Non-Compliance or Freedom to Learn?

Compliance based practice does not breed assent based care. Assent promotes independence, love of learning, and creates an environment of trust. It also creates an environment where relational learning, rather than mere trained or rote learning, is likely to take place. When we allow a learner the opportunity to say “Not right now,” it gives them the opportunity to experience self-direction. Letting them say “Not right now,” does NOT mean never coming back to a task, but it does honor a learner’s place in the experience of treatment.