Authors: Jennifer E. Lape, Chatham University and Brian D. Scaife, West Virginia University Jennifer E. Lape, OTD, OTR/L is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is Continue Reading »
Author: B, Beki, Dellow, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Christchurch & Southbourne Community Mental Health Team, Dorset, UK. Second presenter: H, Hannah, Skeels, Occupational Therapy Student, Bournemouth University Presentation Continue Reading »
The Kawa ‘River’ Model:Enhances Occupational Therapy and Communication in a UK Mental Health Setting
Introduction– ‘Life is like a river’ The Kawa (‘river’ in Japanese) Model uses the metaphor of a river to describe a person’s life journey. It enables them to describe their Continue Reading »
Author: Kavitha Murthi What I intend to do in the next 10- 15 minutes? • Gist about OT in India • Need for conceptual models • Use of models in Continue Reading »
Credentials Display Lydia Royeen, MOT, OTR/L Abstract Jen Gash, an occupational therapist and creativity coach living in the UK, provided the cover art for the winter 2015 issue of The 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 »
Author: Linda Renton. MSc, BSc(Hons), Dip COT, Prof Doc Student. Queen Margaret University. Edinburgh, Scotland. Event: WFOT Congress Chile 2010 Link: http://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/1864/1/eResearch_1864.pdf
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 »