PSsmile - Curriculum Framework

4. Self-management

General goals

Promote knowledge on ways to manage emotions and feelings each child could experience; Learn and use strategies on how to find new ways of thinking and feeling about themselves; Plan decision making and actions to achieve goals that improve personal capabilities and Self development.

Explore how to manage emotions and feelings

Know the importance of regulating emotions and strategies for managing them
Identify and explore ways to manage my emotions and feelings in my daily life situations (what I can do when I am sad, happy etc.)
Practice and reflect on strategies to react positively to my challenging emotions in my daily life situations

Discover and practice ways to foster my positive resources

Know the importance of taking care of my positive resources
Identify and practice strategies for fostering my positive resources in challenging situations and failure (i.e., asking for help, take time to think)
Reflect on and evaluate strategies useful in fostering my positive resources

Explore and understand how to take care of my personal strengths (i.e., at school, at home etc.):

Identify what are the strengths (interest, likes) I wish to foster and cultivate, and explore the benefits
Explore and practice strategies to take care of my strengths and cope with possible challenges (i.e., short term goals, school transitions, etc.)
Reflect and evaluate on strategies and practice in taking care of my strengths

Progress in building possible future Selves

Explore the concepts of change and growth as part of life and foresee my possible future selves
Discover that change and growth can impact negatively and positively my goals achievement and happiness (i.e., worries, stress, excitement) and explore ways for managing them (i.e., coping)
Learn how to set my personal and educational goals and monitor progress on achieving short-term personal goals and possible selves
Identify resources and supports I could count on to strengthen my future goals