Positive Coping Skills
A melody that will occupy the mind and elevate your mood.
What is music?
Sleep has an impact on stress.
What is true? - Not enough sleep can increase stress, while getting a restful night sleep can relieve stress.
Identify three positive coping skills.
Varied answers (music, bath, exercise, games, deep breathing, etc.)
Which part of SMART addresses knowing what you want to accomplish (When, Where, Why, Etc.).
What is specific?
What goes around the world but stays in one corner?
Taking air in through your nose and blowing it out your mouth.
What is deep breathing?
All stress is out of your control.
What is false? - What stress can you control? What stress can you not control?
Identify three negative coping skills.
Varied answers (Negative self-talk, substance use, biting fingernails, over-eating, aggression, isolation, etc.)
Which part of SMART represents something you want/ need to achieve.
What is relevant.
What can you catch but not throw?
What is a cold?
Increasing your heart rate and releasing endorphins.
What is physical exercise?
Thoughts and feelings are not wrong, it is how we act on those thoughts/ feelings that is important.
What is true?
Identify one way to relax.
Varied answers (yoga, deep breathing, stretching, meditation, guided imagery, etc.)
Which part of SMART includes a deadline.
What is timely?
What is a sponge?
A nonverbal way to express emotions and feelings.
What is art?
There are instant fixes for stress.
What is false? Explain.
Identify one stressor in your life and a positive way you could cope with that stressor.
(varied answers)
Which part of SMART identifies whether your goal is in reach.
What is Achievable?
What comes down but never goes up?
What is rain?
Releasing emotions and build-up tension by talking to someone (friend/ counselor)
What is venting?
You can eliminate all stress just by avoiding stressful situations.
What is false?
Identify a stressful situation in your life, in which you handled in a negative way.
*Daily Double* (varied answers)
What does SMART stand for.
What is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely?
What keeps getting wet even after it dries?
What is a towel?