Pediatric Interest Profiles (PIP)
What It Measures
The Pediatric Interest Profiles ask a young person what they actually like doing. Rather than a therapist inferring interests from observation, the child or teenager works through a list of play and leisure activities and answers for themselves.
Three age-banded surveys make up the set: the Kid Play Profile for ages 6 to 9, the Preteen Play Profile for 9 to 12, and the Adolescent Leisure Interest Profile for 12 to 21. Each asks not just whether an activity interests them, but how often they do it, how much they enjoy it, how good they feel they are at it, and who they do it with. That last question matters — an activity done alone tells a different story from the same activity done with friends.
Additional Notes
Licensing Notes: The forms are free but require a MOHO Clearinghouse account to download. Note the Clearinghouse's policy that assessment user licenses are per user — each person administering the assessment needs their own.
Learn More: The PIP is grounded in the Model of Human Occupation and in the ICF's concept of participation — the reasoning being that play and leisure are, by definition, defined by the person doing them, so a self-report approach is not a convenience but a requirement.