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In Summary
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Kathy Otto and Phoebe Rinkel have noted the following in general:
| Calming or Soothing Interventions tend to be: | Stimulating (or Overstimulating) Interventions tend to be: | |
| Touch | • Firm touch, pressure | • Light touch, tickling |
| • Slow, continuous touch | • Unexpected touch | |
| Movement | • Slow, continuous movement | • Fast, sudden movements with starts and stops, direction changes |
| Temperature | • Warmth | • Cold |
| Sounds | • Quiet, soft sounds | • Loud, sudden sounds |
| Deep pressure | • Joint compression, weight bearing • Resistive activities | • Being barefoot |
| Visual | • Low lighting, little visual stimuli | • Bright lights, visual stimuli |
| Oral | Sucking movement Sweet flavors Warm temperatures (i.e hot tea) | Crunching Sour/bitter flavors Cold temperature (i.e. ice water) |
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| Too little stimulation | Just enough stimulation (just right) | Too much stimulation |
| · Underaroused, bored, understimulated | · Optimal level of arousal or stimulation | · Overaroused, overstimulated, or overwhelmed |
| · Occurs when expectations or input is too low | · Calm, alert, focused · Able to work, focus, concentration · Being just right · Having your engine running just right · Feeling ‘in the zone’ | · Occurs when expectations and demands exceed the person’s ability to cope |
| · What to do · Use activating strategies, e.g. Increase stimulation or input | · What to do · Use ‘stabilizing’ routines to keep in this zone i.e. continue to use the alerting/calming stimulation activities that work for you. | · What to do · Use soothing strategies, e.g. Reduce stimulation, expectations or demands; reduce sensory input |