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Understanding Stress and Trauma

Stress and trauma underpins many distressed behaviours. Understanding stress, arousal and trauma and how these can interact is integral to the Low Arousal Approach

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Non-Confrontation

Many incidents are inadvertently triggered by supporters. This course teaches non-confrontation skills to avoid arguments and appear non-threatening to distressed individuals.

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De-escalation Excellence

The Low Arousal Approach combines theory and practice to make practitioners experts in de-escalation. Start your Low Arousal journey today. 

About the course

This course introduces Low Arousal Approaches and is designed for carers, support workers, and professionals working in mental health, social care, foster/residential care, and educational settings. This an opportunity to enhance professional skills for those who work with children, young people, and adults in various settings. Learning focuses on understanding stress and arousal associated with distressed and dysregulated emotional, physiological and psychological states when supporting vulnerable people with additional needs or difficulties who may present with complex and difficult to manage behaviours. The course provides relevant learning and approaches for both experienced professionals and practitioners and for new staff.

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this 3 hour course, you will be able to: ☑ Define what is meant by the term a ‘Low Arousal Approach’ ☑ Understand of the core beliefs and values of Low Arousal Approaches ☑ Identify the key principles of the Low Arousal Approach and appreciate why they are of such importance to understanding and managing distressed behaviour ☑ Explore examples of Low Arousal in practice and how the approach has been applied to positively enhance the lives of people being supported ☑ Bring this learning into your own care and professional practice

Curriculum

1 Chapter · 5 Lessons

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    Studio 3 Low Arousal Approaches Foundation CPD Course

    1. (Included in full purchase)

      Introduction

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      Learning Objectives

    3. (Included in full purchase)

      Studio 3 Low Arousal Approaches Foundation CPD Course: Webinar

    4. (Included in full purchase)

      Assessment and Feedback Form

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      Additional Course Reading

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Become a Low Arousal practitioner and discover a simple, common-sense approach to supporting distressed individuals without the use of sanctions and controls.

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