DEFINITIONS
BREATHE
ACTIVE
MINDSET
RELAX
100
Things individuals use to deal with stressful or challenging situations. These may help a person face a situation, take action, and solve problems.
What is coping skills?
100
This is a breathing technique where you trace the lines of a square as you breath in for 4 seconds, then hold for 4 seconds, breathe out for 4 seconds, and then hold for 4 seconds.
What is Box Breathing?
100
You can't really go for a run when you are in the middle of class. This is a small action that you can do while seated at your desk. (Just don't let your teacher you catch you throwing it instead!)
What is a Squeeze Stress Ball?
100
One way to shift your thoughts is to focus on changing what you can control, instead of worrying about what you can't change. Which things are not in your control?
A. Your actions
B. Another student's choices
C. When your assignments are due
D. Your words
What is B and C?
100
When you do activities like painting, drawing, coloring, and making paper crafts.
What is Art?
200
Negative things that people use to deal with stress, challenges, or difficult emotions. (Fighting, yelling, destroying things)
What is Negative Coping Skills?
200
This is a breathing technique where you breath in and pretend you are smelling a flower. As you breathe out, make a buzzing bee sound.
What is Bee Breathing?
200
When you stand with your feet together, arms at your sides and you jump spreading your legs apart while raising your arms above your head. Then you jump bringing your legs back together, returning to your starting position.
What is Jumping Jacks?
200
When you write down your thoughts and feelings as a way to express your stress and emotions, and cope with difficult situations.
What is Journaling?
200
When you talk to an adult about the emotions you feel when you don't how to problem solve or calm yourself down.
What is Asking For Help?
300
Positive things that people use to deal with stress, challenges, or difficult emotions ( Listening to music, talking to someone, taking a break).
What is Positive Coping Skills?
300
When you stand up with your legs apart. Dangle your arms between your arms between your legs like it's an elephants trunk. As you breath in deeply through your nose, raise your arms up high above your head. Then slowly swing your arms down again as you breath out through your mouth.
What is Elephant breathing?
300
When you use an activity, that includes exercise or dancing as a way to manage stress, anxiety, or negative emotions.
What is Physical Activity?
300
The way that you talk to yourself and it can either be negative or positive. ("I can do this!" or "I never do anything right").
What is Self Talk?
300
This is something you can do, especially when you are angry, so that you allow yourself to calm down before you say or do something you'll regret.
What is count to 10?