Assessing Volition in Pediatrics: Using the Volitional Questionnaire and the Pediatric Volitional Questionnaire
Evidence suggests that pediatric occupational therapists predominantly use bottom-up, impairment-focused theoretical frameworks and assessments to guide their practice, despite the current trends promoting topdown, occupation-based approaches. Understanding a child’s volition, guided by the use of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholarworks @ WMU
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Open Journal of Occupational Therapy |
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| Online Access: | http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1176&context=ojot |
| Summary: | Evidence suggests that pediatric occupational therapists predominantly use bottom-up, impairment-focused
theoretical frameworks and assessments to guide their practice, despite the current trends promoting topdown,
occupation-based approaches. Understanding a child’s volition, guided by the use of the Model of
Human Occupation, contributes to a more occupation-based, client-centered, holistic, and strength-based
approach to therapy. Two assessment tools, the Volitional Questionnaire and the Pediatric Volitional
Questionnaire, contribute to a therapists’ understanding of children’s volition. These assessments facilitate
therapists’ clinical reasoning and the ability to assess and address volition throughout the occupational
therapy process. |
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| ISSN: | 2168-6408 2168-6408 |