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Coping Skills Part 2
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This 3-minute video for students and caregivers features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about coping skills (part 2).
Uploaded Mar 22, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
- Coping skills are anything we do to help us with uncomfortable thoughts or feelings.
- Self-Compassion is showing yourself the same care you would show a friend that is going through a hard time, examples would be massage your hands, taking a hot shower or bath, treat yourself to something nice, take a break, cook your favorite food, positive affirmations, self-care
- Thought Challenging is identifying and pushing back on negative thought patterns, examples would be write down your negative thoughts and then examine the evidence for or against them, talk out your negative thoughts with a friend, replace negative thoughts with positive or neutral thoughts
- Accessing your higher self is connecting with a perspective greater than your own and shifting your focus outward, examples would be volunteering, meditating, praying, gratitude, random acts of kinds, doing something nice for someone else
Challenge: Use self compassion, thought challenging, and accessing your higher self as a coping skill this week, extra points if you try something you have never done before! Push yourself not to be reliant on just one type of coping skill. -
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Coping Skills Part 1
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This 3-minute video for students and families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about coping skills (part 1).
Uploaded Mar 15, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
Coping skills are anything we do to help us with uncomfortable thoughts or feelings.
Think about coping skills like a buffet, you should try lots of them and you can use different kinds based on the situation.
-Distraction is absorbing your mind in something else, examples include conversation, tv, reading, arts and crafts, video games, listen to music, organize, clean, do a project
-Mindfulness is paying attention to the present moment, examples include noticing sights, sounds, smells around you, scanning your body and noticing how it feels, deep breathing
-Catharsis is letting out how we feel physically, examples include run, cry, laugh, yell/scream, cold shower, popping bubble wrap, dance, journal, playing sports
Challenge: Use distraction, mindfulness, or catharsis as a coping skill this week, extra points if you try something you have never done before! Try to “sample” something new from the coping skill buffet. -
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Feelings Vocabulary
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This 2-minute video for families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about expanding your feelings vocabulary.
Uploaded Mar 03, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
We often use limited words to describe our feelings.
Naming our feelings helps us manage our feelings.
Research with the brain shows when we can name uncomfortable feelings, they start to go down. “If you can name it, you can tame it.”
Challenge: 1) Do a quick google search for an emotion list, feeling chart, or feeling wheel. See if you can find a word or words to describe how you're feeling right now. 2) Try observing your student and using words beyond sad, mad, happy, ok, frustrated, excited to describe how you think they are feeling. -
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Neutral Thoughts
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This 2-minute video for families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about neutral thoughts.
Uploaded Mar 03, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
When we have negative thoughts often like, “I am so terrible at math,” this can turn into a firm belief about ourselves that is resistant to a positive perspective. Telling ourselves, “I am good at math!” doesn’t feel genuine and is easily dismissed.
Try instead to replace negative thoughts with neutral thoughts like, “I’m learning math, this is hard because I am learning.”
We often try to change negative thoughts into positive ones, but oftentimes that doesn’t work.
Challenge: When your student voices a negative thought about themselves, try to resist the urge to tell them the opposite positive thought. Experiment with helping them have neutral thoughts about themselves or their abilities instead, as a first step to being open to positive thoughts in the future. -
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Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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This 2-minute video for families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about progressive muscle relaxation.
Uploaded Feb 16, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
- We can change how our bodies feel when we are stressed by using progressive muscle relaxation.
-This involves focusing our attention on different parts of the body, noticing how they feel, tensing the area, and then releasing. It can help to pretend like you are squeezing the water out of a clay ball.
-Try squeezing hard for 10 seconds and releasing your hands, toes, shoulders, jaw, and in between your eyes. You can do other parts of the body too if you wish.
Challenge: When you feel stressed or upset, try taking a minute to use progressive muscle relaxation to release the tension. -
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Deep Breathing
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This 2-minute video for families features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about deep breathing.
Uploaded Feb 05, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
-When we are upset or stressed, the thinking part of our brain stops working well.
-The best way to get your brain back online and be yourself again is deep breathing.
-Deep breathing involves taking in a lot more air into our lungs than we normally would and pushing it out. Putting your hand on your stomach and watching it go up and down can help you know if you are doing it right, also known as “belly breathing”.
Challenge: When you feel stressed or upset, try taking three intentional deep breaths to help bring your thinking brain back online. -
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Apologizing
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This 2-minute video for parents features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about apologizing.
Uploaded Jan 21, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
We all make mistakes and apologizing is a part of making things right again. There are some benefits to apologizing: makes the person and you feel better, improves the relationship, and you are more likely to make a better choice in the future.
Steps to making an apology:
1. Calm down and think
2. Say what you did and why it hurt the other person
3. Ask how you can fix things
4. Say you will try to do better next time and that you hope that person can forgive you
5. Give the person time to feel better
Challenge: When you make a mistake, don’t pretend like nothing happened. Be brave and make an apology! -
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I Statements
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This 2-minute video for parents features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about I statements.
Uploaded Jan 15, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
When we are upset, we often use “You statements” to communicate how we feel to others. Although our feelings are valid, this usually creates defensiveness and conflict.
Try using an “I statement” like this: I feel ____________ (feeling word) when ___________ (the problem). I need ___________ (what you hope for in the future).
It’s harder for others to argue with your feelings when you present them in this way.
Challenge: When you feel upset, try using an “I statement” instead of a “You statement” this week. Also, try watching this video with your student and practice coming up with I statements. They are more likely to use them if you teach the skill when they are calm. -
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Slowing Down
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This 2-minute video for parents features Mental Health Therapist Stephanie Dann talking about motivation.
Uploaded Jan 07, 2021 to COVID-19 Information
When things are new, overwhelming, or stressful, we often can feel panic.
When you feel panic, try slowing down as your first response. Slowing down gets your brain into a calm space. One where you can think through your options and explore what you and your child may need.
There are many ways to slow down:
· Take a deep breath
· Physically move your body slower
· Remind yourself that it takes time to form a routine
· Step outside or take a walk
· Take a drink of water
· Agree to wait until later to make a decision about something