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...