In The beginning
A powerful method for understanding stress and managing energy levels
What is Self-Reg
Biological, emotional, cognitive, social and prosocial
What are The five primary domains of stress
A state that occurs when a person is stressed to the point where demands on the homeostatic systems are overstretched and compromised
What is Allostatic Overload
In order to pay attention, children just have to make a better effort
What is FALSE, We need to view behaviors through step 1 on The Shanker Method, Reframing Behavior
Brain system involved in the reactive behaviors and strong emotions often experienced when depleted
Reframe behavior, Recognize the stressors, Reduce the stress, Reflect stress awareness and Respond to promote restoration and resilience
What are the Five steps of Shankers Self-Reg method
Quiet time, yoga, music, breathing exercises are all examples of this
What is, Step 3 in the Shanker Method, ways to reduce the stressors
Often described as a wireless connection between caregiver and baby.
What is The Interbrain
All stressors are easily identified when we properly assess children's behavior. If not, then we are the problem!
What is False, there are many overt AND hidden stressors that impact Self - Reg
A uniquely human long period of early childhood dependency necessitated by the immaturity of the human brain at birth.
What is Secondary Altriciality
The most important question before labeling behavior as misbehavior
What is why this behavior and why now?
Being left out, not being understood, not being listened to, lack of friends are examples of?
What are stressors in the Social Domain
Occurs when a caregiver regulates another's physiological state with the steady and calm presence
What is Co-Regulation
We want the children to be able to understand what “calm” feels like and to be aware that it is NOT the same as quiet.
What is True, This is the goal of Step 4 of the Shanker Method: Reflect & Enhance Stress Awareness
The process of developing neural pathways that develop into patterns of behaviour that may or may not be adaptive.
What is Canalization
This will always cause us to burn energy, even if it's positive
What is Stress or Stressors
A child or adult experiencing low processing speed in a speedy world
What are stressors in the Cognitive Domain
To reduce another person's level of arousal (or your own).
What is down Regulating
Lowering the stress load that a student is exposed to by reducing and removing the stressor is a key step in the Self Reg process
What is True. Identifying, recognizing and removing stressors are all necessary in regaining homeostasis
The brain and nervous system's unconscious mechanism for scanning the environment and processing sensory information to assess threat or safety.
What is Neuroception
Dr. Susan Hopkins was quoted saying These are needed when viewing the behavior of others and ourselves
What are Soft Eyes
Compassion fatigue, being late, compromising your values and needs to help others
What are stressors in the Prosocial Domain
The felt experience or sense of internal physiological states and what is going on inside your body.
What is Introception
The Executive Director of the Mehrit Center is Dr. Stewart Shanker
What is False, it is Dr. Susan Hopkins
Strategies that can be used to effectively deal with stress and help people return to a state of calm and balance.
What are Adaptive Coping Strategies