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The role of a PD Advisory Teacher is often a solitary one and knowing that there are others in the same ‘boat’ and a team of people working to improve support, knowledge and commuication within our world is greatly appreciated. Many Thanks All.
Here’s to more ground breaking in 2018!Agreed! Thank you SO much to our committee who work so incredibly hard and have really brought the recogniton our pupils deserve to the fore and have moved us so far forward in the national framework.
So pleased to see you are still there David, even if you arent allowed out very often!!
Happy Christmas Everyone!Hear Hear! Well said Ian!
I hope everyone is keeping warm and safe in the Winter Wonderland!
Best wishes to everyone for Christmas and the New Year.
David Leitch (Herefordshire)
Seers Medical designed a therapy stool for us which is fab. Costs a bit more than the Smirhtwaite Stool and Jolly Back Chair, but less than Leckey square stool.
It is square with padded swivel seat, hyrdaulically height adjustable, sturdy, and moves fairly easily on castors while not running away with you. I can send you the details if you want to email me, jenny.woolf@babcockinternational.com or the code for a very similar one on their website is MC6166. Ours doesn’t have the foot ring as it goes lower.We like the leacky round one the square one tends to over balance even when you sit on it diamond style also they have a good weight limit for larger staff
My personal preference was for a round, hydraulic height adjustable stool rather than a square one (we had a fairly old version that had the pin adjustment on legs so difficult to get optimum posture for different staff and when moving it got ‘stuck’ far more than the other).
Not sure where we purchased from but I’m sure it was amazon and very similar to this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deuba®-Padding-Adjustable-Castors-Leather/dp/B00NXP3074/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1512668545&sr=8-2&keywords=Therapy+stoolSmirthwaite get my vote ☺
we’ve always gone for the Leckey square stool for early years Lucy… it’s more manoeuvrable than the Smirthwaite (better castors?)..the only issue is that it’s tested weight limit is only 12 stone. where this is an issue we go to the Patterson round stool which is rise and fall and tested to 18st (this is our default stool for secondaries). we do like the Jolly backs but only really in the classrooms…not just as handy for care use.
http://www.assistireland.ie/eng/Products_Directory/Seating_and_Accessories/Steps_and_Stools/Therapy_Stools/Therapy_Stool__Bench.html
https://www.performancehealth.co.uk/ProductItem/091136662
tiaOkay good to know – I will have another look at them. Thanks Rob
As far as we know the chair was developed by an OT to support good posture, i.e. by maintaining contact with the back rest you cam maintain good posture (rather than leaning forwards as you push with the legs). It works well when moving alongside a child
Hi Rob thanks for this. I was unsure with the Jolly back whether there would be the temptation for staff to lean back as it has a back rest and it could tip? Also staff sometimes sit diagonally across the stools so they have a wide base with their feet (say whilst supporting a child in a walking frame)and if the back rest might get in the way?
I have seen them in more general use though and seem to work well.hi – we like the Jolly Back chair – bit expensive but solid and comfortable
http://www.posturite.co.uk. Jolly Back Chair
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