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Coping Strategies That Work | Complete Emotional Regulation Unit for Ages 11–13
Does your preteen recognize that their reactions are causing problems—but still struggle to understand what happens before the reaction or what to do differently?
Emotional regulation is more than telling a child to calm down. Preteens need help identifying what is building beneath the surface, recognizing their warning signs, and choosing coping strategies that feel realistic enough to use during real-life situations.
Coping Strategies That Work guides students from understanding their emotional patterns to creating a personalized plan for managing frustration, handling directions, calming down, and making a different choice next time.
No teaching experience is required. Simply download, print, and work through the unit together.
Your child will practice how to:
• Recognize triggers, pressure, and early warning signs
• Understand why a seemingly small situation can feel emotionally significant
• Look beneath reactions to identify thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and needs
• Use practical strategies during frustrating moments
• Take a healthy pause without completely shutting down
• Respond to directions without immediate pushback
• Reflect on what they could do differently next time
• Choose coping tools that work best for them
• Create a personalized emotional-regulation plan
The complete unit includes eight parts:
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What Happens Before the Blow-Up?
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Why Small Things Feel Big
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What to Do When I’m Frustrated
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Calming Down Without Shutting Down
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Following Directions Without Immediate Pushback
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What Can I Do Differently Next Time?
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Building Your Own Toolbox — short personalized resource
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Creating My Plan — short unit wrap-up resource
Inside the unit:
• Six complete, story-based emotional-regulation lessons
• Two shorter personalized planning and wrap-up resources
• Relatable situations created for preteens
• Guided comprehension and discussion questions
• Visual teaching pages that make complex skills easier to understand
• Trigger, warning-sign, and emotional-pattern activities
• Real-life scenarios and personal-reflection pages
• Coping-strategy practice
• A personalized toolbox and emotional-regulation plan
• Parent Connection support for continued practice
How to use this unit
Lessons 1–6 are designed to support approximately one week of learning and practice each. Complete a few pages at a time and continue practicing the featured skill during real-life moments throughout the week.
Lessons 7 and 8 are shorter closing resources that help students bring their learning together by selecting personal coping tools and creating an emotional-regulation plan.
The complete unit can be used over approximately 6–8 weeks, depending on your child’s needs and pace.
Perfect for:
• Homeschool learning
• Parent-guided practice at home
• Classroom SEL instruction
• Small-group learning
• Counseling or behavior-support sessions
• Emotional-regulation practice
• After-school programs
Please note:
✓ Designed for ages 11–13; may also support students of other ages based on their developmental needs
✓ Includes six full lessons and two shorter closing resources
✓ Instant digital download
✓ Delivered in printable PDF format
✓ Nothing will be shipped
✓ Best value compared with purchasing the resources individually
Give your preteen more than another reminder to “calm down.” Help them understand their emotional patterns, discover strategies that work for them, and build a plan they can use in real life.