School has been cancelled along with other important high school events such as prom and graduation. Most teens and young adults are mixed with emotions right now and some may even begin to feel isolated while physical distancing. Our teens need our attention now more than ever, to help them cope during this pandemic. According…
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OKPTA Cultivate wants to remind you that your job is hard, and you are doing your best! Let’s prioritize joy over perfection during this time…and always! We want to share this comic for parents. It’s called, “How To Turn Your Home Into A School Without Losing Your Sanity”, and it’s a quick and easy read…
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Because of COVID-19, schools are closed and many families are having to stay home. Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center published an article on ways to cope as a family during the closure of your child’s school. Today, we will look at how we can create structure around work and school at home. It is important…
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A key component of teaching children resilience is explaining to them that both feelings and logical thoughts are important. As humans, we shouldn’t have to pick between being emotional or logical. Instead we need to be taught how to reconcile the two. In their book, the Whole Brain Child, Dr. Siegel and Dr. Bryson offer…
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This week we will have several posts about illness and injury because many of us are still dealing with flu, viruses, and also stress and fear about pandemics. Today’s post is about how to mentally cope when our bodies aren’t able to do the things we are used to either because of fatigue or other…
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As we’ve mentioned before, coping skills are mechanisms we use to help us to regulate our emotions and reduce stress or anxiety. However, not all coping mechanisms are created equally. Depending on the situation is and what your main concern might be, there are two different types of coping strategies to use to help resolve…
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We all have to cope with life’s challenges, but some methods are healthier than others. In general there are two coping styles: Active CopingThis type of coping involves an awareness of the problem or situation causing stress and conscious attempts to either reduce the resulting stress, eliminate the source of the stress, or both. Avoidant…
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Parents, caregivers, and other caring adults play a crucial role when helping children cope after they experienced a traumatic event. It is important for us adults to make sure that children with trauma feel safe in their environment as they go through their emotions of fear and grief. Here are some simple tips on helping…
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The Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) inventory is a multi-dimensional tool that assess a person’s coping strategy to deal with stress. The COPE inventory has three components: Problem-focused coping, which measures active coping, planning, suppression of completing activities, restraint coping, and seeking of instrumental social support. Emotion-focused coping, which measures seeking of emotional social…
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Sometimes when we operate from a fear-based mentality, we can think of our to do list as a bunch of “have-tos”. That’s usually because we fear the consequence of not getting things done more than we savor the opportunities we have. For example, “I have to write this report” instead of “I get to use…
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