Practical Learning for the Adults who Support Children
Choose the pathway that best fits where you are right now.
For Therapists
Clinical frameworks, masterclasses and practical tools for paediatric OTs.
For Parents
Simple, practical guidance for understanding your child and supporting calmer daily life.
For Educators
Classroom-ready strategies to support participation, emotional safety and regulation.
Hi there, I’m Beryl Smith
For more than 35 years, I’ve worked as a paediatric Occupational Therapist alongside children, families, teachers and therapists.
Across every setting, I’ve seen the same challenge:
children are often expected to cope, learn and behave before their nervous systems are ready.
That is what led me to develop The Regulation Hourglass™, a practical framework that helps adults recognise a child’s current regulation capacity and provide the right support at the right time.
Today, the courses and resources shared here make that clinical knowledge practical and accessible for the adults supporting children every day.
Free Practical Tools to Get You Started
Download practical visuals, quick-reference guides and simple regulation supports to begin using these ideas straight away.
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Why The Regulation Hourglass™ Is Different
A clinically developed framework designed to help adults understand what support a child can actually access in the moment.
Clinically Grounded
Built from more than 35 years of paediatric occupational therapy experience across hospitals, schools, community services and private practice.
Practical to Apply
Clear explanations, decision-making tools and usable strategies designed for real everyday situations, not just theory.
Across Every Environment
Useful across therapy, classrooms and home life, helping the adults around the child work with more consistency.
Regulation First
Support is matched to the child’s current nervous system capacity so adults can provide the right response at the right time.
Why Professionals Trust This Approach
Clinical reasoning, practical tools and regulation-first support built from decades of paediatric occupational therapy experience.
35+ Years Clinical Experience
Built from decades of paediatric OT work across hospitals, schools, community and private practice.
Regulation-First Framework
Support is matched to the child’s nervous system capacity before behaviour, skills or expectations are pushed.
Practical to Use Immediately
Clear strategies, visuals and decision-making tools adults can begin applying straight away.
Across Home, School & Therapy
Designed to help families, educators and therapists respond with more consistency around the child.
Not Sure Where To Begin? Start Here.
The Regulation in the Moment Masterclass gives paediatric therapists a simple, practical framework for deciding what support a child can actually access when dysregulation occurs.
In this 80-minute training you will learn:
• when the nervous system needs stabilising
• when scaffolding is appropriate
• when skill-building can realistically begin
Immediate practical application,14 day access from purchase date.
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