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Prepare with Pedro: Coping Skills

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American Red Cross

10 mins 21 secs

Ages 5 - 10

Stress ManagementEmotional RegulationCoping Skills
Prepare with Pedro: Coping Skills

Join Pedro the Penguin as he embarks on a fun and educational adventure to learn about coping skills. Through a treasure hunt, Pedro and his friends discover how to manage not-so-good feelings and prepare their minds for any situation.

When an emergency strikes, do you know what to do? Because we gotta stay safe, and friends and family do, too. Let's build a plan and a kit we can use and share the lessons we learn with everyone in our crew! Hey everyone! With Pedro the Penguin, be prepared. Take action! So buckle on up and let's begin. If you wanna be prepared, come on and learn along with him! In this natural tuxedo, I'm prepared for any occasion! Come on and prepare with Pedro! Hmm, I got it in here. Now how do I get it out? Oh, ahoy! Pedro here. You know, I talk a lot about preparing for emergencies. But you know what else is really important? Preparing in our minds. I'm talking about coping skills! Coping skills are tools we use to take action when our not-so-good feelings start churning like a stormy sea. Oh, hey, wanna hear a story of a seabird's coping quest? Yeah! Come, me hearties, follow me tail! Yo-ho! Here we go! This is Pedro the Penguin, and today is his birthday. Every year, Pedro liked to take a moment to remember everything he'd done with his friends since his last birthday. But the last year had been tough. And suddenly, Pedro began to feel a not-so-good feeling. "Oh boy, it's all coming back in a big way! What do I do with all these feelings?" "Easy, birthday boy. Take a sec. Breathe. That's it. Remember how we learned to be prepared in here, Pedro?" "I can't remember. I'm still all swirly." "It's all good, pal. You know, sometimes when we go through something hard, it can make us feel some not-so-good feelings. And those feelings can grow really big, so we don't know what to do. But that's why we have coping skills, tools that can help us feel better." "At last! An idea has struck me noggin! How about we turn our treasure hunt into a coping quest to help Pedro remember his coping skills?" "Aye-aye! And not until we find the treasure will we all feast on yonder cupcakes!" "Yeah! Let's go! Aye-aye! Yarr! I love it! Yarr. I could really use everyone's help." "Then hoist the main sail, Pedro! Hooray!" "Hmm. Let's see here. What's this? Oh, just another seabird. Land ho! Seems we've run aground, Pedro!"