• • Proactively introducing the weighted lap pad requires allowing all students to trial the use. This may be down throughout the first few weeks of school where set perimeters are established and students are each given an opportunity to use it. The goal is to normalize the use for all so the few that benefit are more willing to use. 

• • Responsively introducing a weighted lap pad may happen when the supervising adult notices a need to reduce anxiety and  restlessness, or increase regulation. The lap pad must be discussed and trialed. The student may self monitor its effectiveness. 

• • Student factors- 

Gender, race, function, topography, family dynamics, interpersonal relationships 

• • Contextual factors - 

Resource availability, classroom instruction, physical space, time, technology

• • Duration 

  • Frequency 

  • Feedback 

  • Reinforcement 

  • Goals