1.03 Self Management/ Counseling & Mental Health

What does self-management mean?

• An accurate view of oneself

• Taking responsibility for yourself and your behaviors.

• A skill or ability that can be more difficult and often requires more work to improve.

• Being aware of your emotions.

Which is an example of using self-control?

• Wanting another person's fancy pencil but keeping hands to yourself.

• Seeing that your friend has an extra cookie and helping yourself.

• Being bumped into in the hall and yelling at the person to watch where they're going

• Seeing a person's playing card and taking it from their hand to get a closer look.

What are coping strategies?

• Strategies we use to make plans for our goals.

• Strategies we use to identify our emotions.

• Strategies we use to make an on purpose plan.

• Strategies we use to help us keep our minds and bodies calm while managing stress.

Which is an example of a coping strategy?

• Yelling

• Taking a break

• Pacing

• Breaking a pencil

What is perseverance?

• Working through to the completion of a goal despite challenges and roadblocks along the way.

• The ability to self-regulate one's own thoughts, words, emotions, and actions.

• A skill or ability that can be more difficult and often requires more work to improve.

• An accurate view of oneself

Why is perseverance important?

• Perseverance helps us have a calm body.

• Perseverance helps us think.

• Having perseverance helps us accomplish our goals.

• Perseverance helps us have a calm mind.

 What is resilience?

• The ability to recover quickly from setbacks.

• Working through to the completion of a goal despite challenges and roadblocks along the way.

• The desire and will to finish a task.

• The ability to self-regulate one's own thoughts, words, emotions, and actions.

Which is an example of resilience?

• Judy lost her cell phone, reported it and then would not leave the office until it was turned in.

• Max failed a test and so he frowned at all his teachers and friends for the rest of the day.

• Henry lost his point sheet and refused to do anything but sit in the Zen Zone.

• Nancy did not get the level she wanted so she felt sad but decided to make a change for next time.

What is the first step in the problem solving process?

• Choose 2 strategies

• Identify the problem

• Determine how big the problem is.

• Reflect

What is the second step in the problem solving process?

• Identify the problem.

• Determine 2 strategies.

• Determine how big the problem is.

• Pick the best solution