Relaxation Skills
This involves expanding the stomach without expanding the chest.
What is slowed (diaphragmatic) breathing?
Name 1 way to feel safe in your room.
A school mate tells you to go to the bathroom to smoke.
Someone starts yelling at you.
Name a coping skill using a pencil or pen?
What is drawing? What is sketching?
What is Tai Chi (Qigong)? What is yoga? What is prayer? What is stilling the mind?
Name at least 1 safe person to talk to at home.
What is a parent? What is a grandparent? What is a brother/sister?
You get mad and feel like punching someone.
What is walk away? What is slow my breathing? What is ask the school counselor for help? What is ask a teacher for help?
Your parents are getting on to you and you feel like you are getting sad/angry.
What is take deep breath? What is remind yourself to listen as this will be over? What is remind yourself your parents love you?
Name a creative coping skill that can use more than a pencil or pen.
Demonstrate 1 form of meditation move.
Relax body. cobbler's pose, Starting position (Tai Chi)
Name a safe person to talk to at school?
Who is the counselor? Who is my teacher? Who is the school nurse?
Your brother/sister comes into your room and takes something. You want to go hit them and take the item back?
What is ask them to bring it back? What is ask parents for help? What is ask self, "Is it worth getting upset over?
You get mad and imagine pushing your sibling through a window.
What is walk away? What is take a slow deep breath?
Demonstrate a coping skill that can help with anxiety.
What is slowed (diaphragmatic) breathing? What is practicing for a performance or using flash cards for a test? What is use guided imagery?
Name at least 1 form of slowed breathing.
What simple diaphragmatic breathing? What is 6-7-8? What is 4-4-4 or Swedish Squares?
Name ways to feel safe when in public?
You hear your parents yelling and you want to run out of the house?
What is go to my room and listen to calming music? What is tell yourself it is okay, it is not about me?
Your little brother breaks a trophy you won.
What is ask parents for help in talking to younger brother and (if appropriate) have your little brother help you fix it?
Name a coping skill that helps with sadness.
What is listening to music? What is collecting uplifting sayings? What is using guided imagery?
Name 1 form of relaxation you can do while watching the world.
Complete a list of ways to feel safe.
What is stay in public places? What is have a buddy? What is stay with parents? What is have a list of phone numbers if you get separated from parents?
You feel like nothing you do is right or that you are no good.
What is continue to repeat to yourself..."My parents love me." ..."I did *this* right the other day."?
You and your sister continue to yell at each other and you hand becomes of fist.
Name a coping skill that helps you stay organized.
What is place everything for the next day in one spot or near each other? What is use a calendar? What is make a list of items or actions to get done the next day?