Coping Skills
What is a coping skill?
What are the parts of the body that are considered private?
Anything covered by a bathing suit.
Is it better to talk about scary things that have happened, or pretend they never happened?
Talk about them.
Share a time when you felt proud of yourself.
You shared a prideful moment.
You shared your favorite holiday.
Tense and relax your muscles (like uncooked spaghetti or a toy soldier) and then let your muscles go limp (like cooked spaghetti or a rag doll).
Tensed and relaxed your muscles.
How might someone feel if someone else touches their private parts when they shouldn't?
Scared, confused, mad, ashamed, embarrassed, anxious, nervous...etc
True or false: sometimes kids who have experienced trauma break the private part rules.
True.
True or false: When you are angry or upset it is okay to respond by throwing things or yelling.
False. When you are angry or upset, you should use your coping skills or talk to someone.
If you were an animal, what would you be?
Shared animal.
Breathe in to smell the cookie, breathe out to cool it down.
Is it ever okay to touch your someone else's private parts?
No.
What are the three ways our brains respond to danger?
Fight, flight, or freeze.
Share a time when you felt scared.
Shared scared time.
What was your favorite Halloween costume you've worn?
Shared favorite Halloween costume.
Share a place in your home where you can go to calm down.
Shared a calm spot.
You decide to look at your friend's private parts when they are changing. Is this okay?
No.
Share a few ways that kids might feel after a trauma happens to them.
Trouble sleeping, angry, feeling worried, having bad dreams, having trouble feeling close to people, avoiding things that remind them of the trauma, trying not to think about what happened, feeling jumpy/easily scared, having bad thoughts.
Share a time when you felt two emotions at the same time.
Shared a time of multiple emotions.
What would you choose for a super power?
Shared chosen super power.
What are the steps of the Turtle Technique?
1. Recognize your feelings.
2. Stop your body.
3. Tuck inside your shell and take three deep breaths.
4. Come out of your shell when calm and think of a solution to your problem.
True or false: It's okay to touch someone else's private parts if you ask them first and they say yes.
False.
How do we get the Wise Owl to fly back when our Guard Dog is barking?
Calm down and relax our bodies.
Demonstrate how someone might look, sound and act when they're feeling mad.
Demonstrates feeling mad.
What is your least favorite food?
Shared least favorite food.