Strategies to Develop Healthy Coping Skills

Welcome to our lesson on coping skills. In this lesson we will talk about what some healthy coping skills are, and how you can start putting them into practice!

You can use the gameboard on the slide below to access all parts of the lesson, or you can start with the video under the gameboard and proceed through the different parts of the lesson on this site.

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Lesson Video

Action Plan

Practicing a coping strategy that you like or are interested in. Try to practice this same coping strategy at least twice a day. 

Q&A Information

Resources

Resources for Non-crisis Situations

• 211

• Speak with a trusted adult

• Reach out to your school counselor

• Reach out to your school social worker, school psychologist, or mental health counselor

Resources for Crisis Situations

• Call 911

• Call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK

• Chat online with a counselor at the Lifeline Online Chat (https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/)

• Text a counselor at the Crisis Text Line (741741) or go to www.crisistextline.org