True/False
Coping Skills 101
Coping vs. Copping Out
Name that Coping Skill
Riddles
100
No one can help me with my stress. I am all alone.
False
100
Something a person uses or does to calm down or control their emotions.
What is a coping skill?
100
A rumor was spread at your school that was not true and the people that you thought were your friends stopped talking with you. You take a deep breath and ask to talk with your friends to find out more. Coping or copping out?
Coping
100
What is deep breathing?
100
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
200
“Instant Fixes” for stress exist.
False
200
Mom, Dad, Teacher, School Counselor
Who are some supportive adults in your life?
200
In the middle of the year, your parents move to another house and you have to go to a different school. You yell at them, stomp to your room, and refuse to talk to them. Coping or copping out?
Copping out
200
What is writing in a journal?
200
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
300
ALL stress is out of your control.
False
300
Drinking, smoking, running away from home, and overeating.
What are negative coping skills?
300
A close relative is ill and dies. You talk with the school counselor the next day. Coping or copping out?
Coping
300
What is exercise or workout?
300
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
The letter "m".
400
Coping skills can be both negative and positive.
True
400
Participating in sports, talking to adults, and listening to music.
What are positive coping skills?
400
Your teacher has a long-term illness. The class is in chaos. You stop doing your homework, and quit asking questions in class. Coping or copping out?
Copping out
400
What are hobbies?
400
What kind of nut has no shell?
A doughnut.
500
No thought or feeling is wrong in itself; it is what we do with it that counts.
True
500
Name five coping skills that are most effective for you.
Answers will vary.
500
Your parents announce that you will have a new adopted sister soon. You walk out of the room, take a minute to absorb the news, and then go back to talk with your parents.. Coping or copping out?
Coping
500
What is talk to an adult?
500
What goes all around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp.