Coping Skills
When is it MOST important to use your coping skills?
Feeling nervous, sad, angry (usually an emotion you would call "negative")
What emotion makes you cry?
Sadness.
Who at home do you feel you can confide in?
What is your favorite personality trait in yourself?
I love that about you too!
Sweet OR Salty
I personally cannot choose...
What are coping skills supposed to do?
Coping skills help us with feeling better or calmer in situations where we feel negative emotions.
What emotion makes you wish you had something someone else does?
Jealousy.
Teacher, nurse, school psychologist, special-education teacher, etc.
What are compliments you receive from others?
Awesome! Now give yourself a different compliment that you think is true)
Describe your perfect day.
Mine would include lots of sunshine and time spent with loved ones.
What is your FAVORITE coping skill?
My favorite is fidgeting with something to shift my focus away from anxious feelings.
What feelings makes you yell at others in a negative way?
Anger. How can we respond differently?
Friend, sibling, teammate, etc.
What are you most talented at?
You are talented in so many ways!
Favorite school subject. Why?
Mine was English, I like the freedom to creatively write.
What is a coping skill you can use in the classroom that doesn't disrupt others?
Something silent like: describing objects in the room in your head, box breathing, tap finger against leg, etc.
What emotion is your FAV?
Mine is joy, what's yours?
What can you do if you don't want to tell anyone in specific, but want to release a feeling or thought?
Journal it, write a letter, draw something that represents the way you feel, etc.
How are ways you can show yourself some love?
Take care of yourself, buy yourself something new, do an activity you enjoy, affirmations (remind yourself how great you are!)
Your redoing your room, what color are you painting the walls?
I want a fun, floral wallpaper.
List three things you can do to calm yourself down when you are feeling nervous.
Examples: deep breathing, drink water, listen to music, talk to someone else, go for a walk, focus on other senses, journal, etc.
What emotion is your LEAST fav?
Mine is boredom, what's yours?
Who can you talk to that will keep your conversations private?
Bridget! :)
Think of a trait you don't like about yourself. Now prove that WRONG!
Thoughts don't equal facts. Just because you think something about yourself, doesn't mean it's true.
Tell me the MOST interesting fact you know. (About you or in general)
Mine is that a crocodile physically can't stick their tongue out.