Nancy Smykaluk

The Freeze Response

A great first day for the Primary Learning Strategy Class. We were busy bees 🐝

A beautiful card filled with hope from a friend @misspinnell and a box 🎁 full of lovely Self-Reg treats was just what I needed on this rainy day ☔️ @Self_Reg

Behind the scenes of the online ‘coffee & connecting’ morning chat with our online friends attending the Self-Reg Summer Symposium hosted by the amazing Vicki and Susan @susanhopkins5 @vickigeekmom #SRSS2024

Listening to Stuart speak on ‘The Self-Reg Path to Moral Wellbeing’ #srss2024 day 3 @Self_Reg

Stuart!!! #SRSS2024 today

Day 2 of #SRSS2024 and there is a buzz in the air. Can’t wait to hear @susanhopkins5 speak on Resilence

Listening to an informative panel discussion about the journeys of Self Reg in schools and stories shared #SRSS2024

Day 1 of #SRSS2024 You can already feel the excitement! @cathern2 @misspinnell @susanhopkins5 @Self_Reg

*This is No Ordinary Garden* 🪴 We’ve partnered with CNIB Deafblind Community Services to grow this sensory garden in honour of Deafblind Awareness Month in June. Thanks to the family donations @sttcatholic and our ECO team. #GrowingUnderstanding2024 #DeafblindAwarenessMonth

Relationships matter for a positive school culture.They are also important in trauma informed/responsive practices & how we communicate with young people stuck in limbic brain & sympathetic responses.We need to regulate brains that can't regulate themselves yet.🧠🌱

Ready to join us as a Vice-Principal or Principal, #BHNCDSB is taking applications to join our Catholic leadership team! The application deadline is today at 4:30 pm! Visit: bit.ly/3wRTXGU #BHNLeadership #BHNForAll

These Wall Can Sing online auction is open. Here is a painting by Fred Penner who painted the song "The Cat Came Back". All of the money raise goes to St Vincent de Paul Society, so let's bid this up. Here is the link shackeltonauctions.hibid.com/catalog/517522…

A New Year ❄️ New Beginnings ❄️ New Blessing and ❄️ New Hope ❄️ Blesssed to work with these amazing community partners! Check out our ur new January t-shirts. @ymcahbb @sttcatholic

Some festive self-care.🧠🌱

"The greater the child's overall stress-load, the deeper he or she goes into a state of low-energy and high-tension." ~ Stuart Shanker self-reg.ca #ShankerWisdom #SelfReg

We are called to love #BHNCalledtoLove @sttcatholic @hfcatholic

Catching up listening to the presentations from the #SRSS2023 A great presentation from @CarbinoCrystal Thank you for sharing your wisdom @Self_Reg

A simple act of kindness creates an endless ripple that comes back to you!

We will never change behaviors with one conversation. Change takes time. Change takes patience. Change takes support. 🧡