutrition prevents obesity,

45% of skeletal growth, 15% to 25% of
osteoporosis (weak bones due to
adult height, 37% of total bone mass
deficiency of calcium) and
accumulated during adolescence
diabetes in later life

Importance of Period of rapid growth and

Rapid and full growth
potential and facilitating timely
nutrition in transition between childhood and
adulthood
sexual maturation adolescence

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 B A L A N C E D DIET FOR A D O L E S C E N T S
Adolescents need to take balanced diet containing right quantity of nutrients (as recommended by NIN, Hyderabad)

Food Group Gms/Portion Male Female

10-12 13-15 16-18 10-12 13-15 16-18

years years years years years years
Cereals and Millets 30 10 14 15 8 11 11
Pulses 30 2 2.5 3 2 2 2.5
Milk and Milk Products 100 5 5 5 5 5 5
Roots and Tubers 100 1 1.5 2 1 1 2
Green leafy vegetables 100 1 1 1 1 1 1
Other vegetables 100 2 2 2 2 2 2
Fruits 100 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sugar 5 6 4 6 6 5 5
Fats and Oils 5 7 9 10 7 8 7

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PERSONAL HYGIENE
Maintaining personal hygiene prevents illness and infection from bacteria or viruses

Brush teeth at least

twice a day, Change
Rinse mouth after undergarments
every meal Have a bath daily daily

Brush & Rinse Bath Change

Wash Hands Clip nails Follow Wear

Before eating or Clip fingernails Cough and sneeze W ear footwear

preparing food, when long Avoid into your elbow when going out
after playing or biting nails or
going to the toilet digging the nose

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FOOD HYGIENE
Lack of food hygiene is a common cause of illness and deaths in children in country, following the 7Cs help in staying away from food contamination

Check
Select food that is fresh.When
buying packaged food, check the
‘best before date
Clean Cook
W ash whole fruit, vegetables and Cook food thoroughly and ensure it
other food before cooking or is freshly cooked especially if there is
consuming raw no refrigerator to store

Cover Cool/Chill
Keep all food & drinking water Freeze meat,poultry,refrigerate eggs
covered. Food stored in and other perishables as soon as you
refrigerators must also be covered get them home from the market
to avoid drying & absorbing of odors

Avoid contamination
Food Hygiene Consume
Serve food in a clean environment.
Keep raw and cooked food apart
Use clean vessels, plates,spoons for
serving food and wash them well
after using

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LET U S PLAY A G A M E
 A CTIVITIY T H RO U G H
GAME

NUTRITIOUS FOOD
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E X E RCISES
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 GAME O N
N U TRITIO U S
FOOD
GAME ON
EX ERC ISE
 METHODOLOGY

◾ Firstly, an initiative which could brighten our inner self is sweet and savoury Saturday.
This
will also help removing the stigma of ‘healthy food cannot be tasty’.
◾ Healthy times with nutritionist - Students can anytime approach the nutritionist
through mail/chat and have a conversation regarding their health and if they need any
assistance.
◾ We shall hold events like online Nukkad natak, music videos to spread the message of ill
effects of obesity and importance of BMI.
◾ Physical exercise sessions, Physical education coaches along with peer educators take
sessions of yoga, exercises, calisthenics, aerobics, zumba etc. Peers reaching out to
students motivating them to participate in every activity possible, pairing activity
proved encouraging.
◾ Parent partnership with peer educators is useful in spreading awareness.
◾ We can also give attractive names to healthy food to grab the student’s attention like
springy
 OBJECTIVE:
ACTIVITY 1 Children will become familiar with the different food groups of My Plate

MAKE A
and the importance of variety in the diet.

“MYPLATE” PARTICIPANTS:
Children of all ages (with help). 12-player minimum.

TIME:
15 to 20 minutes depending on the group.

SUPPLIES:
Slips of paper with foods from each food group listed (one food
item per slip of paper) and a My Plate poster. For example, write
“loaf of bread,” “broccoli,” “strawberries, “glass of milk” and
“steak” on five separate slips of paper. Create enough My Plate
sets to match the number of children in the group.

LOCATION:
Can be played outdoors or indoors in a large, open area
 ACTIVITY 2 DIRECTIONS:
DUMB Material required----paper and pen

CHARADES ◾ Explain the game of charades to the group.Without using words,

a person “acts out” an activity and the audience tries to guess
what the “actor” is doing.
◾ Have each volunteer draw a slip of paper with an activity written
on it and then act it out.This also can be played in teams.The
idea is to have fun.

