Expectations for therapy in pediatric rehabilitation: reframing meaning through metaphor.

We propose the "F.A.I.R." approach and tool comprising terminology that can help reframe the meaning of expectations away from focusing on binary realistic or unrealistic outcomes, and toward focusing on a plurality of optimal therapy processes.Implications for RehabilitationMeaningful conversations about expectations for therapy between parents and service providers in pediatric rehabilitation can be challenging, one-sided, or missed.Attention to metaphors used to describe expectations for therapy introduces additional terminology parents and service providers may use to help facilitate conversations.Service providers are encouraged to use a resource proposed here to learn about parents' expectations for therapy through a collaborative process involving shared questioning, observation, and reflection.