Self-Management Curriculum for High School Students
Self-management is not simply about compliance. It is the ability to manage emotions, thoughts, attention, time, and behavior in ways that support meaningful goals.
This research-informed curriculum gives high school students explicit instruction and repeated practice in the skills they need to understand themselves, regulate strong emotions, pause before acting, manage distractions, plan their time, begin and persist with tasks, set goals, monitor progress, and advocate for appropriate support.
The inclusive Grades 9–12 curriculum contains 10 units and 30 lesson sequences, student-friendly vocabulary, realistic high-school scenarios, colorful worksheets, unit exit checks, a pre/post self-management profile, educator progress-monitoring tools, a seven-day personal experiment, and differentiation supports for varied learning needs.
It may be used in general education, resource, counseling, advisory, transition, mentoring, and life-skills settings. The curriculum treats self-management as a teachable skill rather than a fixed trait and emphasizes dignity, student agency, recovery, and practical application across school, home, work, and community settings.
