Publications Database

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2017)

Interventions targeting sensory challenges in children with autism spectrum disorder: An update.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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Autism Society Canada (2008)

A warning about weighted blankets: Memo to all Autism Society Canada members.

Autism Society Canada

Carter S. L. (2005)

An empirical analysis of the effects of a possible sinus infection and weighted vest on functional analysis outcomes of self-injury exhibited by a child with autism.

Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention

2 pp. 252-258

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Davis T. N. et al. (2013)

The effects of a weighted vest on aggressive and self-injurious behavior in a child with autism.

Developmental Neurorehabilitation

16(3), pp. 210-215.

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Deris A. R. et al. (2006)

Using a weighted or pressure vest for a child with autistic spectrum.

Washington, DC: Education Resources Information Center

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Fertel-Daly D. , Bedwell G. , Hinojosa J. (2001)

Effects of a weighted vest on attention to task and self-stimulatory behaviours in preschoolers with pervasive developmental disorders.

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

55(6), pp. 629-640

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Gringras P. et al. (2014)

Weighted blankets and sleep in autistic children: A randomized controlled trial.

Pediatrics

August, 134(2), pp. 298-306.

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Hodgetts S. , Magill-Evans J. , Misiaszek J. (2011)

Effects of weighted vests on classroom behavior for children with autism and cognitive impairments.

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

5(1), pp. 495-505

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Hodgetts S. , Magill-Evans J. , Misiaszek J. (2011)

Weighted vests, stereotyped behaviors and arousal in children with autism.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

41(6), pp. 805-814.

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Honaker D. , , Rossi L. (2005)

Proprioception and participation at school: are weighted vests effective. Appraising the evidence, part I.

Sensory Integration Special Interest Section Quarterly

28 pp. 1-4

Joe B. E. (1998)

Are weighted vests worth their weight.

OT Week

12 pp. 12-13

Kane A. et al. (2004)

Wearing a weighted vest as intervention for children with autism/pervasive development disorder.

Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice

3(2),

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Lang R. B. et al. (2012)

Sensory integration therapy for autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

pp. 1004-1018

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Leew S. , Stein N. , Gibbard W. (2010)

Weighted vests' effect on social attention for toddlers with autism spectrum disorders

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapies

77(2), pp. 113-124

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Losinski M. et al. (2017)

The effects of deep pressure therapies and antecedent exercise on stereotypical behaviors of students with autism spectrum disorders.

Behavioral Disorders

42(4), pp. 196-208.

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Morrison E. E. (2007)

A review of research on the use of weighted vests with children on the autism spectrum.

Education

127(3), pp. 323-327

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Myles B. S. (2004)

Examining the effects of the use of weighted vests for addressing behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders.

Journal of the International Association of Special Educators

5(1), pp. 47-62

Olson L. J. , Moulton H. J. (2004)

Use of weighted vests in pediatric occupational therapy practice.

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

24(3), pp. 45-60

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Pollock N. (2009)

Sensory integration: A review of the current state of the evidence.

Occupational Therapy Now

11(5), pp. 6-10

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Quigley S. P. et al. (2011)

Effects of a weighted vest on problem behaviors during functional analyses in children with pervasive developmental disorders.

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

6 pp. 529–538.

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