HELPING CHILDREN UNDERSTAND, TOLERATE, AND REGULATION THEIR INNER WORLD.

 

Roots of Regulation TM  was created to bring essential emotional and regulation skills

into education early so children grow up with the tools to understand themselves, related with compassion, and build healthier futures. 

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Overview

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Roots of Regulation is an educational program desinged to stregthen emotional intelligence, self-regulation, and relational capacity during critical periods of child and adolescent development. Grounded in neuroscience, developmental psychology, and prevention science, the program addresses a growing public health need: widespread stress dysregulation, emotional disconnection, and fifficulty navigating relationships across the lifespan. 

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Why Prevention Matters

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Research across neuroscience, gerontology, and public health demonstrates that lifelong health, resilience, and relational functioning are shaped early in development.  Chronic stress, emotional suppression, and lack of regulation skills accumulate over time, contributing to burnout, chronic illness, relational instability, and diminished well-being in adulthood. 

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Despite this, most individuals are never taught:

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• what emotions are for

• how to recognize stress signals early 

• how to regulate before overwhelm occurs

• how to recognize needs and identify related boundaries

• how to communicate needs and boundaries calmly

• how to seek support without shame

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Roots of Regulation addresses this gap through education, not treatment, by building foundational emotional skills before patterns become entrenched. 

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Program Approach 

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The program teaches children and youth to:

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• understand emotions as information, not problems

• recognize body-based stress signals

• develop language for feelings, needs and boundaries

• practice regulation and repair skills

• related to others with curiosity rather than judgment

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These skills support safer classrooms, more connected families, and healthier long-term outcomes. 

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Long-Term Impact

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By strengthening regulation and emotional literacy, Roots of Regulation contributes to:

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• imporved learning readiness

• healthier peer relationships

• reduced behavioral escalation

• increased help-seeking

• long-term resilience and well-being 

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This is prevention at its roots, supporting not only individual flourishing, but healthier communities across generations.

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