Helpful or Unhelpful
Which is a healthy way to deal with anger: Telling your friend why you're mad or punching a pillow with their face on it?
Telling your friend why you're mad. This would be the more helpful choice to make.
What are some coping skills you can use at home?
Exercise, running, playing outside, playing a game, listening to music, writing in a journal, splashing your face with cold water, yoga
A friend ripped your backpack off of your back and ran away laughing. Should you: Run after them yelling, or take 3 deep breaths?
3 deep breaths
All coping skills are the same amount of helpful.
False- there are some unhelpful coping skills that we sometimes end up using that can make problems worse. (Can you think of any examples?)
What is a coping skill?
An activity or skill you use to calm down, feel happier, and/or take care of yourself.
Take 3 deep breaths!
Take 3 deep breaths!
Who at home can help remind you of your coping skills?
Who at home can help remind you of your coping skills?
What are some coping skills you can use at school?
Deep breathing, going for a walk, drinking water, asking for a break, counting to 10
Coping skills help you get through hard days.
True- coping skills help you feel calmer, happier, and stronger.
Share a healthy coping skill that you find the most helpful
Answers Vary. Common are: Taking a break, coloring, talking it out, deep breathes
What makes a coping skill unhealthy/unhelpful?
When it is unhelpful, unsafe, or hurtful to yourself or others.
What would be a healthy coping skill to use with a family members that made you mad?
Talking it out, asking for space, talking to a trusted adult, taking deep breaths, going for a walk around the house.
What coping skills can you use if you are feeling unfocused in class?
Deep breathing, going for a walk, asking for a break...
People all use the same coping skills.
False- everyone has different coping skills that are helpful to them. What one student finds helpful may not be helpful to another.
Share a time where you used a healthy/helpful coping coping skill at school
Answers Vary
Name 2 healthy coping skills and 2 unhealthy coping skills.
Name 2 healthy coping skills and 2 unhealthy coping skills.
What kind of coping skills do your family members use? Are they healthy or unhealthy?
What kind of coping skills do your family members use? Are they healthy or unhealthy?
Practice Box Breathing!
Practice Box Breathing!
hitting or kicking is an unhelpful coping skill
True- it is unhelpful and harmful to hurt someone around you. Can you think of something else you could do that would let you get physical and not hurt someone?
What coping skill have you used you found unhelpful and why?
Answers Vary. Every one is different. A skill that works for some of us may not help for all of us
Amanda was anxious during math class. Her friend Jimmy asked her what was wrong? Amanda said "I don't want to talk to you right now, you are being annoying? Was this a helpful/non helpful skill?
Unhelpful
What is 1 healthy and 1 unhealthy skill you sometimes use at home?
Helpful: Taking a Break, talking it out, Exercise, Deep Breaths
Unhelpful: Yelling/Hitting others, Running off without permission, Throwing things, Not communicating feelings
If a friend keeps bothering you at school, what are some coping skills you can use?
Talk to an adult, take deep breaths, ask for a break.
Crying is an unhelpful coping skill.
False- crying is a healthy way to deal with strong feelings, as long as it isn't happening too often each day
Share a time you helped a friend use their coping skills
Answers Vary