What Would You Do?
Your friend wants you to play but you have homework.
Finish your homework and then see if friend can play afterwards.
Small, Medium, or Big Problem: Spilling a drink on your art work.
Small to Medium. What can you do?
You don't understand the work you're supposed to do. Who can you ask for help?
Parent, Teacher, Friend, Counselor
Angry
Name a strategy.
Your body is feeling wiggly and the teacher is talking.
Movement break, fidget, deep breath.
Small, Medium, or Big Problem: Your pencil broke.
Small. What can you do?
Two of your classmates are arguing. One of them asks what side are you on. What could you say?
Say, "please keep me out of this, I don't want to get in the middle." Or, "I don't want to get in the middle of this, sorry."
Nervous/stressed
What can I do?
You do not feel awake or ready for class instruction.
Do a stretch or ASK YOUR TEACHER if you can help her with a class job.
Small, Medium, or Big Problem: Someone says something that hurts your feelings.
Medium. What can you do? Walk away.
Your friend is moving away and you feel really sad. What can you do?
You can make a plan to stay in contact over the phone, or plan visits,
Really excited
What can I do to make it exciting
You are trying to think and the room around you is too noisy.
Put on headphones, take a deep breath, politely ask neighbors to lower their voices.
Small, Medium, or Big Problem: Someone pushes you in the hallway.
Big. What can you do? Walk away. Find an adult and talk about what happened.
Another student in class keeps tapping his pencil over and over. You feel annoyed and get distracted. What can you say?
Can you please try to stop tapping your pencil? It gets in the way of me trying to focus.
Overwhelmed
How can I make it easy for myself
You feel your heart is beating too fast.
Deep breaths, meditation, drink water.
Small, Medium, or Big Problem: Your teacher had to change the class schedule today.
Small to Medium. Schedules change. It's no big deal. Changes happen.
A peer asks you to do something you know is not an appropriate behavior in school, what do you do?
You can say no thanks or say you would like to focus on school and making good choices.
Sad
This is unexpected behavior. What is expected behavior.