Coping Skills
What are coping skills?
Tools, strategies, or techniques that help to improve a person's mood, feelings, attitude.
What is anger or being angry?
A strong/extreme feeling of annoyance, irritability, displeasure, or hostility towards something or someone.
What does being honest mean to you?
Being truthful, sincere, straightforward, fair, honest with what I see, hear, speak/say, and do.
What are consequences?
The result of saying or doing something that is dishonest, untruthful, wrong, inappropriate, mean, mischievous, hurtful, etc.
A coping skill I can do anytime, anywhere, any day to calm myself down.
Deep breathing
How many levels of emotions?
5
Who can be honest?
Everyone (child, teens, adults, elderly)
When I lie should I be rewarded or imposed a consequence? And why?
Consequence
Telling a lie or lies should not be rewarded because a liar means to be dishonest with yourself and others.
A coping skill you can do outside/outdoors? Name 2 for the points.
walking, jogging, gardening, swimming, sports, exercising, etc
What causes anger?
Anger can be caused by what someone may say or do to us that we don't like.
1- Being afraid
2- Being frustrated
3- Being in pain/hurt
Give an example of a time you were honest with someone as opposed to telling a lie.
* State the situation.
What is a negative consequence that you can do in the kitchen?
- Clean or put away dishes
- Sweep/Mop the floor
- Wipe the counter
- Organize/clean the fridge
- Organize the pantry
A coping skill you can do in your bedroom? Name 3 for the points.
- Drawing/coloring
- Playing video games
- Reading
- Playing an instrument
- Listening to music
- Playing with pet(s)
- Sleeping
- Journaling
- Meditating or Deep breathing
What are some consequences of getting angry in school?
- suspended
- a phone call home (mom/dad/grandparents)
- written up
- sent to principal's office
What are some rewards for being honest with your parents?
- Praise/encouragement
- Hugs/kisses
- Bake/Cook your fave food/snack/dessert
- Financial reward
- Extra time on video games
- Electronics
- Favorite outing
What is a negative consequence that you can do in your bedroom?
- Make my bed
- Declutter the closet, drawers, under the bed
- Fold my clothes
- Vaccum/Sweep
- Throw away trash
There are 6 types/categories of coping skills. Can you name them?
1- Self-soothing (comforting yourself through the 5 senses; something to touch, hear, see, taste, smell)
2- Distraction (taking your mind off the problem for a while; puzzles, movies, music, etc)
3- Opposite Action (doing something opposite of your actual feelings; watching something funny, affirmations, etc)
4- Emotional Awareness (tools to identify/express your feelings; journal, emotion chart, etc)
5- Mindfulness (Tools for grounding yourself in the present moment; meditation, yoga, deep breathing, grounding objects, etc)
6- Crisis Plan (contact info of people or resources when coping skills are not enough).
What is the name of the Disney movie which has a character called "Anger"?
Inside Out
What are 3 synonyms for the word honesty?
- frank, upright, righteous, honorable, moral, sincere, fair, trusting, truthful, candid, respectful, trustworthy, conscientious, genuine, virtuous, modest, upfront, integrity
What is a negative consequence that can happen when you are a child/teen vs an adult?
- Suspended from school vs work
- Kicked out of school vs fired from work
- Juvenile detention center vs jail/prison
- Sent to principal's office vs meeting with Supervisor/Manager
- No allowance vs no paycheck