An Applied Self-Reg® Knowledge Course
With Dr. Stuart Shanker & Susan Hopkins
Based on the 2025 book Restoring Resilience (Shanker, Showalter & Hopkins, 2025)
Next cohort begins: October 9, 2025
10 Modules · 3 Months · $745 CAD · Asynchronous with a Facilitated Cohort
What If We’ve Been Getting Resilience All Wrong?
We’ve tried to train it. Teach it. Toughen it.
We’ve used rewards, consequences, and grit charts.
But what if resilience isn’t something to build?
What if the key is to restore it?
Welcome to a transformative reframe—rooted in neuroscience, guided by compassion, and brought to life through the Shanker Self-Reg® Framework.
What Is This Course?
This is an applied Self-Reg deep dive—combining the neurobiology of resilience with real-world strategies you can use in your own life and practice. It’s grounded in the new science presented in Restoring Resilience (Shanker & Hopkins, 2025), and shaped by decades of research in:
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Allostasis and energy flow
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Autonomic nervous system flexibility
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The SEEKING system and dopaminergic circuitry
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Primitive Emotion Circuits (e.g., Fear, Panic/Grief)
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Interbrain dynamics and co-regulation
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Homeostatic and heterostatic balance
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Neuroception, vagal tone, and polyvagal theory
Whether you’re new to Self-Reg or have years of practice, this course brings fresh insight, deeper science, and practical tools for restoring well-being in children, youth, and yourself.