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It is recognized that for children with poor postural control, a
comfortable adaptive seating system which provides them with the support needed
to maintain a sitting position can be essential for raising their overall level
of well being. The purpose of this study was to investigate the views of teaching
staff members at special needs schools and of the parents of children who
attended these schools on the provision and current technology of seating
systems. METHOD: Two similar questionnaires intended to elicit the views of
teaching staff and the parents of children attending these schools were designed
and distributed to these groups. RESULTS: Dissatisfaction exists with reliability
of these systems and the time it takes for replacement systems to be issued. The
perceived importance of adaptive seating role in the user being accepted by peers
was found to be statistically different between the two groups. Time spent per
day transferring the child to and from seating systems was found to be greater
than 1 h for both groups. CONCLUSION: Scope remains for improvements to be made
in adaptive seating provision and technology. Although mainly descriptive, these
results could be of use when developing newer systems and improving services.

Langue : ANGLAIS