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To Vest? Or Not to Vest? What is the Evidence?
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Wednesday, June 12, 2024
4 PM PST | 5 PM MST | 6 PM CST | 7 PM EST
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What You’ll Learn During This FREE Webinar
Evaluate the available evidence on the effectiveness of weighted and pressure tools in a school environment.
Identify a clear, evidence-based plan for implementing a weighted or pressure vest with a student, breaking it into five actionable steps.
Identify the contraindications of using a pressure or weighted vest.
🦺 WHEN TO CONSIDER USING A WEIGHTED VEST
🦺 WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF WEIGHTED VESTS?
🦺 WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS ON AUTISM AND SEVERE INTELLECTUAL DIFFICULTIES?
🦺 SENSORY WEIGHTED PRODUCT ADVICE
🦺 WHAT ARE THE CONTRAINDICATIONS OF VESTS
🦺 OUR ROLE AS AN EDUCATOR
Jaime Spencer is a pediatric Occupational Therapist with 25 years’ experience in Long Island, New York. She currently works in a public school with students—Kindergarten to 5th grade. She also has ten years’ experience working in a sensory gym with preschool-age children.
She is a fierce advocate for school-based occupational therapy practitioners in the State of New York and across the USA. She runs a grassroots coalition and donates a portion of her proceeds to advocacy for her profession.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Utica College of Syracuse University and a Master’s Degree in Special Education from Adelphi University. She was recently certified in Assistive Technology from California State University Northridge.
Jaime Spencer is the author of the Occupational Therapy blog www.MissJaimeOT.com