Wow, 394 people responded to this survey on the use of weighted vests with children.
What is your role?
Do you or have you ever worked with a child who used a weighted vest?
How did you determine if the weighted vest was beneficial?
- Clinical Observation – 70%
- Recorded Data – 16%
- Rubric Scale – 1%
- Formal evaluation tools – 1%
- Did not formally collect data – 5%
- Other – 7%
How much weight was in the vest?
- 5% of body weight – 42%
- 10% of body weight – 35%
- 15% of body weight – 4%
- Not sure – 11%
- Other – 8%
How long did the child wear the weighted vest?
- 20-30 minute intervals – 69%
- 1 to 2 hour intervals – 13%
- All school day – 2%
- When the child requested it – 2%
- When the adult recommended using it – 5%
- Other – 9%