by Self-Reg Community | Aug 28, 2018 | Self-Reg Blog
By: Nancy Niessen As I was pondering writing a post about Step 4 of Shanker Self-Reg, I began to reflect on stressors in the different domains for both my mother and I on the days she goes to medical appointments, when there are many stressors for both of us. This got...
by Self-Reg Community | Jun 26, 2018 | Self-Reg Blog
By: Nancy Niessen I don’t know a lot about caregiver burnout when it comes to elderly family members. It’s something I plan to read up on because I feel like I’m experiencing it these days. As I wrote about in my last blog for TMC, Reframing is Ageless, I am the...
by Self-Reg Community | Mar 27, 2018 | Self-Reg Blog
By: Nancy Niessen When I began formally learning about Self-Regulation I was an educator in the public school system looking for ways to better support my students. In particular, I wanted to find more ways to help students with perceived behavioural needs. I quickly...
by Stuart Shanker | Jan 15, 2016 | Self-Reg Blog
Mine was a family in which the fifth commandment played out every single Sunday. My parents, aunts, uncles, and cousins would all gather in my Grandmother’s kitchen to eat, argue, joke and gossip. She ruled over her extended family with gentle humour and a constant...