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The Self-Reg View of: The Critical Importance of the Fifth Domain

by Stuart Shanker | Jun 23, 2016 | Self-Reg Blog

The mom on the phone was distraught. Her son had been through a harrowing experience at his previous school, which ended up with him “agreeing” to leave after a couple of incidents of threatening behaviour and a psychological assessment that diagnosed him as being at...

The Self-Reg View of: “Diagnosing” Oppositional Defiant Disorder

by Stuart Shanker | Jun 5, 2016 | Self-Reg Blog

I had just finished a long morning session when a woman in obvious distress stopped me on my way out and told me her 8-year-old son had just been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). She didn’t know what to do. Would Self-Reg help him? Would Self-Reg...

The Self-Reg View of: Schools as “Self-Reg Havens”

by Stuart Shanker | May 1, 2016 | Self-Reg Blog

“What,” Susan asked me, “do you mean when you talk about schools becoming ‘Self-Reg Havens’ and why is this so important?” My immediate reaction was: Ask me an easy one why don’t you! But the fact is, our experience over the past few years has shown us that this may...

The Self-Reg View on: The Everyday Process of Research

by Stuart Shanker | Apr 4, 2016 | Self-Reg Blog

I didn’t realize it, but I have been a researcher all my life. I don’t mean “adult life.” The roots of being a researcher have always been part of my daily experience. You may think this made me a sort of odd child-scientist. But actually, research is a fundamental...

Expanding our Understanding of the Meaning of Safe

by Stuart Shanker | Apr 4, 2016 | Self-Reg Blog

WHEN A CHILD DOESN’T FEEL SAFE, THERE ARE CERTAIN UNMISTAKABLE SIGNS: the child is very withdrawn and subdued, emotionally volatile, overly anxious, highly impulsive, inattentive, easily distracted—or bullying other children. It’s this last sentence that should make...