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Low Arousal

Reducing stress

THE REFLECTIVE JOURNEY

A Practitioner's Guide to the Low Arousal Approach

by Professor Andrew McDonnell

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Welcome to the

Low Arousal homepage!

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What is the Low Arousal Approach?

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The Low Arousal approach emphasises a range of behaviour management strategies that focus on the reduction of stress, fear and frustration and seeks to prevent aggression and crisis situations. The low arousal approach seeks to understand the role of the ‘situation’ by identifying triggers and using low intensity strategies and solutions to avoid punitive consequences for distressed individuals.

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The Low Arousal approach enables practitioners to avoid the use of punitive consequences, such as physical restraint, for individuals from a variety of settings through early identification and intervention using low intensity strategies and solutions right the way through to managing meltdowns. The essential core principle is that many people inadvertently trigger behaviours, therefore it is often our behaviour which needs to change. 

Read about the important features of the Low Arousal approach...

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