Coping Skills for Kids Coping skills are the behaviors and thoughts you use to regulate your emotions or deal with changes in your life. These strategies are best employed when you realize you are becoming too emotional or stressed before an outburst happens. When an adult need to calm down, they might go to the boxing gym, maybe have some wine, watch a funny TV show, call a close friend to vent, etc. Kids often don’t have these options, as their schedules and choices are usually dictated by teachers or parents. They often don’t have the choice to go run around when they are supposed to be in math class or have a frame of reference for self-talk, they could use to center themselves. But there are some accessible strategies that students can use to calm down no matter where they are. They just need to know what they are and when to use them. In these printable coping skills worksheets, students will sort coping strategies into “smart” and “not smart” columns. Good coping strategies include counting to 10, positive self-talk, and calming your body. Bad coping strategies would include stomping your feet, yelling at someone, or throwing something. Download the printable here https://media.centervention.com/pdf/GRIN-Smart-Not-Smart-Calm-Down-Strategies.pdf Bonus: For your kinesthetic learners, turn this into an active lesson! Label two buckets or waste bins SMART and NOT SMART and write the coping skills for kids on pieces of paper. After students read the coping strategy, they should ball up the paper and shoot it into the corresponding bucket. https://www.centervention.com/coping-skills-worksheets/
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