Mental Health and Well-Being
Modules
Articles & Resources
THRC Podcasts
Join us as we reflect and learn together by sharing stories and perspectives from professionals in the early learning community. You can find all episodes of THRC Table Talks on Soundcloud and Spotify. Do you have something to share? Email us at connect@thrc.ca. Use this Podcast Reflection Form to reflect on your learning after listening to an episode, and add it to your CPL.
Taking Care of Your Mental Health
Reach Out Centre for Kids joins us to explore how we can take care of our ourselves so we can do our best to take care of others. What ideas resonated with you to try?
Maintaining Motivation
Join us as we sit down with Belinda, a preschool educator in Halton, to discuss how she maintains her motivation during challenging times, and how she has responded to the changes over the past year while still offering high quality experiences for children.
THRC Information & Inspiration Sheets
THRC's Information and Inspiration Sheets provide Educators with concrete ideas and relevant information to support Early Learning and Child Care environments.
Self-Regulation for Educators Information Sheet
Making a Smooth Transition from Home to Child Care Information Sheet
Supporting Free Expression in Montessori Information Sheet
Supporting Positive Interactions Information Sheet
Social & Emotional Development in the Montessori Environment Information Sheet
Webinars
Intro to the Halton Early Years Mental Health Toolkit
Introduction to Shanker Self-Regulation Recording
Understanding Compassion Fatigue Recording
A Discussion of Mental Health in Early Childhood Settings
Introduction to the Kindergarten Parents Survey & Findings 2023
**The kindergarten parent survey video provides insight on caregiver experiences on stress, social support, and feelings of neighborhood cohesion. As well as findings on increased physical activity amongst kindergarten aged children.
Modules
10 Days of Self-Regulation
This self-paced resource includes reflective prompts and exercises that take a closer look and a deeper understanding of self-regulation including some of the science behind self-regulation, and how understanding your own self-regulation supports the children in your care.
*All information and online resources have been adapted from the works of Dr. Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins from The Mehrit Centre
Let's Talk Self-Reg: Diving Into Educator Self-Regulation
This self-paced learning resource will guide, you the educator, to dive deeper into your own self-regulation and deepen your understanding of how the 5 steps of self-reg can support you inside and outside the classroom. Understanding your own self-reg will further support you in co-regulation when working with children.
*All information and online resources have been adapted from the works of Dr. Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins from The Mehrit Centre
