OCCU 501 KAWA

the river

-life history

-cross sections: different times in a person's life

-mouth/bottom of the river: death

water in river

-life energy/life flow

river banks

-environment/contexts (social & physical)

rocks

-obstacles and challenges

-occupational performance difficulties, fears, concerns, inconvenient circumstances, impairments, medical conditions

-size of rocks indicate size of challenges

driftwood

-influencing factors

-personal resources that can be assets or liabilities

-personality traits, skills, abilities, beliefs, values, materials/social capital

-positive or negative affect

spaces

-opportunities for enhancing flow

-intentions to create and widen spaces

KAWA change

-when a person alters the position, size, and shape of the elements in the river to increase or decrease the flow of the water

KAWA function vs dysfunction

-function = flow

-goal of OT is to facilitate life flow in the context of a harmoniuos balance with all aspects of the river

-disability is a collective experience (people can get help)

KAWA evaluation

-identifies client's current status

-identifies elements that cause water to cease flowing

-reveals barriers to participation

-reveal personal and group perspectives

KAWA interventions

-spaces: opportunities to enhance flow (interventions to create and/or widen spaces

-rocks become smaller

-adjust/widen the banks

-use existing driftwood/introduce new driftwood to push away rocks