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We help parents, caregivers, and organizations working with families learn to read and reframe dysregulated stress behaviour while developing the skills and strategies to support children’s improved self-regulation and overall well-being. Self-Reg gives us the tools to reframe behaviour, co-regulate, enhance resilience, and restore calm, energy, and joy.Â
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Self-Reg for Parents
The ultimate, long-term Self-Reg goal is to help children acquire the necessary understanding of when and how to manage their own energy and tension, so they can adapt to the various stresses of life. But Self-Reg is also personal. If we are going to support our children’s self-regulation we first have to…
Stressors Experienced by Parents Raising “Differently Wired” Children
I’m the mother of two young people with multiple “invisible” disabilities, and in my consulting work I support parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These experiences have given me insight into…
“Reframing” Challenging Behaviour
Parents of new babies are forever asking why. “Why is she crying? Is she hungry, wet, scared, lonely, bored?” Since we can’t just ask her, we put on our detective’s hat. We think back to previous occasions, experiment with trial-and-error, ask somebody knowledgeable. Things start to change around the age of three…
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MOST RECENT PARENTING BLOGS
Have Your Say: Cognitive Domain
The Cognitive Domain is a biggie isn’t it? We place a high value on physical, emotional, social and moral development and well-being. And well we should. But the Cognitive Domain, is one we use constantly to learn, understand what’s going on and make decisions....
Am I Co-Escalating or Co-Regulating
Co-regulation, a term that has become popular over the past 25 years, recognizes that young children haves limited ability to regulate themselves. They need to be regulated and gradually develop self-regulation within the context of responsive, caring relationships...
The Five Domains of Shanker Self-Reg
Self-Reg looks at stress and self-regulation (how we respond to stress) across five domains of experience: Biological:Â physiological factors:health, nutrition, sensory issues illness, tiredness Emotion: stressors around strong and uncomfortable emotions Cognitive:...
Nature Activities for Kids
There is no doubt that time in nature is good for children and adults alike. Most people know this from personal experience. But the benefits of nature are also well established in research. Time in nature is restorative in many ways. It feels good physically...
The Five Practices of Self-Reg
Self-Reg helps us understand how excess stress causes, or worsens, behaviour and mood problems. But what do we do about it? The Five Practices of Self-Reg are a good place to start. Reframe the behaviour - Look at the behaviour differently, in terms of the stress that...
Reframe the Behaviour
This infographic, by educator Kristin Wiens, aptly illustrates the Shanker Self-Reg® practice of Reframing Behaviour: seeing and understanding the reasons for a child’s (or adult’s) behaviour in a different way. Why Reframe? Reframing helps us pause, reflect and ask...
