Recognize it
Name one way you can notice you are getting upset when you start to get angry or frustrated. W hat are some partterns.
any way you notice you are upset (answers vary).
True or False: All coping skills are helpful
False: some coping skills can be helpful, and some can cause us to become more upset
It is important to let others know what works for you!
True or false: All problems have easy solutions:
False: some problems can be tricky to solve
Your video game freezes in the middle of a game you are playing.
What is a small problem
True or False: It is normal to be angry sometimes
True, being angry is a normal emotion
This is a coping skill that helps calm your body and relaxes your muscles
Deep breathing
Give one possible solution to this problem: You are having difficulty finding all of your self help sheets and you need to bring it it to your counselor.
Take a breath or a break, use a skill, ask for help.
You don't show up to do the thing you said you would for your friend. But this isn't a regular problem.
What is a medium problem. You can't go back in time. Communicate with your friend as to why you missed it. Maybe you forgot, or maybe something came up last minute?...
True or False: We may say or do things when we are angry that we would not do when we are calm
True
This is a coping skill we learned to help calm your body down by tensing our body and then releasing.
What is muscle relaxation
Name one possible solution to this problem:
You are working on a task and you do not understand what you need to do
What is ask for help, breathe, ask for the person teaching you to repeat the directions.
Someone cuts you off on the freeway but you had enough time to slow down.
What is a small problem and what can you do?
List two physical signs of anger you may feel
Body shaking, voice raising, face getting red, crying, or throwing something
True or false: It is important to have a "tool kit" or multiple coping skills that help you calm down for different situations
True: It is important to have a variety of skills that help you calm down in different situations
Name two possible solutions to this problem:
Your boss asks you to help an angry customer/client. How do you approach this person?
Remain calm, let them speak first, when it's your turn you can try to include them in order to come up with a solution together.
You are not agreeing with what someone in treatment is saying.
What is a small problem.
The gift of anger
Energy
Name one skill that you can use to calm down when upset at home and one skill that you can use to calm down at school that is HELPFUL to YOU.
Any two coping skills
One morning your spouse forgot that they have a doctor's appointment. They ask you to hurry because they need to rush out the door and you are driving them.
How would this make you feel and how would or should you respond?
Answers will vary
You crash your car.
What is a big problem