'Stretching': a simple strategy for improving the quality of life of children and young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties

Stretching: an introduction. When possible, most people ‘prepare’ for favoured experiences and events in their lives. They plan and organise for the experiences beforehand, take the opportunity to engage in positive anticipations, and think about and discuss their positive expectations for these forthcoming experiences with important others. (Hopefully these ‘lived experiences’ live up to these anticipations and expectations!) Most people also re- live, reflect on and reminisce about past favoured experiences and events, either personally and/or with important others.