Coping Skills
What is one way to calm down at home?
Deep Breaths
Taking a Break
Squeezing Stuffy
Ask Grandma for hugs
Is asking for a break a safe or unsafe coping skill?
Safe
Is it okay to throw items when you are upset or in the red zone?
No, this makes the situation worse.
What will happen if I don't calm down before asking grandma for what I need?
I won't get what I want.
What zone is angry in?-
-Red
Truth or False?
Calm you calm down at school?
Yes
Name one safe coping skill you can use?
Taking a break
Finding a snack
Going to my room
Playing with my trains
Playing with my legos
Can I close the laptop when I am upset?
No
What should you do instead?
What are consequences?
Things that happen after we choose how to respond
Ex. choose a coping skill, ask grandma for ipad time... gets ipad time
Ex. Don't choose a coping skill, hit grandma... doesn't get anything Kameron wants.
Name your least favorite emotion in the yellow zone...
Confused
Silly
Frustrated
Afraid
Tell me your favorite coping skill...
Go in my crib
Build a Fort
Hug my stuffed animal
Ask grandma for Squeezes
What is a safe coping skill I can choose? if I feel silly.
Brain break
Swimming
Walk with grandma
Play outside
Ask grandma for tickles
Can I ask for help if I am feeling anxious?
Yes. Let's go find grandma or another adult.
How can we show we are listening?
Looking at the person
Voice off
Ears open
What can you do when you are in the blue zone (feeling tired)?
Take a nap
If at school - exercise
How can you tell grandma you need something?
Choose a coping skill or ask for help choosing a coping skill
What is a coping skill when you are not at home?
Take deep breaths
Take a short break
Ask for help
What can I do if I feel like using unsafe hands?
Find a sensory toy
Play with toys
Who does it hurt if I don't listen and use an unsafe coping skill?
Yourself
Name one emotion in the blue zone?
Tired
Sick
Where can you go when you are feeling angry, upset, confused, stressed?
My new calming corner
Where do we keep our hands at all times?
To ourselves
What is the most important thing to use when you are feeling upset?
your words
If I want to play on my ipad and I throw my train when grandma says "no", will I get my ipad?
Probably not
What should I do?
What is something that makes you anxious or stressed?
Tell me