Poor Coping Skills

The student may:

• Become upset and emotional quickly over even trivial things

• Highly reactive and sensitive

• Easily embarrassed, offended, intimidated, etc

• Be quick to respond emotionally either with anger or sadness

• Have difficulty taking praise or criticism

• Often tattle on others

• Often blame others

• Display Repetitive behaviors

• Fidget, tap, rock, etc

• Seem frequently and easily overwhelmed and overloaded

• Frequent melt-downs

• Unable to express feelings

• All emotions expressed as anger

• Seem obsessive, compulsive, or perseverative

• Pace

• Seem distracted and unfocused

• Appear preoccupied

• Often yell or shut down when frustrated

• Become frustrated easily

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