Personal Goal-Setting
Set realistic personal goals, create a simple plan to achieve them, monitor their own progress, and adjust their approach when things aren't working
Lesson
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“Personal Goal-Setting means setting a realistic goal, planning, checking progress, and adjusting when needed. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.”
Bring to the table
- Cards: realistic goal, simple plan, monitor progress, adjust approach
- Mini goal worksheet
Extra for the adult
Worked example. Pick a realistic goal. Make a simple plan. Check progress. Adjust if it is not working.
Optional challenge. For Personal Goal-Setting, add adjust when stuck.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: goal + plan; support used. This session samples goal-setting, not mastery of productivity.
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Personal Goal-Setting means setting a realistic goal, planning, checking progress, and adjusting when needed. We will practise once together, then check a fresh example.
Spend about 12 minutes writing one tiny realistic goal and plan, then checking the adjust idea.
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Start practicePersonal Goal-Setting practice
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Learning resources
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SAMHSA · Practice link — not the full lesson
What is Mental Health?
Before you open · source notes
What is Mental Health? supports Personal Goal-Setting. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Before you openAsk the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.
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Source, access and review notes
Public SAMHSA page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
SAMHSA. “What is Mental Health?.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Write or state a specific, achievable personal goal with a timeframe
- Describe the steps they will take to reach the goal
- Review their progress and adjust their plan when something isn't working
“Can your child set themselves a goal — like improving their swimming or finishing a book series — and actually work towards it step by step, adjusting their plan if needed?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Personal & Social Development
- Domain
- Self-Regulation & Resilience
- Age range
- Ages 9–12
Standards