Helping children feel safe enough to regulate, learn and participate in everyday life.
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 respond with 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.
Because when adults understand regulation, children are given better conditions to participate, learn and grow.
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The Heart of My Work:
Children do well when the adults around them understand and support how their nervous systems work.
The Work Behind the Framework
- Occupational Therapist since 1991
- Sensory integration Certified therapist (ASI®)
- Neurodevelopmental Certified Therapist
- Cognitive Behaviour trained therapist (APS)
- Trauma-Informed Coach
- Founder of Sensory SMART OT (2010)
- Guest Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
- Mentor and supervisor for emerging therapists
- Creator of The Regulation Hourglass™
- Author of “What’s Right with Me?” and “Teaching Kids Emotions”
