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Choosing the sleep position
All decisions are best made between
the parents and the child's therapist.
The primary considerations are your child's
health and safety, their tolerance of a new
position or support and how their sleeping
position compliments their 24 hour postural
care programme.
Your child may have an established sleep
posture that they are used to and this may
be the posture you decide to adopt for the
sleep system.
Equally your therapist may wish to try another
position for health or postural reasons.
Preparing to set up
your sleep system.
Sleepform
work in exactly the
same way, both for use
in a cot or on a bed.
Your child's safety is a primary concern and is
particularly important when considering night
time positioning. While it is a relatively new
therapy night time positioning has been shown
to be beneficial to many especially from the
work carried out by John and Liz Goldsmith.
However it is fundamentally different from day
time positioning.
Since the user is positioned at night they
will be left unattended for long periods
and therefore the assessment, prescription,
setup and maintenance of the product is
key. Leckey recommend that a thorough risk
assessment is carried out for every individual
using night time positioning equipment
(refer to BS EN ISO 14971 for further guidance
on carrying out a risk assessment). Parents and
carers need to fully trained in the safe use of
the product and made aware of any potential
hazards identified during the risk assessment.