durham college professional development day
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Below you will find the presentation’s slides as well as a compilation of resources and recommended readings to dive deeper into the Self-Reg concepts presented. Feel free to explore our website for more Self-Reg content or reach out to info@self-reg.ca if you have any questions.
Susan Hopkins’ Presentation on August 25, 2025: Download here
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Video: What is Self-Reg?
Dr. Shanker provides a succinct and clear answer to the question, “What is Self-Reg,” by explaining the relationships between stress and self-regulation in the five domains where we experience stress.
Self-Reg: The Basics
Shanker Self-Reg® is a process for enhancing self- regulation by understanding and dealing with stress. In Self-Reg we consider both our responses to stress and our underlying state of energy and tension when we encounter a stress.
Self-Reg for Teachers
Teachers, are you ready to decode stress behaviours, foster resilience, and support your own energy and wellbeing in the classroom? Sign up for this ~8-hour/self-paced course to explore the game-changing processes and principles of Self-Reg, without the time commitment of a fully facilitated course with TMC.
The Self-Reg View of: Schools as “Self-Reg Havens”
A Self-Reg Haven is a school in which everyone, students and staff, feel emotionally as well as physically safe. But then, such an answer might seem to border on the trite. After all, scientists have been reporting on the importance of…
self-reg publications
Book: Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child and You Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life
According to world-renowned self-regulation expert Dr. Stuart Shanker, there is no such thing as a bad kid. Even the most frustrating, annoying or troubling child behaviour has an explanation. And that explanation is usually stress.
Self-Reg Schools: Handbook for Educators
How do I incorporate the science and theory of Self-Reg into classroom practices and a process of ongoing learning that will help not only my students, but myself as a teacher?
Shanker Self-Reg® Toolkit – 2024 Digital Edition
A multi-layered Toolkit to both begin and extend your Self-Reg knowledge and application. Our TOOLKIT2024 uses the Self-Reg Journeys -Seeds , Sunrise, Quilt and Haven. You can also find pieces specific to the five Steps, the Portrait tool, as well as Graphics and Prompts.
SHANKER SELF-REG TOOLS - the Early Years
By popular demand and as follow-up to our TOOLKIT 2024, we are excited to share our newest Toolkit with a focus on the Early Years.
Book: Shanker Self-Reg Chronicles: Restoring Resilience
*Available Now*
Restoring Resilience provides answers to why our children and youth are struggling and strategies for building lasting and true resilience through Shanker Self-Reg®.
Book: Self-Reg for Education
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*Coming Soon*
This book combines Kristin’s personal stories, effective strategies, and professional expertise
in Shanker Self-Reg®, offering an accessible and practical resource for EAs.
It’s designed to acknowledge and support the multifaceted roles EAs balance each day, enhancing their ability to make a meaningful difference.
Courses
Self-Reg Foundations Certificate Program
Our flagship Self-Reg Foundations Certificate Program has been a game-changer for thousands of learners, bringing them to an entirely new understanding of what makes people tick. Join Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins as they take you deep into the science of self-regulation and stress, including the brain/body stress system, how stress affects children’s behaviour and the importance of relationships in self-regulation and learning.
Self-Reg and Leadership in Schools
Every educational leader* has always had the same goal: a school in which everyone flourishes – not just academically, but socially, psychologically and morally. It’s the HOW that has always proved challenging. Self-Regulation is needed now more than ever, as school leaders* confront ever-increasing challenges: explosive behaviour, mental health needs around every corner, staff shortages and burnout. And all this amid the important overarching goal of providing the best possible education to every child.
* includes teacher leaders, department heads, special education teachers, ECE leaders, school administrators, camp directors, professional learning leaders, teacher consultants and other school board staff.
Enhancing Resilience in Children and Youth
In this Self-Reg program focused on resilience, we learn how to identify and overcome what is holding back many children and teens, we can spark their ability and desire to take on new learning, new challenges and new opportunities for increased health, well-being and community building.
Self-Reg in Early Childhood Development Certificate Program
The Self-Reg in Early Childhood Development Certificate Program explores child development from birth to age 10 and is relevant for anyone who has or works with young children, neurodiverse children, challenging children or children with special rights or needs. Learn the core underpinnings of Self-Reg and why we truly believe that there is no such thing as a bad kid.