Occupational Therapy Seating Advice

A postural seating system has been provided for your child to support activities of daily living within the home.
These products are designed to be adjusted as your child grows. There are certain adjustments you as a parent/carer can do using guidance in your chair’s manual at home. Adjustments such as;

• Seat Depth
• Hip Pads
• Raise/Lower Footplate
• Raise/Lower Backrest
• Raise/Lower Headrest
• Raise/Lower Armrests

To make an adjustment to your child’s seat you must follow the steps in the manual and use the appropriate tools provided with your specific chair, if this is not attached to the chair your will need to identify the make and model in order to search for the online manual. A list of companies is also located on our website. You can identify this by looking at;

• Frame of the chair
• Stickers on the chair
• Seating handover form
• Occupational Therapy recommendation sheet

If there has been a change to your child’s condition or presentation, you are concerned about safety or you have questions. Please contact the CYPOT Advice line via our telephone or email details.

Duty & Advice Line: 0121 303 3865
Email us: CYPOT@birmingham.go.uk