Stay Calm
A question or difficulty needing a solution
What is a problem?
True or False: It is wrong to feel certain emotions, such as anger.
False. All of our feelings are okay. There is nothing wrong with the emotion. However, there may be something wrong with the way we express our emotions.
Something that is true and can be proven.
What is a fact?
A technique to generate a variety of ideas where you think and write as fast as you can, write in any order, write everything you think, and don't judge the ideas.
What is brainstorming?
This is what logically or naturally follows from an actin or condition; it is an effect or a result.
What is a consequence?
This allows our bodies to relax and gives our brains oxygen. It also gives time to think about our problem.
What is Deep Breathing?
What is a soda?
An opinion or judgement.
What is a belief?
When you do something wrong and say "I couldn't help it", "It just slipped out of my mouth", or you blame someone else, you will get a "0" for which part of BARKS?
What is Accept Responsibility?
When we choose to behave in a certain way, we are also choosing the ________.
What is a consequence?
One way to calm yourself is to say things to yourself either verbally or mentally.
What is Self-talk?
This type of communication has 3 parts: the feeling, the situation that led to the feeling, and the reason for the feeling.
What is an "I Message"?
Information that we tell ourselves about a situation that may possibly be incorrect.
What is an assumption?
The only things you have complete control over are your ______ and your ______.
What are your thoughts and your actions?
Society's (or other power structures') chosen punishments and rewards.
What are imposed consequences?
A stress reduction exercise where you tighten groups of muscles starting with your feet and moving up to your neck and face.
What is Muscle Relaxation?
When we use this type of communication, we aren't taking responsiblity for our feelings and the other person often feels attacked and becomes angry.
What is a "You Statement"?
Most of your friends were invited to a party but you weren't. This is some information you may gather to solve the problem.
What is "who's invited", "what's the activity at the party", "why you weren't invited"?
Something that we have control over that affects how others think of us.
What are our actions?
This happens when you throw a stone into the middle of a calm pond or lake; you see a splash and then rings going out from the splash in all directions. This is an analagy to show student sthat their choices have far-reaching effects.
What is the Ripple Effect?
This is a technique that requires concentration and focus where you breathe through only one nostril.
What is Concentrated Breathing?
This type of communication ("I Statement" or "You Statements") gives control of our feelings to someone else?
What are "You Statements"?
When telling what really happened, you want to tell what you ______ and what you _______.
What is see and hear?
Name three possible choices you have when a classmate calls you a name and makes fun of you.
What is call classmate a name, get into a physical fight, ignore the classmate, report the classmate's behavior to staff?
You know this has happened when everyone involved is okay with the consequences, you are satisfied with the results, and the initial feelings associated have returned to a more comfortable level.
What is the problem has been solved?