Coping skills
Why are coping skills important?
They help us maintain a healthy mind and allow us to manage stressful situations in a positive manner.
What does it mean to be in the RED zone?
Total loss of self-control.
What are the steps to stop and think
Stop, Think, Am i making a good choice or a bad choice, act.
The best way to manage anger is to find a healthy way to express it.
True
What cheese isn't yours?
Nacho Cheese.
When you are angry this coping skill is most helpful?
Any appropriate coping skill for anger is correct.
What does it mean to be in the GREEN zone?
Happy, Calm, ready to learn.
What are the steps for listening to who is speaking?
Turn body and look at speaker, listen and think about what is being said, ask questions if needed, when appropriate say what you want to say.
Holding in your feelings is the best way to help yourself feel better?
False
What weighs more a pound of rocks or a pound of feather?
neither they are both a pound.
When you are struggling to focus on school work what is a coping skill you can use?
Any appropriate coping skill earns points.
What does it mean to be in the BLUE zone?
Low energy, sad, tired, sick.
What are the steps to walking away from a fight.
Stop, take a deep breath, practice coping skill. break eye contact, drop body posture, walk away, go to a safe place.
No thought or feeling is wrong. It is what we do with our thoughts or feelings that count.
True
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold.
How can you use music as a coping skill?
Expressing feelings, a distraction for your brain, makes you happy, etc...
What does it mean to be in the YELLOW zone?
Beginning to lose control, but still able to Stop and Think.
What are the steps to setting a goal?
Think of something you want to complete. Identify the outcomes, results, or product of activity. Make a plan that will help you meet your goal. Write down your plan, Imagine your goal how good it will feel if you meet your goal. Begin your plan.
Distracting peers from working is a great way to make friends?
False
Do your best impression of a Shark.
If student does impression they get points.
Name 5 coping skills.
If all 5 are school appropriate the team gets all points.
Name 5 triggers.
If team can name 5 triggers they get points.
Give an example of a time that you were able to practice stop and think.
If able to answer team gets points.
Going to talk with Mrs.Uphoff is ALWAYS a positive choice when you are feeling upset, angry, anxious, or need to share your feelings.
True
Do your best impression of a sloth.
if students do impression they get the points.