Workshop promises to produce highly effective teens
TIME management is the "real value" of the "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens" workshop, said one of the facilitators.
Saras Dorairaju (picture), during an interview with The Brunei Times, said that time management, which falls under "Habit Three", is a weakness that adults also face.
"We think it's fantastic for the kids because we give them a little planner they could use and from this planner they could see how much impact it would have on their life," said Saras who has been conducting the workshops for the past eight years.
The three-day workshop is similar to the adult version of the programme which has earned global recognition and derived from author Sean Covey who also wrote "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People".
"It's a world renowned programme and we do it now for teenagers. We teach them similar things we teach adults except we deliver it in such a way young people would find interesting and entertaining," she said.
Basically, the challenges are different, she said, adding that as an example, in "Habit Five" they would teach the teenagers listening skills.
They would also include a portion of how to talk to their parents, teachers or friends, and cue it to their lives so that it is something the teens would be able to apply and exactly how it would work in their own daily lives.
"Rather than just learning from theory, we would have games and activities that we may not do with adults," she said.
When asked about the examples and the success rates the programme yielded, Saras said that although the programme was not something they have done real research on, there was evidence of its impact.
"What we can tell you is the effect you'll see especially after the third day of the programme," she said adding that this can be seen at the end of the programme when participants present and talk about what they had learnt.
By Hana Roslan via The Brunei Times
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