Choosing Life Skills A Guide for Selecting Life Skills Programs for Adult and Juvenile Offenders

Individuals who leave correctional facilities need an array of life skills in order to make a successful return to family, community, & workplace. These skills need to be taught in correctional educ. programs. They include not just basic literacy but such things as how to write an application letter & resume; how to prepare for & participate in a job interview; how to deal with supervisors & other authority figures, & provide responsible & consistent work performance; knowledge about budgeting, credit, insur., taxes, & other daily living areas; & parenting, health & nutrition. This report examines 19 grantees from DoE to develop life skills programs.Coffey, Osa D. is the author of 'Choosing Life Skills A Guide for Selecting Life Skills Programs for Adult and Juvenile Offenders' with ISBN 9780788184819 and ISBN 0788184814.