You Do Not Have to Figure This Out Alone

You Do Not Have to Figure This Out Alone

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...
Four Days Designed for the People Who Are Holding Everyone Else Together

Four Days Designed for the People Who Are Holding Everyone Else Together

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...
What Does Self-Reg Look Like When It Starts to Change a Whole System?

What Does Self-Reg Look Like When It Starts to Change a Whole System?

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...
For the Educational Assistants Who Hold Everything Together

For the Educational Assistants Who Hold Everything Together

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...
What Happens When “Soft Eyes” Are Not Enough

What Happens When “Soft Eyes” Are Not Enough

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...