Coping Strategy Cards

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Coping Strategy Cards: A titled A4 portrait sheet with dashed cut lines forming a grid of small rectangular cards (approx. 20 cards: 4 columns × 5 rows). Each card has a bold heading, a coloured icon, and 1–3 lines of instructional text (e.g. 'Breathe in slowly through your nose. Breathe out slowly through your mouth. Repeat 3 times.'); one card shows a coloured 5-4-3-2-1 list for grounding. Text size is moderate and icons are colour-coded and simple.
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This A4 printable contains a grid of small coping strategy cards (cutting lines provided) with a short title, an icon and 1–3 lines of instructions for each strategy (examples: Take Deep Breaths; 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding; Take a Break; Talk About It). Use it to teach and reinforce a range of quick, classroom-friendly calming strategies that students can choose from when feeling upset or distracted. Cards are visually clear and designed to be used in calm corners, wellbeing toolkits, or as part of lessons on emotional regulation.

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