The role of objects in understanding children's participation in paediatric rehabilitation

Wenche Bekken

doi:10.1080/15017419.2012.761155

The role of objects in understanding children's participation in paediatric rehabilitation

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 16 (2014): Issue 2

By: Wenche Bekken

Open Access

|Apr 2014

Abstract

This article will present a consultation with a nine-year-old boy, his parents and professionals at a paediatric rehabilitation unit in Norway. The empirical case illustrates how the boy's participation appears when toys and equipment is used, and also when the conversation proceeds during the consultation. The case is analysed by investigating the child's participation through how the interaction between the different persons takes shape, and how toys and equipment are used in the consultation. The application of role theory and a materialist approach focusing on the use of objects illuminates the boy's participation in different ways, thus providing relevant information about how the child's participation affects professionals’ decisions in regard to the child.

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