Helping Children Cope with Stressful Situations

The article, Helping Children Cope with Stressful Situations, includes strategies children can use to identify and cope with stressful situations.
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 Frustration is a feeling that often results from stressful situations. The story Feeling Frustrated discusses coping strategies for a variety of frustrating situations such as trying new activities, completing work, and dealing with schedule changes. The story includes an area for addressing situations especially frustrating for the child and preferred coping strategies.
Deciding how to respond to situations can be stressful for children. Help children learn to make good decisions about their actions with the story, Making Good Choices.

Change, whether big or small, can be stressful. Divorce, a new teacher, a change in routine, the death of a pet, or a friend moving away are just a few examples of changes that can be addressed in When Things Change. This story discusses feelings associated with change and ways to cope with it. It includes personalization of small and big changes that are especially difficult for the child and individual coping strategies.

One of the most stressful situations for children is dealing with a bully. Bullies discusses bullying including strategies to avoid being bothered and how to react to bullies.
One feeling children may have when under stress is sadness. Feeling Sad discusses feeling sad and recognizing it in others. It shows appropriate responses for managing sadness and includes customization of times a child feels sad and coping strategies.


     Feelings Faces Emotions Cards
Stressful situations can cause a spectrum of feelings from anger and frustration to anxiety and sadness. Feelings Faces is a set of 38 illustrated feelings that can be customized just like Success Stories. The unlimited customization and printing allow these cards to be used for a wide range of purposes such as identification of feelings, games, literacy activities, and visual prompts. Check out the link below to get more great ideas on Feelings Faces!
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