When kids misbehave it can be embarassing and exhausting and sometimes the easiest solution is to send them to time out so we don’t have to deal with them for a few minutes. But what if your kids’ misbehavior is actually stress behavior? Dr. Shanker explains in this interview with Matt Townsend.
Listen to the full interview here, starting at 1:52:22.
From Susan Hopkins, EdD | Executive Director This reflection was originally published in The MEHRIT Centre newsletter. Sign up for
Sometimes, in the middle of a busy day, we don’t need more information. We need something that helps us reconnect
Start with the core ideas, then follow the path that matches what you want to understand next.
Understand the full picture of stress. Explore biological, emotion, cognitive, social, and prosocial stress, and how stresses across the Five Domains interact.
Explore the science beneath what we see and experience. Go deeper into stress and energy, brain-body states, self-regulation and self-control, behaviour, co-regulation, and resilience.
Put the Self-Reg lens into practice. Explore the Five Steps: Reframe, Recognize, Reduce, Reflect, and Restore, and how they create a pathway for understanding stress and finding restoration.
Learn about applied Self-Reg in practice. Explore Energy-Centred Teaching, Self-Reg Havens, and the Self-Reg Journeys for applied Self-Reg
