Synopsis of resource
This PowerPoint presentation explains the importance of Importance of assessment and correct prescription of seating and adaptations according to the child’s needs. It works best in combination with the other presentations in this resource.
Key learning outcome
- Understand the importance of good positioning and postural care.
- Be able to position children with complex disabilities well, and be able to show others.
- Understand the potential health complications caused by poor postural care.
- Understand ways to help children move and be able to explain to others how they can do this.
Author
Catherine Barton BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP, MRes.
Cath qualified at the London school of Physiotherapy (1988). Her career has been spent working mainly in the NHS with children, having specialised in outpatient neurology at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. She is an advocate for early intervention, postural management for complex neurological conditions and research. Most recently her work has been in rural Powys with charitable work in Kenya alongside. She gained a Master’s by Research at the University of Chester (2020). She is a founder trustee of a charity, Appropriate paper-based technology (APT) for social development and plans to work in Kenya and other developing countries training therapists.
