Coping: Example Objectives, Goals and Plans These examples were developed for pupils attending Beech Lodge School. Pupil A is 14 years old. She frequently complains about feeling unwell and finds this extremely distressing. Pupil A is heavily reliant upon her key worker to calm her down; teaching staff would like to enable her to cope more independently and set the following goal:
Reference in Early childhood: is supported by adults to generate their own coping response (pg. 10) guide Objective
For pupil to take appropriate steps to help herself cope when she is feeling unwell.
Goal
Pupil follows her coping plan and chooses an appropriate action to help her cope when she feels unwell on 50% of occasions.
Plan
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ey worker to create flow chart of options with pupil, giving her a visual plan of different K methods to help her cope when she is feeling unwell
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taff to encourage pupil to collect her plan from her box when she is feeling unwell and S support her to follow the flow chart and take appropriate action
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Praise and use of reward system when pupil follows the plan appropriately
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