POST ACTIVITY REVIEW:

◾ What are ways you can stay active every day? Can you think of a way to make video games be “active games”?
(Stand and jump while you play!)
◾ Let’s each set a physical activity goal.
1. How many minutes of physical activity do you think you do during the day?
2. Are you meeting the one-hour goal?
3. What are some ways to get more activity during the day?
 Case study 1
Sharmila is a foodie and is an excellent cook
too, she loves helping her mother in the
kitchen but often ends up messing up the
place and works in an untidy and unhygienic
manner, she usually complains of
stomachache due to eating food cooked in
unhygienic manner. As a peer educator how
would you help Sharmila understand the
importance of health and hygiene
 Case study 2
James has been gaining weight over the
last two years at home.Parents and
doctor suggested that he needs to
exercise more,or he will become obese.
James is 14 years old and weighs 72 kgs.
He doesn't want to be told that he needs
to exercise for his health. What are the
habits that need to be changed? What
health promotion plans can help him?
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UNDERNOURISHED STUNTED WASTED DIE
L A C K OF N U T R I T I O N
Low weight for their
They do not receive Low height Children die before
height reflecting
enough calories per for their the age of five.
acute undernutrition.
day. age.
 LIFE SKILLS
The life skills learnt through the
theme of growing up healthy,
importance of nutrition and
hygiene are
 Problem Solving
 Self A wareness
 Decision making skills
 Critical Thinking
 Coping with stress and emotions
 Creative thinking
LEARNING OUTCOMES

 To understand the role of food and nutrients in health.

 Facilitate healthy behaviour change using nutrition counselling by
nutritionists.
 The students will be able to explore ways in which they can design
balanced meals from different food types.
 To understand the importance of personal hygiene.
 The students will understand the benefits of physical exercises and
make it a part of their daily routine.
 KEY M ES S A G ES FROM M O D U L E II
T H E M E 3: G R O W I N G U P HEALTHY, IMPORTANCE OF N U T R I T I O N A N D H Y G I E N E

Along with nutritious

food physical activity
Physical exercises are Growing up healthy can
enhances the overall Maintaining personal
very important to activate lead to healthy individuals
physical and mental well- hygiene is very essential in
the brain which helps us and thereby have a
being of the students enhancing self-motivation
to overcome lethargy and healthy community at
which can alleviate mental and social interactions.
become active. large.
health issues and other
physical ailments.
THEME 4:FAMILY BONDING AND CARING
COMMUNICATION
 LET’S DRAW A FAMILY PORTRAIT
(Please Draw the Missing Members also)

Activity 1
LET U S REFLECT

1 . W H AT IS A FA M I LY?
2 . W H O ALL A R E PA RT OF A FA M I LY?
3 . W H AT IS T H E RO L E OF A FA M I LY?
 Activity 2
R E C A L L I N G FAVORITE FAMILY M O M E N T S
( G U I D E D IMAGERY & B R A I N S T O R M I N G )
 Activity 3
S.no Members Relation One positive One One
in family quality of expectation expectation
members you have from they have
them from you
RESPONSIBILITY, TRUST A N D FREEDOM

Responsibility

Trust Trust

Freedom

 Being responsible builds trust.

 Trust gains you more freedom.
 What you do with your freedom builds more trust.
 If you are trustworthy, you will have more responsibilities.
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Activity 4
WAYS T O C O N N E C T A N D S T R E N G T H E N FAMILY
RELATIONSHIPS:

 Showing appreciation
 Giving affection
 Being committed
 Spending time together
 Building traditions
 Utilizing creative problem solving
 Practicing constructive communication
C O M M U N I C AT I O N (ROLE PLAY)

Activity 5
 C O M M U N IC AT IO N ( C A S E A N A LYSIS)

Isha and Kriti are sisters. Mother scolded Isha for often coming home late in the
evening after play time. Isha presumed that Kriti must have complained to mother.
She told about wasting time and chatting on phone with friends after play time. Isha
comes and shouts on Kriti for complaining. What do you think should be Kriti’s style of
communication and why.

Style 1
How dare you blame me? You are a highly irresponsible girl. I am glad you got it from
mom and you deserve that.
Style 2
Oh! I am so sorry, that you got scolded. I didn't complaint, but if you think so, I am
extremely
sorry. Please don't be mad at me. It’s not my fault.
Style 3
Isha, I know you are upset because mom has scolded you. But please be aware that I
have no role to play in this. We can both go and discuss with mom.
STYLES OF C O M M U N I C A T I O N
Passive Assertive Aggressive
CARING COMMUNICATION

Focus on your needs Focus on needs of others

 LIFE SKILLS E N H A N C E D

Self Empath Critical Creative

Awareness y Thinking Thinking

Effective
Decision Problem Interpersonal
C ommunicatio
Making Solving Relationship
n

Coping with Coping with

stress emotion

Life is a journey. Life skills helps us to live it better.

Let us create happy memories together.
KEY M ES S A G ES FROM M O D U L E II

◾ Theme 4 :: Family Bonding and caring communication-Emerging Paradigm

The family helps to develop patterns of communication and also it

promotes cultural values through the process of imparting social
values, norms.

Highlight the greater need for communication within

families and how spending time together can enhance
relationships.
Effective Communication is the combined harmony
of verbal and non-verbal actions.

Non-verbal communication consists of body movement, facial

expressions and eye movement. Effective Communication
generates the desired effect.

Participants will learn and practice on how to

communicate with parents/ trusted adults on sensitive
issues/topics and also learn to identify important points
of discussion when they talk about a problem with a
trusted adult/peer.
Thank you
!