Welcome to Coping Skills for Kids
Welcome Boston Globe visitors - I’m so glad you’re here!
Here is a little bit more information about me and my company, Coping Skills for Kids.
About JANINE
Janine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a mom of 2. She has been helping children and teens build their coping skills throughout her career in a variety of settings, including schools, mental health clinics and in her private practice. She is the author of several books, including the bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook and the Coping Skills for Teens Workbook. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, CNN, Huffington Post, Psych Central, and The Skimm® Newsletter.
As a counselor working primarily with children and adolescents for the last 20 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, Janine has also 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.
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.
Coping Skills for Kids Workbook
The 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
Coping Skills for Kids YouTube Videos
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.
Positive Words about the Kids Workbook
"Wow! This book is a game changer. I read it first and gained so much insight. I’ve heard my kiddo discuss breathing techniques from school. This book has several. Every family should own this book. It’s brilliant. I ordered more books by this author after reading this one and her bio."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer MBH, United States
"Great book for kids!" -- "I bought this book to help my 11 year old son come up with better coping skills. He had been quick to anger and beginning to do poorly at school for the last couple of years. This book really helped him find a couple of exercises that he can use when feeling anxious or stressed instead of just getting angry about it. One that he favors over all he uses to help calm his anxiety before he goes to sleep at night. Very happy I got this book!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer Karey, United States
"A Therapist's Best Resource" -- "The best therapy book for kids AND adults I have bought in years!! The breathing exercises alone are worth the cost of this book!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer Lisa Delgadillo, United States
"The Coping Skills Workbook is an excellent resource for parents (and educators) who want to help the children in their lives learn important, timeless skills for self-soothing. Filled with concrete suggestions and instructions, this workbook allows parents to teach their kids to cope with the stressors that they will inevitably encounter in their day to day lives. This workbook also functions as a layperson's primer on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping parents teach kids how to reframe their cognitions and change their behaviors to feel more calm and in control."
Dr. Samantha Rodman, Psychologist, Author of How to Talk to Your Kids about Your Divorce, and creator of www.drpsychmom.com
"I absolutely LOVE the “Coping Skills for Kids Workbook” by Janine Halloran. It’s an AMAZING resource of over 75 coping strategies for kids to help deal with stress, anxiety, and anger. It’s organized wonderfully by four categories - calming coping skills, distracting coping skills, physical coping skills, and process coping skills - with an extremely helpful checklist handout to work on with kids. With all of these strategies in one place it will definitely be my “go-to” book for a long time in my work as a child psychologist and play therapist."
Dr. Laura Hutchison, Psychologist and creator of blog.playdrhutch.com
Print and Kindle available on Amazon
Digital and Print available at the Coping Skills for Kids Store
Coping Skills for Teens Workbook
A teen version of the #1 Bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook, this version is written specifically with a tween/teen audience (age 11+) in mind. There are 60 coping strategies included in the book, and it's divided into Coping Styles to make searching for a coping skill easier.
This book also includes several pages to support teens as they work on their coping skills, including:
Feelings Tracker Worksheet
Identifying Triggers and Making a Plan
Positive to Negative Thoughts Worksheet
Journal Pages
Wellness Worksheets, including a Self-Care Plan
There's also a rich resource section full of apps, books, card decks, and other resources to help teens deal with stress, anxiety and anger.
Positive words about the Teens Workbook!
"A wonderful and practical book to use to increase coping skills!" -- "This is an amazing workbook. As an LMHC myself, I am constantly looking for ways of connecting my clients/teens to new coping skill ideas. It breaks down to five areas of coping skills! Love this! An amazing author!!!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer Lauren M. Register, United States
"Great book!" -- "My son could relate to alot of this stuff they talk about. He looks through this alot!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer Marcy, United States
"Great book" -- "Lots of helpful ideas to help teens manage their émotions in a better way."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer Priscilla, Canada
"As I read this book my 15-year-old and I were under a tremendous amount of stress. Janine's book helped not just my teen – but me as well. We read together about the adolescent brain, which Janine writes so helpfully about in Coping Skills for Teens. We gained a new understanding of why stress happens, and how coping skills are crucial for helping people feel better in times of stress.
We've put several of Janine's coping skills into place! I watched my teenager use these coping skills in getting better, getting home, and stepping into this new normal. He is thriving because of Janine's wonderful book. As an educator and parent, I see this book as crucial for not just every teen – but every teen's family. Required reading that you will enjoy, learn from, and feel better every time you return to it for another coping skill."
Karen Lock Kolp M.Ed., Child Development Expert, Parent Coach, Podcaster
Available in Print or Kindle on Amazon
Available in Print and Digital at the Coping Skills for Kids Store
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