SELF-REG
IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD
We help Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) and early years teams learn to reframe the signs of dysregulated stress states while developing the co-regulation skills and strategies that make a difference for all children in their care — especially those with the most challenging behaviours.
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EARLY CHILDHOOD FEATURES
Self-Reg in the Early Years
The early years are a time of extraordinary growth and development. Children’s capacity for self-regulation—how they manage energy expenditure in response to stressors and then recover from the effort—is wired during these critical years.
Self-Regulation: The Five Domains
Explore the five Domains of the Shanker Self-Reg® Framework – biological, emotion, cognitive, social & prosocial. Self-regulation refers to the way an individual deals with stress, in all its many forms, and then recovers from the energy expended.
Embracing A New School Reality For The Early Years
A Changing Vision: For years, I believed that self-regulation — like the other Learning Skills — were always secondary to academics. I was so concerned about meeting benchmarks. Then last year, I had a class that challenged my beliefs.
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MOST RECENT EARLY YEARS BLOGS
When Stress Makes it Harder to Listen
From Susan Hopkins, EdD | Executive Director This reflection was originally published in The MEHRIT Centre newsletter. Sign up for our newsletter to receive Susan’s latest reflections, Self-Reg insights, and updates directly in your inbox. On listening without...
Introducing Self-Reg at a Glance: A Desktop Reference Guide
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...
Where Did the Empathy Go?
Blog written by Elisabeth Han a Self-Reg Full Foundations Certificate Program and Self-Reg Learning Facilitator’s Program alumni Bullying causes real harm. Children who are bullied need safety, protection, and support. Harmful behaviour cannot simply be ignored or...
Self-Reg Course Calendars 2026-2027
Explore our Self-Reg Course Calendars 2026–2027 to see upcoming facilitated programs and start dates. Looking to plan ahead for the rest of 2026? Dive deeper into our facilited courses here
What Is The Real Problem? A Wonder That Reframed Behaviour.
For a couple of weeks in the summer, I am a site lead and coordinator for our Board Summer Camp. Just as I started going into classrooms today today to partake in some of the summer learning, I received a message from one of the instructors. She mentioned that a...
Why Small Things Trigger Big Reactions
Featured Image: Downloadable graphic by Kristin Wiens which is included in the book Soft Eyes: Daily Reflections on Stress, Energy, and Restoring Resilience: Sept - Dec 2026 by Susan Hopkins (Author), Kristin Wiens (Author, Illustrator). A child's outsized reaction to...