by Susan Hopkins | Aug 7, 2026 | Apply Self-Reg, Learn Self-Reg, Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg for Parents, Self-Reg for the Early Years, Self-Reg in Schools
I’ve always loved the marshmallow test. You probably remember it. A young child sits alone in a room with a marshmallow and hears a simple challenge: wait a few minutes without eating it, and you’ll receive a second marshmallow. The experiment was...
by The MEHRIT Centre | Jun 22, 2026 | Apply Self-Reg, Learn Self-Reg, Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg Community, Self-Reg for Parents, Self-Reg for the Early Years, Self-Reg Haven, Self-Reg in Schools, Self-Reg Media
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...
by The MEHRIT Centre | Jun 19, 2026 | Apply Self-Reg, Learn Self-Reg, Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg Community, Self-Reg for Parents, Self-Reg for the Early Years, Self-Reg Haven, Self-Reg in Schools, Self-Reg Media, Self-Reg Tools
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...
by Aviva Dunsiger | Jun 17, 2026 | Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg for Parents, Self-Reg for the Early Years, Self-Reg in Schools, Self-Reg Media
I recently finished writing my report cards. While it felt good to be done this big, year-end task, I then went into school the next day and was surprised by what happened. Why Did Every Child Change? I like to think that I know my students well, and that their report...
by The MEHRIT Centre | Jun 15, 2026 | Apply Self-Reg, Learn Self-Reg, Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg Community, Self-Reg for Parents, Self-Reg for the Early Years, Self-Reg Haven, Self-Reg in Schools, Self-Reg Media, Self-Reg Tools
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...
by The MEHRIT Centre | Jun 12, 2026 | Apply Self-Reg, Learn Self-Reg, Self-Reg 101, Self-Reg Blog, Self-Reg Community, Self-Reg for Parents, Self-Reg for the Early Years, Self-Reg Haven, Self-Reg in Schools, Self-Reg Media, Self-Reg Tools
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...
