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Interested in Shanker Self-Reg® and looking to learn more? Or bring Self-Reg learning to your team? Whether it is courses, events, mentoring, podcasts or books, we provide multiple ways to learn more. Choose the next steps that are right for you.
What is The Shanker Method®?
The Shanker Self-Reg® framework is made up of 5 steps (aka practices) and 5 domains of stressors:
- Reframe the behaviour
- Recognize the stressors (biological, emotion, cognitive, social & prosocial)
- Reduce the stressors
- Reflect: enhance stress awareness
- Restore energy
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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 is based on…
Relationships First: What Does This Really Mean And What Might It Look Like?
There are many words of wisdom from both Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins that I think about when contemplating Self-Reg, but one point that I return to often is that…
Reframing THAT Child
Here’s a statement that I’ve heard many times before: “I wonder how I’ll feel now that my child is in the same class as THAT child.” Another school year has begun, and as parents and students start to get to know classmates and find out more about them, there always seems…
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The Thayer Matrix
Based on the work of psychologist Robert Thayer, this matrix is one of the key scientific underpinnings of Shanker Self-Reg®, helping us understand the relationship between stress, energy and tension. Every day our brains and bodies are subject to constantly shifting...
Have Your Say: Sharing Self-Reg Learning
So… You’ve embraced Self-Reg. You’re excited. Self-Reg has made a huge difference in your life and/or your practice. Naturally you want to share this knowledge with others. You feel sure it can help them too. THE QUESTION IS HOW? How do you share your Self-Reg zeal...
Editorial, REFRAMED: The Journal of Self-Reg
By Stuart Shanker This article was published as part of Reframed: The Journal of Self-Reg Volume 2, Issue 1 (2018) Shanker, S. (2018). Editorial Reframe: The Journal of Self-Reg, 2(1), 4-5. In Culture and Value, Wittgenstein expressed an idea that...
The Self-Reg Show Episode 10: Where Did My Energy Go?
“You are the energy that you have”. At some point, we’ve all experienced burnout. What if there were ways to regulate our energy to manage, or even avoid it? Could we self-regulate our energy in order to feel younger? Join Stuart and Susan as they dig deeper into the...
The Triune Brain
The Triune Brain is one of the key scientific underpinnings of Shanker Self-Reg®. Developed by neuroscientist Paul McLean, the Triune Brain model has proven very useful in helping educators, parents and others who work with children. It's a tool help understand and...
Masking Stress with Misbehaviour: A Shanker Self-Reg® Lens
by Susan Hopkins EdD and Elizabeth Shepherd MSc This article was published as part of Reframed: The Journal of Self-Reg Volume 1, Issue 1 (2017) Hopkins, S. & Shepherd, E. (2017) Masking stress with misbehaviour: A Shanker Self-Reg Lens. Reframe: The...
