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Squiggles Early Activity System User Manual English Supporting Children...
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Early Activity System User Manual The Squiggles Early Activity System is designed to offer a range of therapeutic positions and activity suggestions for early intervention. This manual shows how you can quickly, easily and safely make use of all the functions.
03 Terms of Warranty p.03 04 Safety Information p.05 05 Cleaning & Care Information p.06 06 Product Inspection and Servicing p.07 07 Important Guidelines p.08 08 Re-issuing Leckey Products p.08 09 Instructions for Use p.09 10 Sizing Information p.18...
SECTION 04: INTENDED USE PRODUCT HISTORY RECORD The Squiggles Early Activity System has been designed for special care babies Your Leckey product is classified as from birth to 36 months for Early a Class 1 Medical device and as such...
4. If in any doubt about the 11. The product is designed for indoor safe use of your Leckey product or use and when not in use should if any parts should fail, please be stored in a dry place that is...
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1. The Early Activity System Designed to have an infinite Congratulations on purchasing your number of combinations, the Squiggles Early Activity System. When interchangeable positional opening the box, take care not to cut supports are listed with some of through the box as you may damage their most common uses.
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Early Activity System User Manual p7 pieces. While particularly useful for activity and function. When in back lying or side lying, the used in conjunction with the other lateral supports can also be used elements additional front, rear or with other components for extra side support can be increased.
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p8 Early Activity System User Manual SECTION 08: CLINICAL SETUP FOR POSTURAL MANAGEMENT A typical baby’s development The brain’s ability to change Every baby comes into the world with At birth, a baby’s brain is not fully limited abilities. That’s why the first developed.
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The Early Activity System may need – simply because it is parents and relatives who provide At Leckey we have worked with 24-hour care for their children. But experienced therapists, used evidence therapists do play a vital role in from published research studies, and assessing children’s developmental...
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p10 Early Activity System User Manual The Five Positions weight, then support that weight with one part of their body while moving The Early Activity System supports another part of their body. Some purposeful play in: activities will be recommended by your child’s therapist to work specifically on 1.
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Early Activity System User Manual p11 Some points to remember about how them. It may not be easy for your child your child learns new skills to achieve a new skill, so be patient and don’t worry if the skill doesn’t Regardless of the position you place come quickly.
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p12 Early Activity System User Manual BACK LYING (SUPINE) Clinical reasons for back lying This is the most fundamental of developmental positions. When a child lies on his back, his full body weight is symmetrically supported by the surface. This makes it a very secure feet together to explore, he is learning position from which to work on the about his own body parts and their...
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Early Activity System User Manual p13 children with developmental delay Most activities can incorporate a “log roll” - their whole body moves sensory component with a little as one piece. The aim is to develop thought to the toy or the surface “segmental rolling”...
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p14 Early Activity System User Manual Activity Suggestion 2 Activity Suggestion 4 Encourage your child to bring his hands Hold onto baby’s feet and help him to together on his chest. Place your hands kick or “bicycle” his legs. This helps to behind his shoulders to encourage his strengthen tummy, legs and feet, and arms to come forward.
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Early Activity System User Manual p15 Activity Suggestion 6 Activity Suggestion 7 To encourage rolling from back lying to tummy lying, place baby on his back and bring his hands and feet together in midline. Encourage him to roll to one Make rolling a little more difficult by side into side lying.
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p16 Early Activity System User Manual TUMMY LYING (PRONE) Clinical reasons for tummy lying Research has shown that about one half of typically developing infants show some delayed development by six months of age if they are never placed on their tummies strengthened.
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Early Activity System User Manual p17 exploring her environment and looking Most activities can incorporate a around. sensory component with a little Transitions thought to the toy or the surface used. Use rattles, squeaky toys, Rolling is the skill which enables a child brightly coloured balls, crackly to move from back lying into tummy paper etc to encourage baby’s...
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p18 Early Activity System User Manual Activity Suggestion 2 Activity Suggestion 3 Encourage baby to “push-up” on While baby has his head lifted up, straightened (extended) arms with encourage him to reach and grasp with open hands. This will strengthen one hand, then the other.
