Healthy Coping Strategies
This lesson explores the range of ways people respond to difficult situations, thoughts, and feelings — distinguishing healthy from unhealthy coping mechanisms. Through the Healthy Coping Toolbox activity, paired case studies featuring three young people (Andi, Goldin, and Zane), and a personalised "Ideas to Try" worksheet, students build a practical toolkit of strategies to manage their own mental health and support others. The lesson reinforces that coping strategies are personal and that what works for one person may not work for another.
Learning Outcomes
Outcome 1:
Understand that everyone must manage difficult situations, thoughts, and feelings sometimes
Outcome 2:
Describe healthy and unhealthy coping responses
Outcome 3:
Describe a range of difficult situations, thoughts, and feelings and suggest specific healthy coping strategies that might help manage each
Outcome 4:
Explain a range of simple coping strategies and how these might help someone manage difficult situations, thoughts, and feelings
Outcome 5:
Know how and where to access further support if needed
What's included
A quick look at the classroom-ready resources that come with this lesson.
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