Personal & social development // Self-Regulation & Resilience

Resilience and Bouncing Back

Understand resilience as the ability to recover from setbacks, adapt to difficult circumstances, and keep going — recognising that resilience is a skill that develops through experience, not a trait you either have or don't

Ages
9 to 11
Type
Concept
Builds on
4 topics
Leads to
2 topics
Standards
2 codes

Quick check

After a real disappointment — like not getting a part in the school play or failing a test they studied for — can the learner feel upset but then pick themselves up and figure out what to do next?

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Topic // Mastery

What mastery looks like

What a learner can do once this topic is secure.
  • Define resilience in their own words and explain why it matters
  • Describe a time they bounced back from a setback and what helped them recover
  • Explain that resilience grows through experience and that struggling doesn't mean you're weak

Topic // Map

Where this fits

What to learn first and what this topic opens up, with the reason for each link. Required links come first.
  • RequiredMust come first
  • HelpfulHelps, but not essential

Before this

4 topics
  • Coping with Life ChangesRequired

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 5 to 7

    Resilience concept builds on coping with change

  • Choosing the Right Coping StrategyRequired

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 7 to 9

    Resilience builds on having multiple coping strategies

  • Vocabulary: resilience and selfRequired

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 7 to 10

    Resilience as a concept requires understanding 'resilience', 'setback', 'persevere', and 'regulate' as precise terms

  • Emotions and Decision-MakingHelpful

    Emotional Literacy // Ages 9 to 11

    Resilience benefits from understanding emotions influence decisions

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Resilience and Bouncing Back

Ages 9 to 11 // Concept

Leads to

2 topics
  • Personal Coping ToolkitRequired

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 9 to 11

    Coping toolkit reflection builds on understanding resilience

  • Good Stress and Bad StressRequired

    Self-Regulation & Resilience // Ages 11 to 12

    Advanced self-regulation depends on earlier self-control skills

Topic // Standards

Curriculum standards

Codes for the curriculum statements this topic maps to. Each publisher owns its standard text.
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence
PSPE-ID-CU-P4-8PSPE-ID-LO-P4-7

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