Coping Skills
What are coping skills?
Skills and techniques you use to calm yourself down when you are upset, sad, angry, etc.
What is the definition of Anxiety?
A feeling of worry or nervousness about an event or uncertain outcome
What are social skills? How are they different from coping skills?
Skills we use to initiate and maintain friendships. They differ from coping skills because social skills deal with friendships and coping skills deal with decreasing a feeling like anger or sadness.
What is mindfulness?
The state of being aware of something.
Why did the Banana go to the doctor?
Because it was not peeling well.
Name at least 3 coping strategies
(take a deep breath, count to ten, imagine a happy place, stress ball, turtling, etc?
What are some situations that cause you to experience anxiety?
Meeting new people, big transitions such as new school, talking in front of the class, tests
What characteristics makes a person a good friend?
Loyalty, honesty, good listener, understanding, helpful, can forgive
Talk about how you are feeling today? Use specific emotions.
Various answers
Really pay attention to your physical body (tired, change in moods, headaches, etc).
Why do Dragons sleep during the day?
So they can fight Knights.
What is the anger thermometer and how does it work?
The thermometer represents your levels of anger. A lower temperature would mean that you are slightly annoyed where a higher temperature means you are ready to explode with anger.
What is test anxiety?
The nervousness that you feel before taking a test and/or constantly feeling that you will do bad on the test.
What are some ways that you are a good friend? What is some ways you can improve yourself to be a better friend?
Various answers
What is muscle relaxation?
Working your muscle in a certain order to tense and relax them (shrugging shoulders, stretching, deep breathing and stretching).
What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back?
A stick.
What are 4 ways your physical body reacts to anger?
(heart beats fast, fists clench, leg shakes, face turns red, temperature rises)
What is positive self-talk? Also give one example you would use for test anxiety.
Telling or repeating a positive statement to yourself. "I can do this" or "I will do well because I studied hard"
What is active listening and how is it important in friendships?
Active listening means that you are paying attention to someone (eye contact, responding to questions, sitting up correctly, etc). It is important in a friendship because it shows that you are truly listening to your friend and shows that you are concerned.
How is making a glitter jar a mindfulness skill?
Where do cows go on the weekend?
The moo-vies
What is star breathing?
A deep breathing technique where you breathe in and out as you outline the shape of a star with your finger. The sides of the star equal the deep breaths.
What is a worry cloud? How can it help?
In the center of a cloud you put your worry. Then in the surrounding clouds you write all the possible outcomes. It can help you see what worries are false and what outcomes are more likely to occur.
What does the word compromise when? Give an example of when two friendships would use this social skill.
An agreement or a settlement of a dispute where both sides give in a little from what they originally wanted.
How are the five senses part of mindfulness?
See, Touch, Hear, Eat, Smell
It makes us more aware of our body.
What kind of tree fits in your hand?
A palm tree.