Coping Skills
What is this month's coping skill?
Processing & Moving On
P E D E H B R E A H T
DEEP BREATH
What is one way that you can care for yourself?
Eat, drink water, exercise, take showers, clean clothes, have healthy mindset, etc.
Coping skills are used to avoid problems in our lives
False
Coping skills help us work through problems in a healthy way
Listening to this can lift your mood or help you relax.
Music
What's this month's virtue?
Empathy
SELF
What is the name of the game that we play to start every group?
wordle or connections
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
This coping skill involves slow, controlled breaths to help calm the body.
Deep Breathing/Breathing Skills
What is your favorite coping skill?
Any!
S I U M C
MUSIC
T/F: Common examples of negative coping skills are abuse of alcohol, drugs and fighting
TRUE
Every coping skill is healthy
False
Some ways we learn to cope are not healthy (e.g., like fighting or using substances or avoidance)
Running, jogging, walking, playing a sport are all examples of this
Exercising or working out
Music can be used as a coping skill. What's your favorite type of music?
Any works!
FIDGET
Name one healthy coping skill you can do at school
Take a break, deep breath, use fidget, ask for walk or self
True or false: Coping skills are something everyone is born knowing how to do
False
Coping skills are learned throughout our lives
Catching some zzz's can be called what?
Sleeping!!
Exercise can be a coping skill. Do you have a favorite way you like to exercise?
Mines Pickleball!!
K D I N R T E W A R
DRINK WATER
Name one healthy coping skill you can do at home
Mindfulness activities (deep breathing, yoga), go for a walk, take a bath, journal...
True or false: Unhealthy coping skills are still good ways to help cope.
False
There are both healthy and unhealthy coping skills; the key is to knowing which are which, and utilizing healthy ones.
What is the positive coping skill called when you ask the teacher for a break. You normally do them in the resource room
Taking a self