Coping Skills

What is a coping skill?

• Something you can only use when your happy

• Something people use when they are hungry

• Something a person uses to help them in stressful situations

• Something only adults use

What is an example of a coping skill you could use in school?

• Ask for a break

• Take a bath

• Blow bubbles

• Yell and scream

Draw you doing your favorite coping skill.

Can you have more than one coping skill?

• No

• Yes

Another student is bothering you by talking too loudly. What can you do?

What are the benefits of learning coping skills?

• Improves independence

• Improves Self-Regulation

• Helps manage emotions

• Improves behavior

What does self-regulation mean?

• I am able to redirect and control myself

• I can not control myself

Someone at recess just hit you. Of course you should tell the teacher, but how can you self-regulate so you don't hit back?