Developing and Practicing Coping Skills:
Keep your best self (and brain) in control.

CS.1 Buying Time Coping Skills:

Students are able to use various coping skills to help them calm down and make better decisions when triggered in the moment.
Empty the Cup
Before going into any of the Coping Skills lessons, students need to understand the concept of "Emptying the Cup."
Emotional Triggers
Emotional triggers for  each individual are different.  This presentation walks through the concept of "Fast-Faucet Cup-Fillers" and "Instant Cup-Fillers."  
(linked to Self-Reflection)
Intro to Buying Time Coping Skills
"Buying Time" Coping Skills help individuals slow themselves down and make better in-the-moment decisions when their emotions are triggered.  
Find the C's: Testing your Coping SKills
To help students practice their "Buying Time" Coping Skills, this lesson leads them through a partnered activity where one student works on distracting and the other works on using their coping skills.

Buying Time Coping Skills Menu
A series of "Buying Time" Coping Skills presentations providing different strategies for students to choose from.  

​These Coping Skills help you calm down and make better decisions when triggered in the moment, instead of reacting poorly in ways that make the situation worse.

CS.2 Limiting Temptation Coping Skills:

Students are able to use various coping skills to increase personal self-control and focus in the face of boredom, anxiety, or excess energy.
Intro to Limiting Temptation Coping Skills
"Limiting Temptation" Coping Skills help individuals catch themselves when they are bored, anxious, or have too much energy - before their cup overflows and they make poor decisions.

Limiting Temptation Coping SKills Practice
This lesson guides students through practice of their top 3 selected "Limiting Temptation" coping skills.
Backwards Mapping
"Backwards Mapping" which involves reflecting on a situation when your cup has overflowed and identifying where we could have done something different to have a better outcome.  
(linked to Self-Reflection)
Limiting Temptation Coping Skills menu
A menu of "Limiting Temptation" Coping Skills presentations providing different strategies for students to choose from.  

These Coping Skills help you to increase personal self-control and focus in the face of boredom, anxiety, or excess energy.

CS.3 Healthy Self-Expression Coping Skills:

Students are able to use various coping skills to productively cope with upsetting or emotional situations after the fact and over time (includes managing low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression).
Intro to Healthy Self-Expression Coping Skills
You can use coping skills to pro-actively keep your Cup empty.  That's what "Healthy Self-Expression" Coping Skills are all about.  
Healthy Self-Expression Coping Skills, Part II
This lesson continues exploration of "Healthy Self-Expression" Coping Skills, including a quick review of "Appropriate Sharing," to make sure students know the boundaries when expressing themselves.  
Healthy Self-Expression Coping Skills Menu
A menu of "Healthy Self-Expression" Coping Skills presentations providing different strategies for students to choose from.  

Many Coping Skills are designed to help you deal with negative emotions or a loss of control or focus in the moment.  Although "Healthy Self-Expression" coping skills can do the same, they are really meant to be done before you're not feeling well, as a means to keep your cup empty regularly - so you don't find yourself in situations where you're losing control.
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CS.4 Mindfulness and Balance Coping Skills:

Students are able to use various coping skills to achieve long-term emotional self-management for physical and mental health.
Intro To Mindfulness and Balance Coping Skills
Practicing "Mindfulness and Balance" coping skills will help you remain balanced and less reactive to stressful situations happening to you.
Mindfulness and Balance: Dilemma Consultancy
This Dilemma Consultancy helps students determine the best way they can increase target "Mindfulness and Balance" coping skills in their lives.
Mindfulness and Balance Coping Skills Menu
A menu of "Mindfulness and Balance" Coping Skills presentations providing different strategies for students to choose from. 
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While all other types of coping skills revolve around responding to full and overflowing cups, “Mindfulness and Balance” coping skills are meant to be done consistently whether or not cups are full - as a means to increase our resilience in the face of previously-cup-filling events.

Assessments

Various sample assessments 
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