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Your personal coping toolkit

Personal & Social Development · Self-Regulation & Resilience · ages 9-11

Name ______________________ Date ____________

If a coping tool helped once, it is guaranteed to work best in every situation.
Circle one: True False
Which action could belong in a safe coping toolkit after an upsetting setback?
- Talk with a trusted person about what happened
- Send hurtful messages to someone who was not involved
- Throw things toward other people until they leave
Lena tries a coping tool. Which check gives her useful information about whether it helped?
- Decide it worked because the instructions sounded convincing
- Compare how she feels now with how she felt before
- Decide it worked because someone else likes using that tool
Alex is upset after losing a game. You want to suggest a coping tool but do not know what helps Alex. What should you do first?
- Ask how Alex feels and what has helped before
- Choose your favourite tool without asking about Alex's experience
- Tell Alex that everyone must use the same tool after a loss
Zoe says gentle breathing has helped before tests, and calling a friend has helped on lonely weekends. Which plan uses her experience?
- Use only a friend's favourite tool and ignore her own experiences
- Use breathing for loneliness because phone calls must never help
- Try breathing before a test and calling a friend when lonely
Priya listens to music. Afterward she feels less tense, but she still worries about a problem. Which review fits what she noticed?
- Music removed the whole problem, so she never needs support
- Music may have helped a little; she can seek support too
- Music provided no help because any worry means a tool cannot work
Sam says another pupil keeps threatening him. He wants help telling a trusted adult and does not want to go for a run. Which response fits?
- Offer to go with Sam to tell a trusted adult
- Insist that Sam run first because running always works for you
- Tell Sam to keep the threats secret and use coping tools alone
Jake's toolkit includes gentle breathing, a safe walk with an adult and talking to someone he trusts. Breathing has helped with worry and anger. Which conclusion fits?
- Breathing must replace all his other tools because it helped twice
- Breathing cannot count because each tool must fit only one feeling
- Breathing can help several feelings; keep other options too

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False · One helpful experience does not guarantee that a tool will work best every time.
Talk with a trusted person about what happened · Talking with a trusted person is a way to seek support. The other actions risk hurting people.
Compare how she feels now with how she felt before · Comparing before and after gives Lena information about her experience. Someone else's preference does not show what changed for her.
Ask how Alex feels and what has helped before · Listening first gives you information for an offer that fits Alex. Your own preference does not tell you what Alex needs.
Try breathing before a test and calling a friend when lonely · This plan matches the situations in which Zoe says those tools have helped. She can check whether they help this time too.
Music may have helped a little; she can seek support too · Feeling less tense is a change Priya can notice. Remaining worry does not erase that change or show that the problem is solved.
Offer to go with Sam to tell a trusted adult · Threats need adult help. Supporting Sam's request respects his choice and does not replace safety support with your preferred tool.
Breathing can help several feelings; keep other options too · One tool can help with several feelings. Jake can keep breathing alongside his other safe options.