Resilient Transitions: Taking Control
When change feels overwhelming, having the right tools makes all the difference. This lesson is where the toolkit really starts to take shape. Pupils learn three practical strategies they can reach for whenever things feel out of control — and each one is immediately usable in real life. First, a gratitude letter — a simple but powerful way to strengthen the relationships that matter most, especially when everything else is shifting. Then WoBbLe, one of the most memorable tools in the series, which teaches pupils to balance the catastrophising voice in their head by deliberately considering the best case alongside the worst — and landing on what's most likely. Suddenly the thing that felt unbearable looks a lot more manageable. A visualisation exercise then gives pupils a way to step back from strong emotions and view them from a distance — creating space between feeling and reaction. The lesson closes with the Five Ways to Wellbeing, and pupils make a personal pledge to put them into practice — leaving not just with knowledge, but with a commitment to themselves.
Learning Outcomes
Outcome 1:
Understand the importance of gratitude
Outcome 2:
Explore the WoBbLe skill and when to use it
Outcome 3:
How to calm down strong emotions
Outcome 4:
Using the Five Ways to Wellbeing
What's included
A quick look at the classroom-ready resources that come with this lesson.
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About the Organisation
Bounce Forward is the UK’s psychological-fitness charity.
We help children and young people — and the adults and environments around them — develop the understanding, skills and shared language to regulate, recover and adapt through challenge, change and everyday life.
Our work brings together mental resilience and emotional wellbeing, shifting the focus upstream: building capability before crisis, rather than waiting for something to go wrong. We translate evidence from psychology, resilience research, cognitive behavioural approaches and positive psychology into practical learning that can be taught, modelled and used in real life.
From evidence-informed curricula and staff development to family support and whole-community approaches, our work recognises that young people do not develop in isolation. What happens around a young person shapes what becomes possible within them.
Everything we create is practical, grounded in evidence and designed to build something that lasts — psychologically fit people and communities, better prepared to meet life.