At Home Heavy Work Activity Ideas for Calming
What is heavy work?
Heavy Work is considered any activity that provides proprioceptive deep pressure input to the muscles and joints which regulates and organizes the body. This type of work involves pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying objects that are heavy or hard to move. Heavy work benefits many kids with sensory processing disorder and anxiety because it helps slow the body down, helps with concentration, coordination, body awareness and balance. Wearing weighted clothing is one way to do heavy work without an activity or one way to enhance other heavy work activities to get more input.
Below is the top 8 activities to try at home for heavy work if your child is starting to escalate.
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