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We help K-12 teachers, principals and school teams learn to apply the brain-body science of stress, dysregulation, and self-regulation. Self-Reg allows us to reframe and respond to challenging student behaviours, enhance student resilience and get back to teaching and learning.
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Self-Reg for Elementary Teachers
If we are going to “lend students our calm,” we first have to understand our own stress and know how to manage our own energy and tension. Self-Reg can help us understand and respond to the roots of behaviour, learning, motivation and social problems in…
From Seed to Glitter
When I started learning about Self-Reg the idea of planting seeds of knowledge aligned well with my journey. I was starting the journey on my own, so I was able to look at my own regulation but also spread a LOT of seeds along the way. I was able to plant seeds by…
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…
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MOST RECENT SCHOOL BLOGS
The Self-Reg Show Episode 13: When the Rubber Hits the Road: One Principal’s Journey
This episode brings in a very special guest: Self-Reg expert Cathy Lethbridge. Join Susan and Cathy as they chat about Cathy's role as principal to a new school and the Self-Reg strategies she’s implemented. Hear about how Cathy has modelled her Self-Reg teachings in...
A Paradigm Shift, A Letter From One Educator to Another
This is a letter written to a fellow teacher by an educator and Self-Reg program alumni. By: Alexandra Dana Gross Dear Miss _____, Thank you for taking the time to so accurately observe and comprehensively note _____’s behaviors in the classroom! It is very helpful to...
The Self-Reg Journey of Claudio Moschella
Originally published in 2018 Peel DSB: The “Domino Effect” of a Great Idea in the Hands of a Dedicated Leader Claudio Moschella is a principal, TMC Foundations Program Facilitator, and a Dad. He fell into Self-Reg in an effort to support the unique needs of an influx...
Have Your Say: Spring Stressors
Many people, particularly those of us who live in cold winter climates, see spring as a time of hope and renewal - or at least the beginning of warmer weather. That doesn’t sound stressful at all, does it? On the other hand… Spring, like almost any period or...
Classroom Environment Tools
Classroom Environment Reflection Poster One of the first “aha moments,” early in The MEHRIT Centre’s work with educators, was how classroom environmental stimuli such as visual clutter, excess noise and lighting levels—even the colour of walls—proved to be hidden...
The Five Practices of Self-Reg
This infographic by educator Kristin Wiens illustrates the Five Practices of Self-Reg (previously called steps). Reframe the Behaviour: Look at and understand the behaviour differently, in terms of the stress that caused it. Recognize the Stressors: Be a “stress...
