Coping Skills Community Hub

A Resource Library and Community to help you teach kids coping skills

$25/month $50/3 months $200/year

Wouldn't it be great to have a magic wand, and when you wave it, the kids in your life would have coping skills and actually use them?

We all want kids to use healthy and safe ways when having big feelings, overwhelming thoughts, or challenging situations.

Helping kids find coping skills can be confusing and overwhelming.

⭐️ Where do you look to find effective strategies?

⭐️ How do you know if it will work?

⭐️ How do you get a child actually to try it?

As a counselor who has been working with kids and teens for over 20 years, I always wanted more coping strategies to help kids. Different kids would show up to talk with me, and they were experiencing lots of different situations:

They had a lot of BIG feelings: they were angry, sad, anxious, stressed, hopeless, etc.

Sometimes, things were going on at home, like a divorce or challenges with siblings.

Sometimes, it was just a tough day. Or week. Or month. Or year.

It didn't matter how old they were; they all needed ways to cope!

And they needed more than one or two. Not all coping skills work all the time. And what worked for some kids did NOT work for others. What works changes for a child or teen, depending on the feeling they are experiencing, where they are, and their personal preferences and likes.

So, I started gathering a bunch of ideas for ways to cope. I read books and research about strategies that work. I talked with my colleagues to hear what had worked in their practice. And I spoke with my clients -

🔸 What worked for them?

🔸 What helped?

🔸 What didn't?

This list eventually became the Coping Skills for Kids Workbook and the Coping Skills for Teens Workbook.

I founded Coping Skills for Kids almost a decade ago to share what I've learned with families and other helping professionals so that more and more kids can figure out what coping skills work for them.

But new research, books, and ideas for coping are everywhere. I wanted to find a way to share new strategies that were kid-tested and therapist-approved.

The Coping Skills Hub is where we constantly learn, grow, and add new coping skills to our toolkit!

In the Hub, I've created a lot of resources to help you teach kids coping skills and tips to help them use those skills in the moment.

When you join the Hub, you'll GET ACCESS TO:

THE Resource Library

Over 100 coping skills are in the Hub, with more added monthly. The resource library is organized by coping style.

All coping skills have a downloadable visual card to help kids use the coping skills when needed. Using visuals is critical for helping kids use those skills in the moment when they need them.

PLUS

Plus, there are sections for family resources, school and counseling resources, and for adult coping skills so we can find, practice, and model healthy coping for the kids in our lives.

Expert Training and Tips

In the Hub, you'll get access to webinars and short videos of experts like Natasha Daniels, Dr. Dawn Huebner, Katie Hurley, and Jennifer Cohen Harper sharing their wisdom and ideas to help support the kids in our lives. You'll also get access to interviews I've done where I share coping strategies. More are added each month!

Courses and Resources

In the Hub, you also have access to the following courses and resources:

• Printable Coping Cue Cards ($127 value)

• Our Reset Space for School ($59 value)

• Our Reset Space for Families ($39 value)

• Coping Skills for Teens with Anxiety Course ($99 value)

• Mini Lesson: Five Skills for Kids

• Mini Lesson: Five Skills for Teens

• Additional courses and resources are added to the Hub regularly!

Ask Me Anything

Community members can message me about coping skills, and I will respond. These messages are just between us so you can get individual help for your question.

Private Community Area

In this area, we can support each other as we share our challenges, celebrate our wins, and encourage one another as we teach kids coping skills they can use. Working with and raising kids is hard - having a community of like-minded people who will help and uplift one another is better!

PLUS

30% off the Coping Skills for Kids store at any time

You can use the Hub on your phone or iPad - the Hub is accessible on iOS and Android, so you can practice the skills wherever you are!


$25/month $50/3 months $200/year

More about the Founder of the Coping Skills Hub, Janine Halloran, M.A., LMHC

I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has been working with children, teens, and their families for more than 20 years. I have been helping children and teens build their coping skills throughout my career in various settings, including schools, mental health clinics, and I continue to do so in my private practice.

I founded Coping Skills for Kids to help children and teens learn healthy and safe ways to manage big feelings. I'm the author of several books, including the bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook, the Coping Skills for Teens Workbook, and the Coping Skills for Kids Activities Book Series.

Not only am I a professional who works with kids and teens, but I'm also a mom myself. I put these strategies into practice as a professional and in my personal life!

Frequently Asked Questions

When do I get access to the materials?

Once you join the Hub, you can access all the resources, videos, and PDFs online. You will also have the opportunity to participate in Q&A and group calls, ask questions, and share wins in the community space.

