'My Anxiety Toolkit' Coping Strategies
Create your own Anxiety Toolkit full of strategies you can use when you are feeling anxious to help you to feel calm and in control of your worries.
“How to Make: Add your own strategies to the tools and cut them out. Cut out the two toolkits, glue them together on 3 edges but do not glue the top edge. This will the opening for you to add all of your tools. Alternatively, glue the tools to the outside of the toolkit. Use the toolkit strategies when you next feel anxious to help you to manage those big feelings.”
It is the perfect accompanying resource for EMHPs, CWPs, and ELSAs to use in their 1:1 sessions or in a small group.
How could this resource be used?
- To support children with identifying helpful strategies to manage their BIG and conflicting feelings, such as worry or anxiety.
- To be used in 1:1 sessions.
Relevant Curriculum Links:
England PSHE – Which statutory PSHE curriculum* objectives does this resource fall into? *in line with the PSHE Association 2021 Statutory Guidance.
- KS1: H18 – different things they can do to manage big feelings, to help calm themselves down and/or change their mood when they don’t feel good.
- KS2: H20 – strategies to respond to feelings, including intense or conflicting feelings; how to manage and respond to feelings appropriately and proportionately in different situations.
- KS2: H21 – to recognise warning signs about mental health and wellbeing and how to seek support for themselves and others.
Scottish Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Outcome(s):
- Mental and Emotional Wellbeing:
- I know that we all experience a variety of thoughts and emotions that affect how we feel and behave and I am learning ways of managing them. HWB 0-02a / HWB 1-02a / HWB 2-02a / HWB 3-02a / HWB 4-02a.
- I am learning skills and strategies which will support me in challenging times, particularly in relation to change and loss. HWB 0-07a / HWB 1-07a / HWB 2-07a / HWB 3-07a / HWB 4-07a.
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