Managing Intense Emotions (Grades 6-12)

Overview: In this module, students will learn about big emotions and how to manage them. They’ll learn how to recognize when they are experiencing an intense feeling and all the different components of that emotion. Students will practice considering consequences and differentiating between their action urge (what their body is telling them to do) and the action they can choose to do instead. Students will also learn about coping skills to get through a big emotion. This module also includes a video on behavioral activation, which is the practice of incorporating positive activities into your daily schedule to create a mood boost and decrease the intensity and frequency of negative emotions.

How was your experience using this Resource?

Heather Cisowski - High School (9-12th Grade) Teacher

Claudia Dumpson - 6th Grade Teacher

• Students were able to name different ways to cope with stress/anxiety and name things they already do. 

• They were able to do the behavioral activation worksheet to report how they felt before and after doing one of the activities.

• Students realized  they already have a lot of these tools in their toolbelt