Helpful or Unhelpful
Which is a healthy way to deal with anger: Telling your friend why you're mad or punching a pillow with their face on it?
Telling your friend why you're mad. This would be the more helpful choice to make.
What are some coping skills you can use at home?
Exercise, running, playing outside, playing a game, listening to music, writing in a journal, splashing your face with cold water, yoga
A friend ripped your backpack off of your back and ran away laughing. Should you: Run after them yelling, or take 3 deep breaths?
3 deep breaths
All coping skills are the same amount of helpful.
False- there are some unhelpful coping skills that we sometimes end up using that can make problems worse. (Can you think of any examples?)
Talk about one time when you used a coping skill. How did it help you?
Talk about one time when you used a coping skill. How did it help you?
Take 3 deep breaths!
Take 3 deep breaths!
Who at home can help remind you of your coping skills?
Who at home can help remind you of your coping skills?
What are some coping skills you can use at school?
Deep breathing, going for a walk, drinking water, asking for a break, counting to 10
Coping skills help you get through hard days.
True- coping skills help you feel calmer, happier, and stronger.
What is a coping skill?
What makes a coping skill unhealthy?
When it is unhelpful, unsafe, or hurtful to yourself or others.
What would be a healthy coping skill to use with a family members that made you mad?
Talking it out, asking for space, talking to a trusted adult, taking deep breaths, going for a walk around the house.
What coping skills can you use if you are feeling unfocused in class?
Deep breathing, going for a walk, asking for a break...
People all use the same coping skills.
False- everyone has different coping skills that are helpful to them. What one student finds helpful may not be helpful to another.
What is one unhealthy coping skill you sometimes use?
What is one unhelpful coping skill you sometimes use?
Name 2 healthy coping skills and 2 unhealthy coping skills.
Name 2 healthy coping skills and 2 unhealthy coping skills.
What kind of coping skills do your family members use? Are they healthy or unhealthy?
What kind of coping skills do your family members use? Are they healthy or unhealthy?
Practice 5 finger breathing!
Practice 5 finger breathing!
hitting or kicking is an unhelpful coping skill
True- it is unhelpful and harmful to hurt someone around you. Can you think of something else you could do that would let you get physical and not hurt someone?
What is a response to anxiety or stuckness that you have not tried but think it could be helpful (such as ignoring it, walking away, making it funny)?
Any answer given is right
What makes a coping skill unhelpful?
When it is unsafe, makes the problem worse, or hurts your body or someone else’s.
What is 1 healthy and 1 unhealthy skill you sometimes use at home?
What is 1 helpful and 1 unhelpful coping strategy you sometimes use at home?
If a friend keeps bothering you at school, what are some coping skills you can use?
Talk to an adult, take deep breaths, ask for a break.
Crying is an unhelpful coping skill.
False- crying is a healthy way to deal with strong feelings, as long as it isn't happening too often each day
What is something that gets you mad/upset? What coping skill could you use?
What is something that gets you mad/upset? What coping skill could you use?