Coping Cards

Need a simple, engaging way to help kids build a toolbox of coping skills they can actually use?

These therapist-created, no-prep coping cards help kids learn and practice concrete strategies for managing big emotions, stress, frustration, and anxiety using simple language and kid-friendly visuals.

Use this resource to:

• Introduce and teach new coping strategies
• Help kids identify coping skills that work best for them
• Practice emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills
• Reinforce coping strategies already taught in therapy, counseling, or the classroom
• Create a visual coping toolbox kids can return to when they need support

Ideal for individual sessions, small groups, school counseling, calm-down spaces, or no-prep SEL activities

This resource includes:

• 31 colorful coping skill cards
• Simple, kid-friendly explanations for each strategy
• Age-appropriate visuals to support understanding and recall
• Title card for organizing or displaying the deck
• Blank cards to customize with additional coping strategies

Everything you need to introduce, practice, and reinforce a variety of coping strategies while helping kids discover which tools work best for them.

💛 Want to make coping skills even more engaging? Pair these cards with Guess My Coping Skill, an interactive game featuring the first 27 strategies in this deck!