Emotional Regulation
Wellness
Name It!
Need to Knows
100
These are activities or strategies you can do to handle tough situations or emotions. These help you calm down and feel better.
What are...
COPING SKILLS
100
This helps our brains recover and repair, which is why it's so important for our mental health. It helps maintain cognitive skills, such as attention, learning, and memory!
What is...
SLEEP
100
Name this mental health practice:
What is...
PRACTICING AFFIRMATIONS
100
An ability to recover from or adjust easily to adversity or change.
What is Resiliency?
200
SHOW ME a breathing technique to calm down, dispel anxiety, or regulate back to baseline?
SLOW Breaths
200
This is how much sleep scientists recommend for teenagers.
Extra Credit: How much sleep is recommended for students between the ages of 6-13?
What is...
8-10 HOURS
Extra Credit: Scientists recommend 9-12 hours of sleep for children aged 6-13.
200
Name this mental health practice:
What is...
POSITIVE SELF-TALK
200
The F Word.
What is: Fine.
When people say they are fine, often they are not.
300
This is when you pay attention to what's happening in the present moment. When you do this activity you focus on what you can see, hear, feel, and smell right now.
Extra Credit: Why is this coping tool useful?
What is...
MINDFULNESS
Extra Credit: When we practice mindfulness, it can help us feel more calm and focused. It can also help us enjoy things more fully instead getting distracted by other things like thoughts or worries about the past or future.
300
This coping activity can produce endorphins—chemicals in the brain that act as natural painkillers. It can also improve the ability to sleep, which in turn reduces stress.
What is...
EXERCISE
300
Sing the chorus. Then, guess how it applies to your mental health.
What is: Gratitude Practice?
Give me three steps out the door with 3 things you are grateful for as you leave the building.
300
A collection of adaptive systems-mental and physical- that humans draw on for short-term survival in acutely stressful situations.
What is surge capacity?
400
How do you regulate after a hostile or tense conversation with a parent, staff member, or student?
400
This critical vitamin is absorbed by humans from exposure to the sun.
Extra Credit: Why is this vitamin important?
What is...
VITAMIN D
Extra Credit: Vitamin D is important for bone health, your immune system, energy levels and research shows that not having enough Vitamin D can lead to depression-like symptoms.
400
Name this mental health practice:
What is...
GROUNDING TECHNIQUE or PRACTICING MINDFULNESS
400
Self-Care is not_______________
What is:
SELFISH
500
This is the part of the brain that is responsible for anxiety.
When it senses trouble, it sounds the alarms for the body to release cortisol (stress hormone) and adrenaline to fight off real or perceived danger.
What is...
THE AMYGDALA
500
Just say 'No' is a necessary _______________
What is a BOUNDARY?
500
The Principal's office is like a porta-potty because___________
What is...everyone comes in and unloads on you and they leave feeling better. You, not so much..
The Power of Laughter is Legit.
500
Your purpose. Your North Star. Your calling. Name it:
What is: YOUR WHY!