coping skills
name 1 coping skill you can at/during school
deep breaths / rainbow breathing
asking for help
taking a break (if it's okay with parents/teacher)
Anger is a bad emotion.
false
What is an appropriate way to ask for help?
you forgot your to do your homework?
tell the teacher and ask if you can turn it in the next day
name 1 coping skill you can use at home
take a break
deep breaths
use positive thoughts
talk to parents
exercise (jumping jacks, dancing)
everyone, adults and kids, all use coping skills
true
Eli is working on a math problem and doesn't understand how to do it, what can he do?
you are working on a worksheet but it is very noisy where you are, what can you do?
nicely ask the people to be quiet or move somewhere else
what is one unhelpful coping skill?
yelling, throwing things, slamming doors, being unkind to others and/or yourself
the same coping skills work for everyone
false
Sarah isn't sure what to write for her fiction homework and her mom is busy, what can she do?
wait until mom has time, do a different homework until then
you are playing with 2 other kids and one of them is not being nice to you, what can you do?
tell them they are hurting your feelings, ask an adult for help
name a situation when you would use coping skills at home
asking for help is a coping skill
true
Your teacher just finished explaining something to the class but you still don't understand, what can you do?
Raise your hand and ask her to please explain it again to you
what can you do if you are too upset to come up with a solution to a problem?
use your coping skills first
ask an adult for help
name a situation when you would use coping skills with friends
it is ok for kids and adults to ask for help when they need it
true
You are working in a group and you didn't hear what someone just said, what can you do?
ask them if they can say it again because you didn't hear it
name a problem that you have and come up with a solution for