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WHAT IS SELF-REG?
Shanker Self-Reg® is a process, grounded in new science, for developing growth-promoting modes of self-regulation, dealing with stress, and restoring.
If you’ve tried everything as an educator, parent, or service provider to support children, teens and their families, Self-Reg can help. Learn how to read, reframe, and respond to behaviour, strong emotions, dysregulation, and much more.
Self-Reg is a pathway to enhancing resilience, motivation, learning, & well-being.
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SELF-REG 101 FEATURES
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…
No Such Thing as a Bad Kid
Children have such different ways of responding to being over-stressed. What all children have in common is that they behave in a characteristic way when they are over-stressed: what becomes a sort of patterned response. But what markedly distinguishes between them, is…
What is Self-Regulation—Really?
Did you hear the one about two psychologists and a philosopher who searched The Google for the true meaning of self-regulation and found 447 definitions? This is not the first line of a bad joke. It actually happened. Interestingly, the definition of self-regulation that TMC uses…
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MOST RECENT SELF-REG 101 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 Shanker Method Roundabout Graphic
This Self-Reg Roundabout Graphic conveys the key idea that the 5 Practices of Self-Reg are presented in a sequence, but they are not bound to a specific order. Any of the practices can serve as a suitable starting point for doing Self-Reg, depending on the...
Have Your Say: Emotion Domain
Self-Reg is not the same as social emotional learning (SEL). It is not about naming emotions, but it's about understanding how emotions can impact energy. The Emotion Domain of Self-Reg includes the ability to experience and understand emotions, both positive – to...
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...
Have Your Say: Biological Domain
When exploring stressors across The Five Domains of Self-Reg (biological, emotion, cognitive, social & prosocial), biological stressors are often the easiest to identify and explore. This domain involves physical health, sleep, nutrition, exercise, and various...
