{"id":9,"date":"2019-10-01T14:04:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T13:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:45:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Proudly working with<\/p>\r\n<p>Kate Sheehan DipCOT MBAOT and<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theotservice.co.uk\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The OT Service logo\" src=\"\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/logo.png\" alt=\"The OT Service logo\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Leading Occupational Therapy Experts<\/p>\r\n<p><a role=\"button\" href=\"\/occupational-therapy\/about-kate-sheehan\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> about Kate Sheehan <\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>One of the UK\u2019s foremost Occupational Therapy consultancies, The OT Service provides independent occupational therapy for individuals, case managers, solicitors, insurers, retailers, manufacturers and businesses across the UK.<\/p>\r\n<p>Kate Sheehan and her team has been providing expert consultancy advice to Repose and our clients for 5 years, helping us to shape every aspect of our chair development program and guide the future plans for our seating.<\/p>\r\n<p>Kate explains \u201cAt the OT Service we strongly believe in the principles of Person, Environment Occupation (PEO) Model of Occupational Therapy[1] when designing any item for the home or healthcare environment, working with a clear client goal centred approach ensures designs are fit for purpose every time\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p>Kate has applied her valuable experience and expertise into enhancing our product research, chair designs and delivery processes across all our <a href=\"https:\/\/ot.reposefurniture.co.uk\/rise-recliner-chairs\/\">rise recliner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ot.reposefurniture.co.uk\/healthcare-chairs\/\">healthcare seating<\/a> ranges to ensure we continue to be one of the UK\u2019s leading seating manufacturers.<\/p>\r\n<p>Repose and the OT Service strongly promote partnership working and we hope that this part of our website will provide us with an opportunity to support you, not only by providing you with information about the Repose seating range to enable informed choices, but also with additional technical expertise and information in a format that you can use with your own clients.<\/p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Boston Healthcare Chair\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boston_landing-1024x1024.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-fancybox=\"images\" data-caption=\"Boston Healthcare Chair\" data-description=\"Boston Healthcare Chair\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/boston_landing-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Boston Healthcare Chair\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/> <!-- Overlay Wrapper --><!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed --> <\/a> <a title=\"Haven Air Chair\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/haven_landing.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-fancybox=\"images\" data-caption=\"Haven Air Chair\" data-description=\"Haven Air Chair\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/haven_landing-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Haven Air Chair\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/> <!-- Overlay Wrapper --><!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed --> <\/a> <a title=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/brooklyn_landing.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-fancybox=\"images\" data-caption=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter\" data-description=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/brooklyn_landing-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/> <!-- Overlay Wrapper --><!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed --> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Law, M., Cooper, B., Strong, S., Stewart, D., Rigby, P., &amp; Letts, L. (1996). The Person\u2013Environment\u2013Occupation Model: A transactive approach to occupational performance. <em>Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63<\/em>, 9\u201323.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Working in Partnership with you<\/h2>\r\n<p>An essential part of our work is to ensure we share Kate and her team\u2019s expertise across our supplier network.<\/p>\r\n<p>Working closely with the OT Service, Repose offers supplier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/training\/\">training <\/a>on seating assessment, for those involved in helping people choose a specialist chair that fits their individual need and for those providing a fully independent health and seating assessment for individuals. More one to one support can be offered to assist the development of supplier\u2019s own independent assessment programmes or to support specialist evaluations and assessments where an individual may have complex clinical needs.<\/p>\r\n<p>The content in this section of our website has been designed to share expert knowledge and key resource information to support your decision-making process.<\/p>\r\n<p>There are fact sheets for many conditions as well as supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/case-studies\/\">case studies<\/a>.\u00a0 There are practical tools such as the client assessment form and chair decision flow charts all of these supported by our chair key features evaluations, posture guides and clinical reasoning.<\/p>\r\n<p><a title=\"Arden Bariatric\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/arden_landing.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-fancybox=\"images\" data-caption=\"Arden Bariatric\" data-description=\"Arden Bariatric\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/arden_landing-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Arden Bariatric\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/> <!-- Overlay Wrapper --><!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed --> <\/a> <a title=\"Harlem Porter Healthcare Chair\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/harlem_landing.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-fancybox=\"images\" data-caption=\"Harlem Porter Healthcare Chair\" data-description=\"Harlem Porter Healthcare Chair\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/harlem_landing-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Harlem Porter Healthcare Chair\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/> <!-- Overlay Wrapper --><!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed --> <\/a> <a title=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter Healthcare Chair\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Brooklyn_landing_02.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-fancybox=\"images\" data-caption=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter Healthcare Chair\" data-description=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter Healthcare Chair\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reposefurniture.com\/occupational-therapy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Brooklyn_landing_02-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Recliner Porter Healthcare Chair\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/> <!-- Overlay Wrapper --><!-- Overlay Wrapper Closed --> <\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proudly working with Kate Sheehan DipCOT MBAOT and Leading Occupational Therapy Experts about Kate Sheehan One of the UK\u2019s foremost Occupational Therapy consultancies, The OT Service provides independent occupational therapy for individuals, case managers, solicitors, insurers, retailers, manufacturers and businesses across the UK. 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