Homeostatic Sensory Reset Hypothesis
Sensory Modulation Brisbane has developed a worksheet (including a fillable option) to support structured application of the Homeostatic Sensory Reset Hypothesis. The worksheet includes practical considerations to guide the safe selection and use of gustatory input within everyday contexts. The worksheet includes prompts addressing practical considerations, FODMAP requirements, oral care, and intended use of the strategy.
Hot Spots and Hot What’s
Mental Health Units, Emergency Departments and other hospital and care environments are places where higher levels of aggression and frustration can occur. Within these environments there can be specific locations/areas which have an even greater concentration of aggression and frustration. These locations can be described as Hot Spots. (Gillespie et al 2018). In the safe wards literature, the physical environment is one of six domains or categories of factors that can give rise to flashpoints, which have the capacity to trigger conflict and/or containment. (Bowers, 2014).
This article will explore how to identify Hot Spots (and Hot What’s) and some solutions to address them.
Hot What’s = Sensory Modulation Brisbane term to describe the sensory input that is present at hot spots.
Safe Spaces Resource
Sensory Modulation Brisbane team wrote a chapter for the Safe Spaces Network for Brisbane North
Tools and resources: a working document.
Chapter on Sensory Modulation
The chapter includes information on:
What is Sensory Modulation?
what can Sensory Modulation be used to achieve?
How does Sensory Modulation work?
Sensory Modulation in Safe Spaces
Designing Spaces
Sensory Spaces Audit