Self management 101
This is the ability to control your thoughts, feelings and actions.
What is self management?
Doing this every night helps you remember what you learned in school.
Hint: You take it home with you.
What is homework?
it is healthy strategies individuals use to manage stressful or challenging situations
What is coping skills?
This part of the brain is Responsible for personality and behavior, talking, learning and movement. Controls functions, including reasoning, planning parts of speech and movements, emotions, and problem solving.
Hint: it's towards the 'front' and it was pink.
What is the frontal lobe?
Saying “please” and “thank you” is an example of this.
What is good manners?
A tool that helps you remember what you need to do each day.
What is a planner or check list?
This place at home should be quiet and free from distractions for schoolwork.
What is a study space?
Name two types of breathing methods.
What is Box breathing, bubble breathing, birthday candle breathing, butterfly breathing, star breathing, lazy 8 breathing, etc.?
Processes visual information, color recognition and perception. Sends information to the parietal and temporal lobes.
Hint: It's in the back of your brain, but helps with something at the front and it was green.
What is Occipital Lobe?
If you feel like yelling, it’s better to take a deep breath and do this instead.
What is walk away or use your words?
When you make a mistake, this is a good way to learn and do better next time.
What is trying again or learning from our mistakes?
This habit helps your brain rest so you can focus better in school.
Getting enough sleep.
List five coping skills.
What is Dancing, reading, journaling, taking deep breaths, yoga, coloring, drawing, meditation?
Involved with hearing, speech, language, and visual recognition.
Hint: It's all just 'temporary' and it was yellow.
What is the temporal Lobe?
This strategy helps you calm down when you’re upset: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1—naming things you can see, hear, touch, smell, and taste.
What is grounding?
This is when you are able to resist an immediate reward in favor of a greater reward.
Hint: The activity with the Marshmallows
What is Delayed gratification?
When taking a test, it’s important to read the questions and do this before answering.
What is thinking carefully?
When you get up and move your body.
What is physical activity?
This part of the brain interprets sensory information of touch, pressure, temperature and pain.
Hint: it was blue.
What is the parietal lobe?
If someone is bothering you, you should use these types of words instead of yelling.
What are kind or assertive words?
Before you react to a situation, it’s important to do this to make a good choice.
What is pause and think?
If you're struggling to understand something in class, you should do this instead of staying silent.
What is asking for help?
This type of exercise, which includes movements like stretching, yoga, or dancing, can help release stress and improve mood.
What is mindful moment?
This first part of the brain controls and coordinates movements of the muscles. The second is In charge of keeping the automatic systems of your body working, like breathing, digestion and fight or flight responses.
Hint: the first was red and the second was purple.
What is the Cerebellum?
What is the brain stem?
This strategy helps you make better choices by thinking about what might happen next.
What is considering consequences?