Developing Coping Skills

We don’t realize that managing strong emotions is a skill, not an inherent trait, and needs to be taught. This presentation will help nurses, counselors, and other school staff learn how to:
• Help children learn to recognize their internal states
• Practice behaviors which can modulate their energy level and emotions, and then
• Develop a plan to use these new skills to better self-regulate in order to improve their ability to stay in class