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 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.
"As we ask “Why?” and “Why now?” for students and do our stress detecting, we also do this for our overstressed adults." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"As we ask “Why?” and “Why now?” for students and do our stress detecting, we also do this for our overstressed adults." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"Self-Reg allows you to see the behaviour (misbehaviour) as communication and that stress behaviour (versus misbehaviour) is evident." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Self-Reg allows you to see the behaviour (misbehaviour) as communication and that stress behaviour (versus misbehaviour) is evident." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"This deeply entrenched bias (self-control mind-set) prevents us from recognizing the signs that tell us why a student is having these problems." 💫 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"This deeply entrenched bias (self-control mind-set) prevents us from recognizing the signs that tell us why a student is having these problems." 💫 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Happy World Philosophy Day! I wouldn’t have believed it possible, but I am discovering the joy of philosophy all over again. 🌎
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Happy World Philosophy Day! I wouldn’t have believed it possible, but I am discovering the joy of philosophy all over again. 🌎
It’s National Bullying Prevention Week. Of all the courses that Susan and I have done, Reframing Bullying is the most timely. 💙
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It’s National Bullying Prevention Week. Of all the courses that Susan and I have done, Reframing Bullying is the most timely. 💙
I am reading Jonathan Israel’s biography of Spinoza at the moment. He wouldn’t have believed it possible that lack of tolerance could be worse today than it was in his times. ✨ #InternationalDayForTolerance
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I am reading Jonathan Israel’s biography of Spinoza at the moment. He wouldn’t have believed it possible that lack of tolerance could be worse today than it was in his times. ✨ #InternationalDayForTolerance
"Traditionally, we tend to see and respond to students in ways that are shaped by an ancient mindset—one that sees self-control as the wellspring of all achievement." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Traditionally, we tend to see and respond to students in ways that are shaped by an ancient mindset—one that sees self-control as the wellspring of all achievement." 🪴 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
Today is #WorldKindness#Day. 🫶
#SelfReg is about creating a world that is shocked by lack of kindness, and knows what has to be done to change this. ✨
#SelfReg is about creating a world that is shocked by lack of kindness, and knows what has to be done to change this. ✨
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today is #WorldKindness#Day. 🫶
#SelfReg is about creating a world that is shocked by lack of kindness, and knows what has to be done to change this. ✨
#SelfReg is about creating a world that is shocked by lack of kindness, and knows what has to be done to change this. ✨
"Self-Reg helps teachers to reframe a student’s behaviour to distinguish between rational and limbic processes." 💜 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Self-Reg helps teachers to reframe a student’s behaviour to distinguish between rational and limbic processes." 💜 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
#Self#Reg is about understanding WHY we have #RemembranceDay. It is about turning a page in human history. 🎖️
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
#Self#Reg is about understanding WHY we have #RemembranceDay. It is about turning a page in human history. 🎖️
"Instead of presenting teachers with prescriptive steps to manage a student’s behaviour, Self-Reg helps teachers to reframe a student’s behaviour." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Instead of presenting teachers with prescriptive steps to manage a student’s behaviour, Self-Reg helps teachers to reframe a student’s behaviour." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"We need every single teacher to learn how to read the signs of stress behaviour and acquire the skills to help their students become calmly focused and alert." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"We need every single teacher to learn how to read the signs of stress behaviour and acquire the skills to help their students become calmly focused and alert." 💝 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"What is a positive stressor for one child—for example, learning how to read or mastering the basics of math—is a negative stressor for another." 🐚 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"What is a positive stressor for one child—for example, learning how to read or mastering the basics of math—is a negative stressor for another." 🐚 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
"With reframing, I recognize not only the getting sick but equally how good I felt about being off work for what it was: a completely depleted educator who needed a break and illness was that perceived permission to take one." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"With reframing, I recognize not only the getting sick but equally how good I felt about being off work for what it was: a completely depleted educator who needed a break and illness was that perceived permission to take one." 🌷 #SelfReg [🔗 self-reg.ca]
