Stuart Shanker & Co.
@stuartshanker.bsky.social
Founder of The MEHRIT Centre (@SelfReg) ); Prof Emeritus @YorkUniversity; Author: #SelfReg #Reframed #SelfRegSchools. Account is managed by his team at TMC.
"Adults who work with and care for children need to pay close attention to their own self-regulation. The better we can remain optimally regulated, the better we can help a student to achieve optimal regulation." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Adults who work with and care for children need to pay close attention to their own self-regulation. The better we can remain optimally regulated, the better we can help a student to achieve optimal regulation." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"The regulating teacher responds to a child's distress in a regulating matter. What's fascinating about it is how quickly the child responds to this kind of regulating treatment." 🕊️ #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The regulating teacher responds to a child's distress in a regulating matter. What's fascinating about it is how quickly the child responds to this kind of regulating treatment." 🕊️ #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Merry Christmas! 🎁 A message from my family to our growing World Community: Happy Self-Reg!
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Merry Christmas! 🎁 A message from my family to our growing World Community: Happy Self-Reg!
"Excessive stress impairs the ability to pay attention, solve problems, get along with classmates, grow emotionally and develop empathy and internal standards." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Excessive stress impairs the ability to pay attention, solve problems, get along with classmates, grow emotionally and develop empathy and internal standards." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Happy holidays from the Shanker household! We are so grateful for the light you have brought into children's, parents, strangers and the Shanker Family's lives.
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy holidays from the Shanker household! We are so grateful for the light you have brought into children's, parents, strangers and the Shanker Family's lives.
"The metabolic forces involved in our response to stress use up energy, which is why excessive stress can affect children's ability to delay gratification or manage their behaviour and emotions." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The metabolic forces involved in our response to stress use up energy, which is why excessive stress can affect children's ability to delay gratification or manage their behaviour and emotions." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"Self-Reg helps teachers recognize and respond to their students' needs, improve their relationships and ultimately, help their students learn how to care for themselves and self-regulate." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Self-Reg helps teachers recognize and respond to their students' needs, improve their relationships and ultimately, help their students learn how to care for themselves and self-regulate." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Today is International Human Solidarity Day. The name Self-Reg Global speaks for itself.
December 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today is International Human Solidarity Day. The name Self-Reg Global speaks for itself.
"Remember: What you may find overly stressful, another family or member of the family might find up-regulating. There's no one size fits all here." 🍏 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Remember: What you may find overly stressful, another family or member of the family might find up-regulating. There's no one size fits all here." 🍏 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"Stress is a very individual and subtle phenomenon, and that's why it's so important for us to understand and recognize the signs of stress behaviour." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Stress is a very individual and subtle phenomenon, and that's why it's so important for us to understand and recognize the signs of stress behaviour." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Happy National Maple Syrup Day! I made a mistake 15 years ago. I made my kids maple syrup. Now they won’t eat anything except “Shanker Farms Maple Syrup.”
December 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy National Maple Syrup Day! I made a mistake 15 years ago. I made my kids maple syrup. Now they won’t eat anything except “Shanker Farms Maple Syrup.”
"Stressors can change over time, but they can also change according to the mood or state that the child is in. So for the same child, what's a stress in one moment might not be a stress in another." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Stressors can change over time, but they can also change according to the mood or state that the child is in. So for the same child, what's a stress in one moment might not be a stress in another." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"Self-regulation, in its original, psychophysiological sense, refers to how well we manage stress. Every time we experience a stressor we have to burn a bit of energy to keep all our biological and psychological systems running smoothly." 🌱 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Self-regulation, in its original, psychophysiological sense, refers to how well we manage stress. Every time we experience a stressor we have to burn a bit of energy to keep all our biological and psychological systems running smoothly." 🌱 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Today is International Universal Health Coverage Day. A message from my sons: This Is What Makes Canada Great! 👏
December 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today is International Universal Health Coverage Day. A message from my sons: This Is What Makes Canada Great! 👏
Today is International Anti-Corruption Day. Workers of the World: Unite under the banner of #SelfReg. That’s the only way we will finally defeat the miasma of corruption.
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today is International Anti-Corruption Day. Workers of the World: Unite under the banner of #SelfReg. That’s the only way we will finally defeat the miasma of corruption.
"Example classroom applications for enhancing self-regulation in the biological domain include reducing visual and auditory distractors, predicable daily schedules and seating changes and use of adaptive seating." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Example classroom applications for enhancing self-regulation in the biological domain include reducing visual and auditory distractors, predicable daily schedules and seating changes and use of adaptive seating." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"As teachers and parents, we must learn how to observe children's energy levels throughout the day and make adjustments in practice that help children to down-regulate or up-regulate." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"As teachers and parents, we must learn how to observe children's energy levels throughout the day and make adjustments in practice that help children to down-regulate or up-regulate." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Today is International Volunteer Day, but it should be called International
Co-Reg Day! 💙
Co-Reg Day! 💙
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today is International Volunteer Day, but it should be called International
Co-Reg Day! 💙
Co-Reg Day! 💙
"Adults who work with and care for children need to pay close attention to their own self-regulation. The better we can remain optimally regulated, the better we can help a student to achieve optimal regulation." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Adults who work with and care for children need to pay close attention to their own self-regulation. The better we can remain optimally regulated, the better we can help a student to achieve optimal regulation." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Today is #GivingTuesday. 🎁 Get your CARE system in the midbrain humming today!
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday. 🎁 Get your CARE system in the midbrain humming today!
"The idea that a defiant child's core problem may be anxiety runs counter to our usual conception of defiance – as something we can't allow for fear that the child will get more and more defiant and out of control." 💫 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"The idea that a defiant child's core problem may be anxiety runs counter to our usual conception of defiance – as something we can't allow for fear that the child will get more and more defiant and out of control." 💫 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"The metabolic forces involved in our response to stress use up energy, which is why excessive stress can affect children's ability to delay gratification or manage their behaviour and emotions." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The metabolic forces involved in our response to stress use up energy, which is why excessive stress can affect children's ability to delay gratification or manage their behaviour and emotions." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"So many educators seek to go Self-Reg and yet miss that Self-Reg is grown and lives within relationships, and it therefore has to be about adult regulation and balance too." 💫 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"So many educators seek to go Self-Reg and yet miss that Self-Reg is grown and lives within relationships, and it therefore has to be about adult regulation and balance too." 💫 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"Self-Reg is about grounding living and learning in the five practices of Self-Reg as part of a healthy lifestyle." ✨ #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Self-Reg is about grounding living and learning in the five practices of Self-Reg as part of a healthy lifestyle." ✨ #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. If you want to end violence against women once and for all, you MUST learn Self-Reg.
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. If you want to end violence against women once and for all, you MUST learn Self-Reg.