Mrs. Hegi Coping Skills

Coping Skills

100

What is a coping skill? 

An effective way to deal with uncomfortable emotions or situations

200

Define "healthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are not harmful to you or others.

300

Define "unhealthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are harmful to you or others, and/or keep you from effectively addressing your needs

400

Name 4 healthy coping skills you can use here at school 

Deep breathing

Talk to counselor

Go to mindfulness room

Draw or Journal 

500

Name 3 unhealthy coping skills you can use here at school

Yelling at the teacher

Using physical violence 

Harming yourself 

Using harmful substances 

True or False

100

Coping Skills are used to avoid problems in our lives 

FALSE 

Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way

200

Coping skills help you focus on important things in your life

TRUE

When we cope with problems and our emotions, it helps us think more clearly and tackle them better 

300

Every coping skill is healthy

FALSE

Some ways we learn to cope are not healthy (e.g., like fighting or using substances or avoidance)

400

Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do

FALSE

Coping skills are learned throughout our lives

500

Unhealthy coping skills are still coping skills

True

There are both healthy and unhealthy coping skills; the key is to knowing which are which, and utilizing healthy ones.

Consequences

100

What are the outcomes of using healthy coping skills?

We feel better

200

What happens when you isolate to cope with your feelings?

You could feel alone

300

What are some other consequences for using unhealthy coping skills?

You can get in trouble, you can feel like everything is crashing down on you, which is overwhelming, you can hurt people and lose friendships, etc.

400

What are the healthy consequences for using healthy coping skills?

You can feel understood and you can understand others better, you don't hold onto grudges

500

How do you avoid using unhealthy coping skills

Come to the counseling office, talk to a counselor, remove yourself from the situation, or take a break

Name The Feeling

100

You might feel this way if you have to take a test you did not study for

Nervous

200

You might feel this way if someone takes your tablet 

Angry

300

You might feel this way if you had to sit alone at the lunch table

Lonely

400

You might feel this way if you see other people with the new Iphone that you want

Jealous

500

You might this way when you are surprised with a trip to Disney World. 

Excited