Building 1795
(760) 763-7890
LifeSkills Training and Education offers various workshops in such areas as parenting, financial management, stress and anger management, and understanding personality differences. In addition to these workshops, the following opportunities are offered as part of the LifeSkills program:
Four Lenses: This workshop will provide you the opportunity to improve your interpersonal skills as well as help you communicate with others in a way that fosters mutual understanding and acceptance. The principles you will discover in this workshop will empower you to improve aspects of every personal relationship in your life.
Who Moved My Cheese? Moving Beyond the Fear of Change: In this innovative workshop you will be provided with the skills necessary to better handle the ever changing environment of the Military through enhancing awareness and removing obstacles that prohibit positive change skills and successful reintegration.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Military Families: Along with the normal challenges of family life, military families must also deal with the added stress of relocation and deployment. The 7 habits solution provides a much needed framework for applying universal, self evident principles that enable family members to communicate more effectively about their problems and resolve them successfully.
Elder Care: Caring for an aging parent, an elderly spouse or close friend presents difficult challenges especially when a crisis hits and you are suddenly faced with the responsibilities of elder care. In this class we will talk about some of the emotions that you and your loved one will be dealing with, some actions you should take, and some ways that may help you cope.
Family Care Plan: One of the most important considerations of family readiness is to ensure that your family will be taken care of properly while on deployment, and during unexpected circumstances. In this workshop we will discuss the purpose and terminology, the roles and responsibilities of those involved, family care planning, and finally you will get the opportunity to prepare a scenario based Family Care Plan.
Family Disaster Plan: There are many different kids of disasters, wild fires, earthquakes, floods, pipeline leaks and explosions, which seldom give warning and can be equally devastating to their victims. This workshop is primarily geared to wild fires and earthquakes, but the planning you and your family does now will be of benefit for any type of disaster that can strike your community. At the end of this workshop you will have a plan in case of an emergency
Spouses' Learning Series (SLS): SLS provides Marines and families the opportunity to further their personal and professional growth through a series of on-line courses and workshops that include annual Motivational Workshops for spouses and Marines, and semi-annual Leadership Skills workshops.