Coping Skills
This simple coping skill involves breathing in slowly, holding it, and breathing out to help calm your body.
What is deep breathing?
These are the animals involved in flipping a lid.
What is the Owl, Elephant, and Dog?
When someone smiles and laughs, they’re most likely feeling this emotion.
What is happiness (or joy)?
This is when someone repeatedly hurts, threatens, or picks on another person on purpose.
What is bullying?
This person at school helps students with their feelings, friendships, and problems—no matter how big or small.
Who is the school counselor?
These are the tools or actions we use to handle big emotions, stress, or tough situations.
What are coping skills?
“Flipping your lid” refers to what happens when this part of your brain takes over during strong emotions.
What is the amygdala?
All emotions, even the uncomfortable ones, are normal and okay to feel.
What is True?
True or False: People who bully others often have problems of their own.
What is true?
Name two trusted adults you can go to if you feel unsafe, worried, or upset.
What are a teacher, school counselor, parent/guardian, principal, coach, etc.
Avoiding your feelings by scrolling for hours or ignoring people is a helpful coping strategy.
What is False?
This part of the brain, located behind your forehead, helps you make decisions and stay calm.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
You can feel more than one emotion at the same time.
What is True?
Bullying usually involves an imbalance of this between the bully and the victim.
What is power?
When you disagree with a friend, this is the healthy way to solve the problem.
What is talking it out or peaceful conflict resolution?
Name two coping strategies you can use when you feel overwhelmed or stressed.
What are deep breathing, counting to 10, talking to someone, grounding, exercise, art, etc.?
Name one physical sign that someone might be flipping their lid.
What is rapid breathing, clenched fists, raised voice, red face, etc.?
Name one physical sign that someone might be feeling nervous or anxious.
What is fast heartbeat, sweating, shaky hands, butterflies in stomach, etc.?
Bullies sometimes do this to try to make themselves feel more powerful.
What is put others down or hurt others?
This is the word for taking care of your mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
What is self-care?
Why is it important to have more than one coping skill you can use?
What is because different situations need different tools (or not every coping strategy works all the time)?
When you flip your lid, your brain may trigger one of these three common stress responses to danger or strong emotions.
What are fight, flight, or freeze?
This is the ability to recognize and understand other people’s feelings.
What is empathy?
Name 3 out of the 4 types of bullying.
Physical, Verbal, Social/Silent, and Cyber
Name one non-verbal way to show you are listening to a friend.
What is eye contact, nodding, facing them, or quiet body language?