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The items I am requesting already have a home and a specific purpose for our students. In other words, we have a room all ready to go to support all of the sensory needs of our students, we just need the materials to make this a reality! The weighted vests, weighted stuffed animals, weighted blankets, weighted wrist wraps, and body socks will be used in our sensory room to support students who are hyper-aroused or out of regulation to become regulated in order to return to their learning environment and be successful in the classroom: proprioception is necessary for building body awareness and security in how we fit in with our environment. Students that lack propioception need specific supports, such as heavy work! This is a phrase you will often hear occupational therapists use as a go-to strategy in almost any sensory diet. This can mean much more than just carrying something heavy; it is simply resistive input. This could be squeezing something in your hands, chewing something particularly hard, or pushing, pulling, lifting, climbing, or crawling with the entire body. The donations to this project will help to improve my students sensory input which will also improve their academics and social interactions. By incorporating a sensory room with weighted materials into the daily lives of my students, I hope to discover methods and techniques to support a more regulated child ready to attend to the tasks at hand.
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