When Their Storm Meets Our Calm, Co-Regulation Occurs
This graphic, by educator Kristin Wiens, is a great metaphor for co-regulation, which is a core Self-Reg strategy. In Self-Reg, co-regulation means what happens when a caregiver regulates a child’s (or other person’s) behaviour and feelings through interactive,...
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...
You Are the Strategy
Adults who are responsible for children have many goals. We want to teach, comfort and amuse. We want to help kids have positive experiences, learn to get along with others and become responsible people who make good decisions and solve problems. And we have various...