Editorials by Tamara Strijack

Tamara Strijack · Oct 15, 2024
Restless: What’s behind the stories of anxiety, attention problems and adrenaline-seeking?
What do anxiety, attention problems, bullying, and adrenaline-seeking all have in common? Although these stories all seem to be coming from a differe…Read more
Tamara Strijack · Jun 19, 2024
Creating Safe Spaces: How Pretend Play Supports Child Development
The Art of Creating Space & the Magic of Pretend: Let me introduce you to Mister Rogers and Mister Dressup. Perhaps they need no introduction, es…Read more
Tamara Strijack · Oct 31, 2023
Finding our own Expressive Play
An Invitation “Just make a mark,” Tammy said, as she boldly drew a messy line on her paper. I had been the kind of girl who coloured between t…Read more
Tamara Strijack · Sep 6, 2023
If Yellow Was the Colour of Playfulness
Tamara Strijack reflects on losing and rediscovering playfulness through parenting, creativity, and everyday life. A gentle reminder of why play matt…Read more
Tamara Strijack · May 5, 2022
The Mud Puddle and a Slug Called Finley
Tamara Strijack reflects on childhood wonder, mud puddle protests, and a slug named Finley—showing how nature nurtures growth and resilience. Read more
Tamara Strijack · Jan 10, 2022
Reflections on the Passage of Time
Discover how play, presence, and natural rhythms can transform our relationship with time, offering moments of timelessness and deeper connection. Read more
Tamara Strijack · Jun 29, 2021
Adding the Wisdom of Play to the Wisdom of Trauma
Tamara Strijack is exploring how play helps heal trauma and restore connection, expanding on Gabor Maté’s insights from The Wisdom of Trauma. Read more
Tamara Strijack · May 25, 2021
90 Days of Sunday: Reflections on a Season of Slow
Tamara Strijack reflects on her sabbatical—90 days of slowing down, unplugging from technology, and rediscovering rhythm, rest, and permission throug…Read more
Tamara Strijack · Nov 2, 2020
HELP! Adolescent Angst Then and Now
Tamara Strijack reflects on her own teenage angst and her daughter’s, showing how parents can create safety for adolescents to feel, stumble, and gro…Read more

Reclaiming Our Students: Why Children Are More Anxious, Aggressive, and Shut Down Than Ever – And What We Can Do About It

By Hannah Beach & Tamara Strijack

Children are more anxious, aggressive, and shut down than ever. Faced with this epidemic of emotional health crises and behavioral problems, teachers are asking themselves what went wrong. Why have we lost our students? More importantly: how can we get them back? Reclaiming Our Students is a thoughtful guide to restoring the student-teacher relationship and creating the conditions for change, written by Hannah Beach, celebrated educator and specialist in emotional health, and Tamara Neufeld Strijack, clinical counsellor and academic dean of the acclaimed Neufeld Institute—with a foreword by Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.. Reclaiming Our Students empowers teachers with relationship-based strategies to restore their leadership role and build emotional safety in the classroom.

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