Personal & Social Development·Self-Regulation & Resilience·conceptual
Choosing the Right Coping Strategy
Understand that different situations require different coping strategies — what works for anger might not work for sadness, and what helps at school might be different from what helps at home
Suggested ages 7–9
Learning journey
Your child is learning that they can get better at things through practice and effort, while developing strategies to stay positive and break big challenges into smaller, manageable steps.
Evidence of understanding
- Name at least two different coping strategies and explain when each one is most useful
- Choose an appropriate strategy based on the specific situation and emotion
- Reflect on a time a strategy didn't work and explain what they might try instead
Assessment prompt
Can Choosing the Right Coping Strategy recognise that when they're angry they need to do something physical like walk around, but when they're worried they need to talk it through — rather than using the same approach for every difficult feeling?
Standards alignment
PSPE-ID-CU-P2-7International · ib-pyp-pspe
PSPE-ID-CU-P2-7
IB PYP Personal, Social and Physical Education (PSPE) Scope and Sequence