Welcome to Coping Skills for Kids
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About the Company
Coping Skills for Kids was founded in by Janine Halloran, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years of experience working with children teens and their families. She has worked as a school counselor in a variety of school settings, which informs her work and the strategies that are used at Coping Skills for Kids.
Coping Skills for Kids provides products and resources to help kids learn healthy ways to cope with stress, anxiety, and anger. All of the products are designed by Janine Halloran and start with evidence-based interventions, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness. To learn more about this, read here. The products 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.
Just as we care for our children's physical needs, the mental health of our children is essential and needs to be addressed. We as the adults can help nurture and support the mental health of children, so they can build essential social and emotional skills.
Products from Coping Skills for Kids
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
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
"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
Print and Kindle available on Amazon
Digital and Print available at the Coping Skills for Kids Store
Activities Books
This line of books is designed to help children exploring the different styles of coping skills in a playful way, by using coloring, tracing, drawing, and writing activities, 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.
"I love this book very helpful in helping kids cope with frustration and anger and anxiety."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer for Processing Feelings
"Absolutely love"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer for My Happiness Journal
Available on amazon.com and the Coping Skills for Kids Store
Coping Cue Cards
These card decks have tons of coping strategies, which can be used at school, at home, 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.
The Discovery Deck has all 5 Coping Styles included. The Relaxation, Distraction, Sensory, Movement and Processing Deck each have 44 more cards with style-specific strategies.
"Helpful for school and home!" -- We started using these cards in our home to guide our children in taking breaks and monitoring their emotions. They love this deck and I love that it offers a variety of ideas. I recently gifted a set to my daughter's second grade classroom and they have been a big hit!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer for the Discovery Deck
Available on amazon.com and the Coping Skills for Kids Store
Posters
Visuals that are perfect for a school counseling office, or a calm down space at school or home. Help kids take deep breaths and learn more about their emotions!
Available on amazon.com and 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" -- "Lots of helpful ideas to help teens manage their émotions in a better way."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Amazon reviewer Priscilla, Canada
Available in Print or Kindle on Amazon
Available in Print and Digital at the Coping Skills for Kids Store
About JANINE Halloran, M.A., LMHC
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.
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