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Early Activity System User Manual p19 Activity Suggestion 5 Activity Suggestion 6 To encourage rolling from back lying to tummy lying, place baby on his back and bring his hands and feet together in midline. Encourage him to roll to one side into side lying.
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p20 Early Activity System User Manual SIDE LYING Clinical reasons for side lying Side lying is not, strictly speaking, a separate developmental stage of its own. In typical development, children tend to pass through side lying during transitions from back lying to tummy lying on the affected side may help lying and vice versa.
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Early Activity System User Manual p21 Transitions Most activities can incorporate a Rolling is the skill which enables a child sensory component with a little to move from back lying into tummy thought to the toy or the surface lying. It develops in two stages. Some used.
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p22 Early Activity System User Manual Activity Suggestion 2 Activity Suggestion 4 Bring baby’s hands and feet together. This midline position is good for symmetry, and baby is beginning to Hold a brightly coloured object (such learn to use both sides of his body as a scarf or pom-pom) about 12-15”...
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Early Activity System User Manual p23 FLOOR SITTING Clinical reasons for side lying Sitting is considered a vital part of the developmental sequence because of the other skills which are based upon its foundation. Many research studies have looked at the importance of sitting, and some research has shown lying ability to be related to sitting But when he sits up, he can see the...
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p24 Early Activity System User Manual Transitions Most activities can incorporate a To be able to move in and out of floor sensory component with a little sitting independently, children usually thought to the toy or the surface have to be able to move from a tummy used.
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Early Activity System User Manual p25 Activity Suggestion 3 Activity Suggestion 4 While sitting place toys to either side, Hold a brightly coloured object 12- encouraging reaching out to the side. 15” in front of your child’s face. Move All of these movements help to develop slowly in a semi circle.
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p26 Early Activity System User Manual HANDS AND KNEES (FOUR POINT KNEELING) Clinical reasons for side lying Hands and knees is a position which enables children to move into and out of other positions. They can begin to move onto hands and knees from tummy lying, and then in to a sitting position.
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Early Activity System User Manual p27 Positioning guidelines Activity Suggestion 1 Starting from a tummy lying (prone) position, help baby to bend her hips and knees, until she is in a kneeling position. You can place a roll for support under her tummy, or against her feet to prevent her legs sliding backwards.
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p28 Early Activity System User Manual SECTION 09: Activity Suggestion 3 MAINTENANCE INFORMATION How to maintain When cleaning we recommend that you use only warm water and a non- abrasive detergent. Never use organic solvents or dry cleaning fluids. Upholstery and fabrics Place activities in front of baby to start with.
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Early Activity System User Manual p29 cannot grow on the fabric. 7. The fabric can then be either left to dry naturally or any excess surface The soft touch fabric is easily cleaned moisture can be mopped up using so machine washing is not required. paper towels.
Antifungal/Antimicrobial Properties If in any doubt about the safe use of The upholstery used on the positional your Leckey product or if any parts components has an antifungal and should fail, please cease using the antimicrobial treatment which helps product and contact our customer to prevent and contain cross-infection.
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Product Servicing Servicing of all Leckey products should only be carried out by technically competent persons who have been trained in the use of the product.
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p32 Early Activity System User Manual SECTION 09: TECHNICAL INFORMATION Product Code: 130-600 Includes; floor mat, sitting support, trunk wedge, head support, 2 positioning straps, 2 medium rolls, 2 small rolls, Squiggles Duffle bag and a copy of the Activity Development Programme.
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p34 Early Activity System User Manual REFERENCES 1. Stephens L.C, Tauber S.K (2001) Therapy in Paediatrics, 24, 4, 63-78 cited in Case-Smith J (2001) 7. Franklin L, Rodger S (2003) Occupational Therapy for Children, Parents perspective on feeding 4th edition, Mosby Inc, Elsevier medically compromised children: Science, United States of America.
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Early Activity System User Manual p35 milestone acquisition, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 47, 370-76 13. Davis B.E, Moon R.Y, Sachs H.C, Ottolini M.C (1998) Effects of sleep position on infant motor development, Pediatrics, 102, 5, 1135- 1140. 14. Bridgewater K.J, Sullivan M.J (1999) Wakeful positioning and movement controlling young infants: a pilot study, Australian...
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