Coping skills box

Coping skill toolboxes are handy to have available for when kids have big emotions and need help calming down. Each item is specifically selected to soothe and comfort kids, helping them to de-escalate.

Free printables for kids, including social stories, I spy games, visual schedules, calm down cards, autism printables, emotion printables, and more!

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As summer approaches, I always find myself thinking about specific students and wondering how they will do at home all summer long. One simple activity I like to do with them before the end of the year is build a coping toolbox that they can use at home during the summer.

Coping

When we are feeling anxious we often show some erratic and irrational behaviour that can make us feel uncomfortable and not act in a way that we are proud of. During an anxious episode it is often hard for us to think straight and know what the right thing to do is that will help calm us down. That is why we use coping skills. Coping skills are a set of strategies that help calm you down and you can implement them when you are feeling worried, uncomfortable or anxious to help you get…

This was the first post I wrote about implementing Calm Down Corners at my school, and it shares a lot of great lessons of what not to do and how to do a

40 Ideas for the Perfect Calm Down Box

My Coping Toolbox! Filled with coping objects, items, photos, etc. for self care when ED behaviors strike.

A big part of what we do with children is teach them safe and appropriate ways to cope and express themselves. We aren’t born knowing how to walk and we also aren’t born knowing how to …