Tools for life – Enhancing young people’s mastery of everyday life

The project aims to explore how professional are using their expertise in youth counselling for supporting the everyday life skills of young people that need support in taking care of daily routines. Emphasizing the needs of young people and the situational nature of counselling the study aims to deepen understanding: how to promote the well-being of vulnerable young people and enhance their social inclusion. The study participates in ongoing pedagogical discussion in home economics; how to develop and expand the conceptualizations of skills, routines and tools in order to connect home economics with research on the changing conditions of well-being of individuals and families.