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Optimal Arousal through Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic Strategies

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West Kentucky Educational Cooperative

Developed

by

"keeping students on an even keel"

Click the
Life Preserver
to Learn the basics of OARRRS

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Students have 8 senses that need to
stay regulated for optimal arousal

Click here to learn about the 8 senses and how dysregulation can manifest as undesireable behavior

was developed to increase student motivation and decrease
disruptive behavior using sensory regulating strategies in 5 steps

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Identify the Sensory

Need

Identify the Frequency of the Need

Narrow down target behaviors to 1 or 2

Determine how sensory modifications can be delivered in the least restrictive manner

Select strategies that are good for teaching all students, but essential for our focus student

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Step 1

Use the Sensory Discrimination Checklist to Determine Sensory
Seeking and/or Avoiding Behaviors

Detailed Instructions for Use

Download the Checklist for Printing

Tally Responses to Guide Observation

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Spanish Translation

Step 2

Sensory Modulation Clarification
How often should we provide opportunities for our student to engage in or be removed from stimuli?

Detailed Instructions for Use

Download the Behavior Observation Form For Printing

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Step 3

We have identified what sensory opportunities need to be provided or avoided and how often. Now let's narrow down to 1 or 2 critical sensory driven behaviors to target

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Download the Sensory Analysis of Findings

Detailed Instructions for Use

Step 4

Step 1 - We identified potential sensory antecedents to disruptive behavior.
Step 2 - We determined the frequency of the sensory intervention.
Step 3 - We determined which sensory area(s) to target first.
Step 4 - Now, let's use a tiered approach to determine how to maintain optimal arousal in a least restrictive environment

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Click Here to Learn More

Step 5

Let's get started teaching using carefully selected academic strategies. In doing so, we are using Universally Designed Instruction (UDL). In this step, the sensory strategies selected will make learning "good for all students and essential for some."

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