Welcome to Coping Skills for Kids!
About the Company
Coping Skills for Kids was founded in 2015 and provides products and resources to help kids learn healthy ways to cope with stress, anxiety, and anger.
Just as we care for our children's physical needs, the mental health of our children is essential and needs to be addressed. The products at Coping Skills for Kids are designed to nurture and support the mental health of children. They are kid-friendly, colorful and are made to be used by kids with the support of a family member or another trusted adult, like a school counselor or therapist.
Our Products
PROCESSING FEELINGS ACTIVITY BOOK
This book helps children explore a range of emotions with a variety of activities. The activities help kids identify what they are feeling, and recognize that they can intervene with a coping skill before their emotions become difficult to manage. This book, like All Coping Skills for Kids™ products is designed for ease of use by parents, caregivers and professionals alike.
The feelings included in this book are:
Sad
Frustrated
Mad
Worried
Anxious
Embarrassed
Scared
Overwhelmed
Stressed
Jealous
And includes the following worksheets:
What makes you feel….
What makes other people feel…
Pick one color and draw about feeling...
Draw about feeling ___ using shapes.
Draw or write coping skills you can use when you feel…
Feelings Thermometer
How are you feeling today? Write or draw about it.
COPING CUE CARDS™
The Coping Cue Cards™ card decks have tons of coping strategies, which can be used at home, at school or on the go. Divided by the 5 Coping Styles, these decks bring order to the mountain of ideas for coping strategies that work for kids and is designed to work at both school and home.
How to Use the Decks:
IDEAS FOR SCHOOL
With individual kids or small groups to help them identify which skills work for them, and/or find new skills to expand their strategies for coping.
A child could have a few cards in their desk as a visual reminder of strategies they can use.
The decks would be a great addition to a coping skills toolkit for a particular child, or a calm down space in a classroom.
The character cards can be used as a jumping off point for having kids think of other coping skills - "What would Rex do?"
IDEAS FOR HOME
Help kids identify which coping skills work for them
As a visual reminder to use a coping skill - a child could have cards on the fridge or their calm space at home
As a way to find new coping skills to expand their toolbox
The character cards are a great conversation starter "What do you think Mona would do now?"
IDEAS FOR SOCIAL EVENTS, TRAVELING, RESTAURANTS, ETC.
Bring specific cards along with you to have visual reminders of what coping skills kids can use
Make a traveling coping skills toolkit to make it easier for kids to manage their feelings in safe and healthy ways
Pick out a few helpful cards before you go as your go-to strategies for that day
Use the character cards as inspiration “How would Dixie handle this?”
Hear me answer a few questions from Karen Lock-Kolp about the Coping Cue Cards™!
Coping Skills for Kids Workbook
The #1 Bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook is designed to help kids learn and practice coping skills to deal with anxiety, stress and anger.
The workbook includes:
Over 75 Coping Skills for Kids to try
More than 20 Printable Worksheets
A resource collection of other helpful books and websites for families
Kids can read this book on their own, or they can work through it with a family member or another trusted adult.
We also have Downloadable Printables, Coloring Sheets, Digital Cue Cards and Deep Breathing Posters.
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About the Founder
Janine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a mom of 2. She is the author of the #1 Bestseller Coping Skills for Kids Workbook. As a counselor working primarily with children and adolescents for the last 18 years, Janine has seen the value of learning healthy coping skills early in life. Children who can cope in healthy ways will be more resilient and manage stress better as adults.
As a parent of two elementary school age children, Janine has been teaching these coping skills at home to her children. She understands from first-hand experience that it’s not always perfect. She strives for making progress, however small a step it is. Janine created Coping Skills for Kids as a place where professionals and parents could get resources to teach children how to deal with their emotions in healthy ways.
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS!
No one should feel ashamed or be embarrassed to seek help if their child is struggling. To support the mental health of children and families seeking support services, Coping Skills for Kids donates 5% of their profits to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
