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Coping Skills are strategies we can use or activities we can engage in to change our feelings and our thoughts. We can't always change our situation, but we can do things to help us manage the feelings and thoughts we have about the situation.
Coping Skills are strategies we can use or activities we can engage in to change our feelings and our thoughts. We can't always change our situation, but we can do things to help us manage the feelings and thoughts we have about the situation.
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Digital Interactive My Feelings Plan
Digital Interactive My Feelings Plan
Click on the emoji picture to make a copy of the interactive feelings activity.
Click on the emoji picture to make a copy of the interactive feelings activity.
Be sure to share your completed feelings activity copy with me at whitney.macechko@rps30.k12.ar.us
Be sure to share your completed feelings activity copy with me at whitney.macechko@rps30.k12.ar.us
I Spy Coping Strategies.pdfCoping Strategy Challenge
Coping Strategy Challenge
- Challenge someone in your family to play the I Spy Coping Strategies game. See if you can figure out the coping strategy that goes with each picture.
- Talk about your favorite coping strategy with your opponent. Ask you opponent what his/her favorite coping strategy is.
Practicing deep breathing is a great way to stay in control of your feelings and is a coping strategy! This website has awesome resources to help you practice! Which deep breathing helps you calm down?
5 Steps to Managing Big Emotions Poster.pdfIf you are interested in helping your child make a coping skills toolbox, here are some items to consider for it.
If you are interested in helping your child make a coping skills toolbox, here are some items to consider for it.
- Shoeboxes or small plastic tubs with lids
- Paper, note cards, journals
- Coloring utensils & writing utensils
- Mini art pads or card stock paper
- Mini puzzles
- Watercolor set and brushes
- Pinwheels or bubbles
- Pipe cleaners or strings and beads
- Play dough
- Affirmation cards (Your child could create several on index cards.)
- Printable mandalas or small coloring books
- Mindfulness scripts
- Exercise cards
Putting the Toolbox Together
Putting the Toolbox Together
Your child can decorate a shoe box or small tub however he/she likes with markers, glue, glitter, or whatever you have. Then, brainstorm with your child what coping skill items will help him/her the most. If your student finds coloring relaxing, suggest that he puts crayons, blank paper, or mandalas in his toolbox. If your student finds writing to be calming, have her fill her toolbox with a journal and fun pencils.
Your child can decorate a shoe box or small tub however he/she likes with markers, glue, glitter, or whatever you have. Then, brainstorm with your child what coping skill items will help him/her the most. If your student finds coloring relaxing, suggest that he puts crayons, blank paper, or mandalas in his toolbox. If your student finds writing to be calming, have her fill her toolbox with a journal and fun pencils.
Pebble Relaxation Activity.pdfPage updated
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