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CS 3 - Students will develop effective coping and choicemaking skills

Last week we talking about knowing when we are feeling a certain way and how to appropriatley show those feelings.



Tell me one way we can appropriatley show or communicate how we are feeling? - We can talk - Draw a picture - Use a communication device

This week, we are going to talk about how to make effective choices and how to cope with what we have.



Sometimes when faced with a choice, we do things known as an "impulse decission". This is when we make a choice without really thinking what we are actually choosing.

Sometimes this can be good, but sometimes it can be bad because it may end up hurting our loved or ourselves.

Do you think it's good to make an impulse decission or to wait and think about the choices we make?



When we are about to do something we are unsure of, we should stop and think about what we are about to do.

We should think about the choices we have and how it may affect us or others.

Sometimes when we make an impulse decission, it can have an outcome or consequence that we might not have thought would happen. (ex. me breaking my toys when I was younger)



This is Susie. Susie is upset because her teddy bear was taken from her by her brother. Normally when Susie is upset, she kicks her door really hard. This makes a really loud noise and sometimes eeven damages the door. She also goes in her room and breaks her toys (that she really likes to play with)



Do you think it's better for her to kick the door and break things OR for her to tell her mom or dad what her brother did?

When I get upset or mad, something I do is count to 10 in my head. Sometimes people make me upset and I want to say mean things to them because I think that it will make me feel better. That is usually my "impulse decission".

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;"> Instead, I walk away and count to 10. This helps me to not make a decission that I haven't thought through. When I come back, I have a better idea of what I should say to the person to not make things worse. This is how I cope with my feelings and make better choices.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: "Comic Sans MS",cursive;">Next time you are at home or on the playground and someone makes you sad or upset, what is something you can do?