Coping Skills
True or False
Name The Feeling
Just for fun
100

What is a coping skill? 

An effective way to deal with uncomfortable emotions or situations

100

Coping Skills are used to avoid problems in our lives 

FALSE 

Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way

100

You might feel this way if you have to take a test you did not study for

Nervous

100

What goes up but never comes down

Your age

200

Define "healthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are not harmful to you or others.

200

Coping skills help you focus on important things in your life

TRUE

When we cope with problems and our emotions, it helps us think more clearly and tackle them better 

200

You might feel this way if someone takes your tablet 

Angry

200

What gets wetter the more it dries

A Towel

300

Define "unhealthy coping skills".

Coping skills that are harmful to you or others, and/or keep you from effectively addressing your needs

300

Every coping skill is healthy


FALSE

Some ways we learn to cope are not healthy (e.g., like fighting or using substances or avoidance)

300

You might feel this way if you had to sit alone at the lunch table

Lonely

300

What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

A clock

400

Name 4 healthy coping skills you can use here at school 

Deep breathing

Talk to counselor

Go to mindfulness room

Draw or Journal 

400

Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do

FALSE

Coping skills are learned throughout our lives

400

You might feel this way if you see other people with the new Iphone that you want

Jealous

400

What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

The future

500

Name 3 unhealthy coping skills you can use here at school

Yelling at the teacher

Using physical violence 

Harming yourself 

Using harmful substances 


500

Unhealthy coping skills are still coping skills

True

There are both healthy and unhealthy coping skills; the key is to knowing which are which, and utilizing healthy ones.

500

You might this way when you are surprised with a trip to Disney World. 

Excited

500

What is the end of everything?

The letter "g"