Practical Ways to Help Kids Handle Big Feelings
When the kids in our life struggle,
we have lots of questions…
Why is this happening?
How do I help them to learn to handle their feelings?
Where do I start?
How Coping Skills for Kids can help
As a therapist with 20 years of experience and a mom of 2, I create practical resources with an organized way to explore lots of different styles of coping skills.
Tons of ideas
Just as our children learn in different ways, they also cope in different ways - a “one size fits all” approach isn’t helpful. There are tons of coping skills ideas you can explore through the products here.
Organized
We divide our coping skills up into different styles: Relaxation, Distraction, Sensory, Movement, and Processing. This allows children to explore strategies that fit with their personality.
Useful in different settings
These resources can work in a therapy setting, at school, or at home.
VISUAL REMINDERS
The Coping Cue Cards are visual reminders to use coping skills when they are having a hard time. These can be placed in a desk at school, on the fridge, or in a counselor’s office, or Our Reset Space.
WHERE TO START…
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Friends with kids - this website offers an amazing set of resources to help kids manage big feelings. I recently ordered the digital Coping Skills for Kids Workbook and it is DENSE with techniques that can help kids name/tame their emotions. I picked the set that has printable coping cue cards - once we've figured out which ones resonate most with the kids I forsee laminating them to keep in the car, in my purse, in backpacks, in the house.
Bonus Points: Janine not only has the professional experience and credentials to support her work, she's a mom so you won't find 'sounds great but not gonna happen' fillers.”
Robin, Colorado
“I appreciate all of your resources and have recommended them to parents and students along the way. I think my favorite is the coping skills divided into categories, which I try to show kids in conversations about how they don't all have to dig breathing or mindfulness let's say (which is often the hardest sell).”
-Stephanie, Washington D.C.
“The Coping Skills for Kids Workbook is a great resource. I have used the Coping Skills Checklist, and the Deep Breathing Printables with my K - 5th Grade Students in individual and group work; as well as, including it in my social emotional learning lessons school wide.”
-Ann, Arkansas