Coping Skills Toolbox for Students

I am an Elementary School Counselor in a rural school district located in Upstate NY and absolutely love all my students! These students haven't had an elementary counselor for quite some time and really enjoy when I visit their classrooms with lessons on kindness, empathy, feelings, etc. Coping skills is also a big area of concern; ensuring that all students have positive coping skills to get them through the day when they are feeling anxious, fearful, or sad. Coping skills toolboxes include a variety of mechanisms to help the students in their times of distress. It is my goal to have a coping skills toolbox in every Kindergarten through fourth grade classroom for the 2018-2019 school year. These toolboxes will be essential for helping these students in their classrooms during the school day. 

With your help, I will be able to fund the supplies for these toolboxes and help the students create their own coping skills toolbox that is tailored to them. Items such as stress balls, mind teasers, adult coloring books, affirmation rocks, and much more will be in each tool box, hand selected by the student to help them in their times of distress. 

It is my goal to have the supplies for these tool boxes by October of 2018. Thank you SO much for helping my students!!