Authors: Dick, S., & McGowan, L. Summary: The authors, Sam Dick and Lisa McGowan, are third year occupational therapy students at Coventry University. In this article, they have described and reflected upon Continue Reading »
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Author: Christy Clutter Twenty-two dynamic flash cards that allow you to learn the Kawa Model. Sample Content Question: According to the first basic assumption how is occupation viewed in Continue Reading »
Author: Brenda Original article from: http://chan.usc.edu/admissions/student-blog/dr.-michael-iwama-and-the-kawa-model This past weekend, I attended the 2014 OTAC Conference and this year it was held in Pasadena, CA. One of the biggest highlights from this Continue Reading »
Author: Jennifer Fortuna MS, OTR/L Transcript: Purpose: The KAWA model offers a framework to help practitioners better understand and appreciate the complex occupational worlds and viewpoints of clients from diverse Continue Reading »
Author: Ovidiu Muntean Abstract: The Kawa (River) model was developed by Japanese occupational therapists in the 1990s in response to a need for an occupational therapy framework that socially Continue Reading »
Author: Tiffany Takahashi Originally from: http://jagwire.augusta.edu/archives/29260 One of our stories during International Education Week involved the Kawa Model, a theory of occupational therapy developed by Dr. Michael Iwama, chair of Occupational Continue Reading »
Author: Matumo Ramafikeng, Health Sciences UCT, 2011 (confirm) Original document at: https://vula.uct.ac.za/access/content/group/9c29ba04-b1ee-49b9-8c85-9a468b556ce2/Framework/lecture5.htm ————-Abstract————– INTRODUCTION The Kawa (River) model was developed by Japanese occupational therapists in the 1990s in response Continue Reading »
Author: Matumo Ramafikeng, Health Sciences UCT, 2010 Find the original article at: https://vula.uct.ac.za/access/content/group/9c29ba04-b1ee-49b9-8c859a468b556ce2/Framework_2/pdf/Kawa%20Model.pdf Introduction : The Kawa (River) model was developed by Japanese occupational therapists in the 1990s in response to a Continue Reading »
Originally retrieved from: Link: http://www.allthingsot.com/#!frames-of-reference/cx3b Website presented by: All Things OT. Excerpt: Kawa River Model The Kawa River model was developed by Iwama in 2006 and was designed as a metaphor to be used Continue Reading »
By Debbie Amini, EdD, OTR/L, CHT Using only one frame of reference (FoR) or model of care is not always realistic or in the client’s best interest; however, you Continue Reading »
With gratitude to the original author, Helen Hampson of the OT Process. Find out more about her at https://theotprocess.wordpress.com/about/ As promised, a post about the Kawa model, because I Continue Reading »
Originally posted on: http://eatsleeploveot.tumblr.com/post/77078360479/the-kawa-model We have been instructed to use the current communities we are in and apply the Kawa model to it, now for those of you who don not Continue Reading »
Full article here: http://www.jengash.co.uk/kawa/ The metaphor of a river as life, is not a new one. It is embedded in our language as all metaphors are and speaks to part Continue Reading »
Originally from http://handtherapycanbefun.weebly.com/the-kawa-model.html – read full article there. Extract: Occupational Therapy Actions Using the KAWA Model Rocks Assess body mechanics as Jim performs tasks that generally cause him pain. Provide tips Continue Reading »
By Jen Gash. Full text available at http://www.otcoach.com/kawa-coaching/ The integration of coaching within occupational therapy practice is often a key question asked by occupational therapists when they start learning Continue Reading »