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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.
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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
The Arc of the Day Is Not Just a Schedule, It Is a Stress Plan
The Arc of the Day Matters More Than We Think Picture a kindergarten classroom at 2:00 in the afternoon. Or a middle school hallway right after lunch on a Friday. Or a Grade 3 class in the third week of November. If you have spent time in schools or early childhood...
What Behaviour Is Really Telling Us: A Closer Look at the Five Domains
Think about a student you have found yourself puzzling over. Maybe they shut down mid-task for no apparent reason. Maybe they explode over something that seems tiny. Maybe they are just... unreachable some days, even when everything looks fine on the surface.Self-Reg...
Stillness Spoke Louder
Blog by Self-Reg Learning Facilitator Certificate Program Alumni, Stela Haralala The other day, I was walking by a lake. It was quiet, the sun was low, and the water was still enough to mirror the trees along the edge. I wanted to capture a photo: the light, the...
The Most Important Thing You Bring Into the Room Is Your State
Here is something that does not get said enough in professional development for educators and early childhood professionals: the most powerful tool you have is not a strategy. It's not a protocol. It isn't even a relationship technique. It is your state Not your mood....
Why Everything Feels So Hard Right Now (And What We Can Actually Do About It)
If you have been working with children and youth lately, you already know something is different. The outbursts are bigger. The shutdowns are lasting longer. The kids who used to bounce back now seem to stay stuck. And the adults supporting them? Many are running on...
Reframing Discipline: Seeing Stress, Not Misbehaviour, in Young Children
This blog is part of a final assignment on Reframing in our Self-Reg Learning Facilitator's Program, by alumni Tara De Luca Community is part of the foundation of a Waldorf school. Regular class parent meetings help to connect the parents to each other, and provide an...