Abstract
The clinical reasoning model is a theoretical framework that facilitates the transformation of information into practical knowledge within the context of clinical practice. It serves as a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, offering a structured approach for the assessment and development of treatment plans. Biomedical disability models often influence clinical reasoning models in pediatric neurorehabilitation, emphasizing diagnostic reasoning and using a shared vocabulary and language to guide thinking and communication during information gathering, assumption formulation, and care action planning. This method prioritizes physical symptoms over psychological, social, cultural, and environmental factors of a given condition. This idea assumes that the health condition or pathology is the sole fundamental factor contributing to any form of physical dysfunction and that the reduction of the disease will lead to a restoration of the previous state of “normalcy”. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework can be used as a clinical reasoning tool as it guides cognitive processes and decision-making based on the interdependent relationships between the three primary components and contextual factors. The ICF framework recognizes that changes in the child’s environmental and psychological context, activity and social involvement, and pathology can affect child outcomes without emphasizing changes in pathology.