Coping skills
True or False: Deep breathing is a coping skill.
True!
What is empathy?
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Take three deep breaths
Practice this coping skills now!
What is your favorite color?
Free answer
What is a helpful way to distract yourself?
listening to the radio, reading, puzzles, TV, games, learning something new, cleaning, gardening, arts/ crafts, etc
Name three coping skills
What is the opposite of empathy?
heartlessness, or cold-heartedness
Draw or color a picture.
What is your favorite food?
Free answer
What is your favorite way to distract yourself?
Tell me.
True or False: Playing with slime or another fidget toy is a coping skills.
True!
Give me an example of empathy.
This can be a real or made up example.
Express your feelings!
However you want!
What is your favorite game?
Any answer is acceptable!
What is your happy place?
Tell me about it!
Is it a coping skills to talk to someone?
Yes!
Tell me about a time when you felt empathy.
This should be a real example.
What is your favorite coping skill?
Show me!
What is your favorite thing to do?
Tell me!
When is a distraction coping skill unhelpful?
When you use it for too long or it gets in the way of you doing something you're supposed to do (i.e., watching TV instead of cleaning your room)
Name 5 coping skills!
Describe empathy to me.
Empathy is understanding someone else's feelings and being able to share in those feelings.
Practice 3 coping skills!
Practice them now!
You can run around outside!
For fun!
How can a distraction coping skill be helpful?
It gives your mind and emotions a break.