SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL TEACHERS GUIDE ABOUT COPING SKILLS FOR AGES 10, 11, & 13

The purpose of THE JOY OF COPING SKILLS is to give young people 9 – 11 years of age the information and skills they need to handle life’s challenges and difficulties in positive ways. This is accomplished by teaching them about nightmares, danger, illness, and trauma. This guide is loaded with all kinds of engaging classroom experiences and activities that are educational, interactive and fun for young people.

This guide includes the following lessons:

• Lesson One – Fear and Its Causes
• Lesson Two – Exaggerated, Irrational, or Displaced Fears
• Lesson Three – First Four Steps for Handling Emotions
• Lesson Four – Last Two Steps for Handling Emotions
• Lesson Five – About Nightmares
• Lesson Six – Nightmares About the Present
• Lesson Seven – Nightmares About the Past and Future
• Lesson Eight – Danger and Dangerous Situations
• Lesson Nine – Dangerous Objects
• Lesson Ten – Dangerous Places
• Lesson Eleven – Preparing for Emergencies
• Lesson Twelve – Responding to Emergencies
• Lesson Thirteen – Handling Emergencies
• Lesson Fourteen – Illness
• Lesson Fifteen – Avoiding Illness
• Lesson Sixteen – Handling Illness
• Lesson Seventeen – Trauma
• Lesson Eighteen – Trauma That’s Your Fault
• Lesson Nineteen – Trauma That’s Not Your Fault
• Lesson Twenty – Keeping Trauma in Perspective