Weighted Vest for Children
Weighted Vest for Children
The goal was to help a child with a weighted vest that looked just like what other children were wearing. To achieve this goal, I weight a “store bought” children’s vest with a weighted lining.
The vests are all custom made for your child. I order a vest and “load it up” with 2, 3, or 4 pounds of weight. Vests have the weights loaded into lining fabric and stitched onto the vest and are visible from the inside but not the outside. The weights are permanently attached. Vests are a custom order and are not returnable or exchangeable.
Toddler vests can only handle 2 or 2.5 pounds of weight. The 4/5 can handle up to 4 pounds. 6/7 can go up to 5. Larger sizes can handle more weight, the up-charge for weight over 4 pounds is $10 a pound.
Weighted Vests are designed to calm children with autism, ADD, Sensory processing or sensory integration disorder and ADHD. Weight is often used to assist the child to self-calm and relax so that sensory stimulus can be processed. The use of a weighted vest provides the child with unconscious information from the muscles and joints.
Children who are easily distracted, hyperactive and lacking in concentration respond positively to the additional weight or pressure a vest provides.
Some therapists have also found that a weighted vest may assist with reflex maturity, body position awareness and coordination, balance, eye/hand coordination, spatial perception and hearing and speaking skills. Because of these anecdotal outcomes, many therapists working with children are recommending the use of a weighted vest.
US shipping is free. Buyer pays for international shipping. Each vest is custom made for you and can take 4-6 weeks for delivery. Add extra weight here:https://oilmygoodness.co/calming-sense/extraweight