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Sometimes, in the middle of a busy day, we don’t need more information. We need something that helps us reconnect with what we already know. We’re excited to introduce Stuart Shanker’s Self-Reg at a Glance: A Desktop Reference Guide, a handy flip-book that brings...
What does Self-Reg look like when we bring it into the real, wonderfully complicated moments of our work with children, youth and one another? This fall, The MEHRIT Centre is bringing together members of our presentation team for Self-Reg in Practice, a seven-part...
We’re getting ready for the Soft Eyes Journal Club, and we’ve created a free companion space to help you follow along with us from September through December Join Susan Hopkins and Kristin Wiens live on Facebook every Monday at 7 p.m. Eastern as we spend some time...
What Will You Discover in 2027? Your Self-Reg Learning Journey Starts Here Our 2027 Self-Reg Course Calendar has arrived! A new year brings new opportunities to learn, connect, reflect, and deepen our understanding of stress and regulation. Whether Self-Reg is brand...
Soft Eyes was created by Susan Hopkins and illustrated by Kristin Wiens, grounded in Stuart Shanker's Self-Reg framework. It is a 122-day journal of daily reflections on stress, energy, and resilience, and it is the newest book from The MEHRIT Centre. You can purchase...
There is something that happens in the first hour of the Self-Reg Summer Symposium that is hard to describe if you have not been there. You walk into a room, or you open your laptop if you are joining online, and you realize very quickly that the people around you...
Let's be honest about something. The people most likely to attend a symposium like this are the ones who care the most. The educators who are still thinking about a child on the drive home. The early childhood professionals who lie awake wondering if they handled...
One educator learns Self-Reg. They start seeing things differently. They share what they are noticing with a colleague. The colleague reads something. Attends a workshop. Tries it with a student. Brings it back to a team meeting. And slowly, almost without anyone...
There is a role in schools and early childhood settings that is often invisible in professional development conversations. The person who is frequently right there when everything escalates. Who is sitting beside the child who cannot hold it together in the large...
There is a phrase that circulates in Self-Reg communities: "soft eyes." It is a reminder to look at a child's behaviour with compassion and curiosity rather than judgment. It is a good reminder. An important one. And it is never the whole answer. At some point, most...
A lot of people come to Self-Reg having already heard the phrase "co-regulation." They might even feel like they know what it means: helping a child calm down, using a quiet voice, getting down to their level. Those things are not wrong. But they are the surface of...
The Arc of the Day Matters More Than We Think Picture a kindergarten classroom at 2:00 in the afternoon. Or a middle school hallway right after lunch on a Friday. Or a Grade 3 class in the third week of November. If you have spent time in schools or early childhood...
Think about a student you have found yourself puzzling over. Maybe they shut down mid-task for no apparent reason. Maybe they explode over something that seems tiny. Maybe they are just... unreachable some days, even when everything looks fine on the surface.Self-Reg...
Here is something that does not get said enough in professional development for educators and early childhood professionals: the most powerful tool you have is not a strategy. It's not a protocol. It isn't even a relationship technique. It is your state Not your mood....
If you have been working with children and youth lately, you already know something is different. The outbursts are bigger. The shutdowns are lasting longer. The kids who used to bounce back now seem to stay stuck. And the adults supporting them? Many are running on...
This is a reflection from Figen özer based in Turkey, as part of our Enhancing in Children & Youth Course. My sister faced significant challenges throughout her school life. She changed schools frequently and went through several disciplinary processes. She was...
Blog by Alex Kronstein, a Self-Reg Foundations Certificate Program alumni. Alex Kronstein is an autistic advocate in the neurodiversity movement who advocates against seclusion and restraint in schools and recently completed the Self-Reg Foundations program. The...
There is a question that sits quietly beneath so much of what educators, early childhood professionals, and caregivers are experiencing right now. Sometimes a child becomes overwhelmed by something small. A teen who seemed to be coping suddenly cannot manage everyday...
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