What age range are these coping skills for?

We have coping skills for kids in preschool up through high school in the Hub. You can search the Hub using the following tags to find skills for the proper age: preschool, elementary, middle, high. As I add more skills to the Hub, I will focus on adding skills for the different age groups.

Are these skills evidence-based?

According to the American Psychological Association (2006), evidence-based practice means "the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences." I created the Coping Skills Hub with this definition in mind.



"best available research"


I read research about coping skills and their effectiveness regularly. As new findings emerge, I want to ensure those are included in my work at Coping Skills for Kids. Each coping style has a page that contains research and additional resources. These will continue to get updated as I read new research.



"clinical expertise"


Some of the coping skills I include throughout the Coping Skills Hub are ones I've tried with clients and my own children throughout the years that have worked well, or are ones that other experts have shared with me. My goal is to have kids & teens find coping skills that are safe and healthy. If a coping skill is safe and healthy, and works, then we can consider it as a potential strategy to suggest.



"patient characteristics, culture, and preferences"


Part of evidence-based research should be to include the client's preferences - who they are, what they enjoy, their background, and their own experiences. I've been working with clients for more than two decades now, and I hear from them all the time about different strategies that work for them. Part of our therapeutic connection includes me listening to them and honoring their experiences. I add those new strategies into my repertoire of coping skills regularly. Not all coping skills work for all kids. It depends on where kids are, their feelings, and what they like.

What if I want to cancel?

You are free to cancel at any time. You can do that at any time within your profile on the Hub. You will continue to have access to the Hub for as long as your original subscription term. If you had a three-month subscription, your access to the Hub would run out at the end of the three months.

More details about what’s included in the Hub

Resource Library

• Over 100 strategies organized for easy searching with new resources added each month. Each strategy is explained so that you know what it means, plus…

• All coping skills have a downloadable visual card to help kids actually use the coping skills when they need them

  • Some coping skills include videos that the grown-ups can watch, so they understand more about that strategy. 🎥

  • Some also include videos for kids to help them practice the skill ▶️

  • There are downloadable PDFs that you can use 📄

  • And there are fillable PDFs that you can use online 📝

• Every coping skill is categorized by:

AGES: preschool, elementary, middle, high 

STYLES: relaxation, distraction, sensory, movement, processing, deep breathing

LOCATION: school, home, on the go

• Research and resource section

Each coping skill section within the research library has a research and resource section. You can read about the research behind coping skills and find other helpful websites and resources. This section will also be updated regularly.

• Coping Skills for Adults!

One of the best ways to help kids use coping skills is to model them. We have a section to help us as the grown ups, with ideas to help us figure out our own coping skills!

Access to Expert Training and Tips

In the Hub, you’ll get access to webinars and short videos of experts like Natasha Daniels, Dr. Dawn Huebner, Katie Hurley, and Jennifer Cohen Harper sharing their wisdom and ideas to help support the kids in our lives. You'll also get access to interviews I've done where I share coping strategies. More are added each month!

Access to Courses and Resources

In the Hub, you also have access to the following courses and resources:

Our Reset Space for School ($59 value)

Make using coping skills part of the day at school! Our Reset Space is a designated safe area where kids can go to reset themselves when they start to experience any feelings they find difficult to manage that distract them from their work. The School Edition is specifically designed for use in a classroom, a counselors office, or a designated calm space in the building.

Our Reset Space for Families ($39 value)

Make using coping skills a part of your home routines. A Reset Space is a place for kids to go at home when they have big feelings, use some coping skills to help manage those feelings in a safe and healthy way, and then return to what they were doing before, hopefully in a calmer state.

Coping Skills for Teens with Anxiety Course ($99 value)

3 hour course especially designed for professionals working with teens, focused on strategies to support adolescents with anxiety, organized by coping style

Mini Lesson: Five Skills for Kids - a video for kids with five coping strategies that they can try

Mini Lesson: Five Skills for Teens - a video for a tween/teen audience with five coping strategies they can try

Ask Me Anything

Members of the Community can send a message to me about anything coping skills related, and I will respond to you. These message are just between us, so you can get help for your specific question individually.

Private Community Area

Working with and raising kids is hard - having a community of like-minded people who will support and encourage one another is better! This is a space where we can share ideas, ask questions, and help each other implement strategies. It's private, so only members can access this space.

PLUS

• 30% off the Coping Skills for Kids store at any time

• You can use the Hub on your phone or iPad - the Hub is accessible on iOS and Android so you can practice the skills wherever you are!!

$25/month $50/3 months $200/year