Self-Reg - Science That Resonates

Self Regulation Institute•www.spreaker.com

Founded in 2016 by Stuart Shanker, the Self Regulation Institute (SRI) works to enhance the health and wellbeing of children, adults, and communities through integrative research steered by the innovative Self-Reg model. In this podcast, we highlight the research that is being mobilized to inform practice and inquiry worldwide.

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Episodes

Dr. Jean Clinton - Self-Reg and a Healthy Brain

Dr. Jean Clinton is a Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. In this episode, Dr. Jean shares insights and stories about the importance of the early years of life, attachment theory, trauma and connection between Self-Reg and healthy brain development.

Mar 10, 2019•57 min

Tiffany Goulet - Welcome to Kindergarten through a Self-Reg Lens

Tiffany Goulet is a Kindergarten teacher at St. Joseph's Elementary School in Dryden, Ontario. Tiffany and her colleagues have used a Self-Reg lens to rethink how they welcome kindergarten children and their families to the new school context.

Feb 22, 2019•47 min

Dr. Gerry Costa - Reframing Autism

Dr. Gerry Costa is the founding director of the Center for Autism and Early Childhood Mental Health and Professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Education, in the College of Education and Human Services at Montclair State University. In this conversation, we explore the current landscape concerning autism, making connections between current research in the field, the Self-Reg framework and emerging questions in both research and practice.

Feb 11, 2019•1 hr 2 min

Darcia Narvaez - The Evolved Nest

Dr. Darcia Narvaez is Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame specializing in ethical development and moral education, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. In this episode of Self-Reg: Science That Resonates, Dr. Narvaez talks about The Evolved Nest—the things that all children need surrounding them in the early years of life.

Feb 11, 2019•57 min

Angie Rosati, Lisa Taylor, Heather Jackson - Student Teacher Relationships through a Self-Reg Lens

We know that Student-Teacher Relationships are always important but especially in the early years of schooling. Join Angie Rosati, Lisa Taylor and Heather Jackson for a conversation about a research study conducted in Ontario's Dufferin County that looks more closely at the development of STRs and the potential of a professional learning course on the neurophysiology of child behaviour, as framed by Self-Reg™ theory, to impact these variables. Lisa Taylor: Quality Assurance Coordinator for Duffe...

Feb 11, 2019•52 min

Marie Poss, Kristy Timmons & Lorraine Purgret: Conceptualizing #SelfReg in Early Care and Education

Lorraine Purgret and Marie Poss Co-Coordinate the Early Childhood Education program at Fanshawe College(Simcoe Campus) Kristy Timmons is Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Queens University Listen in as we explore how their work is being influenced and informed by a Self-Reg lens. In this episode, we explore definitions of self regulation, the concept of play in early childhood education and the role of adults in the lives of young children....

Feb 11, 2019•1 hr 1 min

Stephen Porges - Polyvagal Theory and Safe Schools

Dr. Stephen Porges has been on a scientific quest to find "an intervening variable that would contribute to our understanding of individual differences in behaviour". Is there something that lies in between "stimulus" and "response". Dr. Porges' Polyvagal Theory is one answer to that question. Listen as Dr. Stephen Porges takes us deeper into the Polyvagal Theory, with a special focus on how it might be used in thinking about classroom and school environments.

Dec 18, 2018•53 min

Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins - Research Foundations of Early Childhood Development

n this episode, Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins join Stephen Hurley to speak about the research that grounds new approaches to early childhood education and development.

Dec 18, 2018•59 min

Lisa Bayrami and Stuart Shanker - The Self Regulation Institute

Lisa Bayrami is the Executive Director of the Self Regulation Institute, an organization dedicated to enhancing the health and wellbeing of children, adults, and communities through integrative research steered by the innovative Self-Reg model. Join Lisa and SRI founder, Stuart Shanker, as they discuss the vision for the organization and how mobilizing research in the area of Self-Regulation might help us move the conversations and the work forward.

Dec 18, 2018•34 min

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