Sensory experiences
Individual sensory experiences can be used to change a student’s arousal level to be alert and attentive, or calm and relaxed.
Alerting activities are generally:
- new
- fast-paced
- unpredictable
- fairly intense
- complex
- highly demanding
Calming activities are generally:
- familiar
- slow-paced
- predicable
- not very intense
- simple
- have a low demand
Students have individual responses to these types of activities, and what is calming to one student may be alerting to another.
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