Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
Personal Coping Toolkit
Reflect on which self-regulation and coping strategies work best for them personally, building a 'toolkit' of approaches they can draw on in different situations and sharing what works with others
Quick check
Can the learner tell you 'When I'm stressed about exams I go for a walk and that helps, but when I'm sad I need to talk to someone' — showing they know their own coping toolkit?
Ask this to see whether the topic is secure.
Topic // Mastery
What mastery looks like
- Describe at least three personal coping strategies and when each is most effective
- Recommend a strategy to a friend based on the friend's specific situation
- Evaluate whether a strategy they tried worked well and explain their reasoning
Topic // Map
Where this fits
- RequiredMust come first
- HelpfulHelps, but not essential
Before this
4 topics- Resilience and Bouncing BackRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 9 to 11
Coping toolkit reflection builds on understanding resilience
Self-Awareness // Ages 7 to 9
Building a personal toolkit of self-regulation strategies requires first having noticed the patterns of situations that trigger you and the reactions you typically have
- Choosing a StrategyHelpful
Learning to Learn // Learning to Learn // Ages 9 to 10
Building a personal toolkit of self-regulation strategies and evaluating which work best is the PSD form of the universal strategy-evaluation habit
- Personal Goal-SettingHelpful
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 9 to 11
Reflecting on strategies benefits from goal-setting experience
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Personal Coping Toolkit
Ages 9 to 11 // Thinking skill
Leads to
2 topics- Growth Through AdversityRequired
Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 13 to 14
Advanced self-regulation mastery depends on earlier self-regulation skills
- Emotional Patterns Over TimeHelpful
Emotional Literacy // Ages 9 to 11
Emotional pattern reflection connects to coping toolkit reflection
Topic // Standards
Curriculum standards
- IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
- PSPE-ID-CU-P3-6PSPE-ID-CU-P4-7
Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience
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