E-QUALITY – Emotional QUotient And LITeracy in Youth work - handbook about Emotional Intelligence in youth work

Aims of the tool

- to develop Self-Awareness (emotional self-awareness, self-reflection, self-confidence);
- to develop Self-Management (emotional self-control, self-expression, adaptability, achievement orientation, motivation, time and goal management, positive outlook);
- to develop Social Awareness (empathy, active listening, body language awareness, organizational awareness);
- to develop Relationship Management (conflict management, collaboration, team work and inspirational leadership);
- to raise quality and innovation of youth work: particularly, to raise E-QUALITY as Emotional QUALITY of youth work, raising emotional and psychological literacy of youth workers;
- to enrich the “toolkit” of youth workers and NGOs’ volunteers with new methods that could be used in different non-formal education activities.

Description of the tool

“E-QUALITY – Emotional QUotient And LITeracy in Youth work” is a unique training, based on the years of experience in youth and social work, practical psychology, formal and non-formal education and aimed at developing and improving Emotional Intelligence and Emotional (Psychological) Literacy in Youth Work.

The handbook is based on Goleman’s EQ model, in which Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is composed of the four main competences: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness and Relationship Management.

The handbook can be downloaded from the attachment or by the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nVF2sNxLOr624Gcb-hXJbzmkW4aXo14V/view?usp=drive_link