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SELF-REG COURSE

Self-Reg Parenting Course

For parents and caregivers who feel stretched thin and want real science, fresh strategies, and hope.
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Snapshot
•   Format: Self-directed • On-demand • Learn at your own pace
•   Length: ~10–12 hours across 12 modules
•   Who You'll See:  Vicky Parnell (PhD Candidate) – Host
     - Susan Hopkins (EdD)
     - Stuart Shanker (DPhil)
     - Jean Clinton (MD, Psychiatrist)
•   Certificate: Digital certificate of completion

Why This Course

Parenting and caregiving can feel relentless. Meltdowns, sibling battles, school refusal, screen stress, bedtime chaos, and worries about mental health or school struggles are enough to leave even the most dedicated caregiver drained. For families blessed with neurodiverse children, the load can feel even heavier, as every transition, peer interaction, or call from school adds new stress.

At the same time, parents and caregivers are bombarded with advice — books, blogs, and social feeds all claiming to have the answers. It’s easy to feel like you’re in “expert-mode overload,” overwhelmed while worrying deeply about your child’s well-being, learning, relationships, and future.

The Self-Reg Parenting Course offers a different way forward: the power of reframing. Rooted in the science of stress and self-regulation, it helps you see behaviour not as defiance or failure, but as a sign of excess stress. Stress isn’t the enemy — it becomes a problem when it’s more than a child has the internal and external resources to manage. This course helps you recognize when stress loads are too heavy, understand what’s happening beneath the behaviour, and discover practical strategies to restore calm and strengthen connection at home.

Although much of the course draws on examples from younger children and elementary years, it also includes scenarios relevant for older children and teens. Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, guardian, adoptive or foster parent — there’s something here for you.

Inside You’ll Find

  • The 5 Steps of Self-Reg (Reframe, Recognize, Reduce, Reflect, Restore) applied directly to parenting challenges
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  • The 5 Domains of stress and how everyday stressors — from lack of sleep to peer tension — fill a child’s “stress backpack” and spill out as big behaviours
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  • Strategies for the hard moments: tantrums, bedtime pushback, homework battles, sibling conflict, lying and stealing, screen stress, and school struggles
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  • Insights into how your own stress and energy affect your child — and what you can do to restore balance for yourself as well as your family
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  • Parent stories and real-life scenarios that make the science relatable and show you’re not alone in the challenges you face
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  • Opportunities to pause, reflect, and apply through short quizzes, activities, and a practical workbook you can revisit anytime

You'll Walk Away With

  • A science-based lens to reframe behaviour as excess stress — bringing clarity and relief
  • Practical strategies you can try in everyday situations, especially the tough ones
  • Tools to lighten stress loads and restore balance for both your child and yourself
  • A renewed sense of confidence and hope — knowing you don’t need every answer, but you now have a framework that helps you find a way forward

Who Might Be Interested

   Parents and caregivers of children in the early years and elementary grades
   Families of older children and adolescents — with examples across ages, this course speaks to every stage
   Grandparents, guardians, and foster parents who want supportive approaches grounded in science
   Families blessed with the unique perspectives of neurodiverse children
   Professionals seeking an accessible, caregiver-focused introduction to Self-Reg science
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Hosted by Vicky Parnell (PhD Candidate) and featuring Susan Hopkins (EdD), Stuart Shanker (DPhil), and Jean Clinton (MD, Psychiatrist), this course blends neuroscience, relatable family stories, and practical strategies — showing how reframing excess stress can bring fresh hope and clarity to one of the toughest and most important roles there is.
Meet the PRESENTERS

Stuart, Susan, Jean & Vicki

  • Dr. Stuart Shanker, originator of the Self-Reg framework and author of Self-Reg: How to help your child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life
  • Dr. Susan Hopkins, Executive Director of the MEHRIT Centre
  • Dr. Jean Clinton, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from McMaster University with a special interest in parenting and parent-child relationships
  • Vicki Parnell, administrator of the Self-Reg Parenting Facebook Group

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