PSsmile - Curriculum Framework

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