Stuart Shanker Email & Phone Number

Dr. Stuart Shanker is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Psychology at York University, CEO of the MEHRIT Centre, Ltd. (www.self-reg.ca), Science Director of the Self-Regulation Institute (https://selfregulationinstitute.org/), an internationally celebrated speaker, thinker, and writer, and one of the world’s leading authorities on self-regulation. Trained intensively in child psychotherapy under Stanley Greenspan, Dr. Shanker was the Director of the Milton and Ethel Harris Research Initiative at York University, President of the Canadian Council of Early Child Development and Director of the Council of Human Development. Over the past decade, Dr. Shanker has served as an advisor on early child development to government organizations across Canada, the United States and Australia, where he served as the 2012 Thinker in Residence for Western Australia. In Canada, he is assisting in Kindergarten to grade 12 Self-Reg initiatives in school jurisdictions across the country. A best-selling author, one of his many books, “Calm, Alert and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation" (2012) is the top selling educational publication ever in Canada. His latest book “Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life” (2016) has been translated into many languages. Dr. Shanker cares deeply about the health and well-being of children and families, and what is every bit as important to him is the health and well-being of teachers. Dr. Shanker’s five-step Self-Reg model, The Shanker Method®, is a powerful process for understanding and managing stress in children, youth and adults. He commits considerable time to bringing the research and science of Self-Reg to early childhood educators, teachers, educational leaders, health practitioners and communities through presentations, online courses, webinars, publications, social media and his Psychology Today blog called "Self-Reg".

Listed skills include Public Speaking, Research, Teaching, Program Development, and 17 others.