Unit 3-Assignment: Applying the Kawa [River] Model
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Related Student Learning Outcomes:
· Discuss the development and significance of theories underlying the practice of occupational therapy in today’s sociopolitical climate. (2)
· Correlate models of service delivery with influences on the practice of occupational therapy. (3)
· Differentiate the models of practice as they apply to the practice of occupational therapy. (4)
NO PLAGERISM!!!!
Purpose:
To differentiate the most common occupation-based models of practice as they apply to practice.
Instructions:
· Consider the idea that life is a river:
· If life is like a river, what is a drought in one’s life?
· If life is like a river, how can we think about the currents in the river of life?
· If life is like a river, what is a flood in someone’s life river?
· If your life is a river, would you rather be a meandering stream or a forceful rapid?
1. Now, using the Kawa Model (attached) template provided, create a drawing that depicts your current life situation as a river (This can be hand-drawn, computer generated, and/or multi-medium).
· Draw the floor and sidewalls of your life’s river. In the floor and sidewalls, embed the names of
· People who provide you with the most support, true friends (Steven husband) (Cecilia –Mother) (jessica – Cousin)
· People who provide you with material support and resources (Katie- friend) (Madlen-Aunt)
· Places you frequent that build you up, refresh or replenish you, inspire or direct you (Big Bear) (Disneyland) ( beach)
· Somewhere along the bottom or the sides draw the rocks. Label each rock as a problem or difficulty you are currently experiencing.
· Draw as many or as few rocks as you like
· Make the size of each rock relative to the degree of impediment these problems create in your life (family issues) (stress) (work) (college)
· Draw driftwood in your river to represent your assets.
· Label the driftwood with some of your best features or characteristics. (caring) (patient) (determined) (honest) (loyal)
· Label other driftwood as some of your most important skills/attributes.
· Now focus on the spaces between the floor, walls, rocks, and driftwood.
· Label these spaces with the occupations in your life that hold the most meaning for you. (wife) (student) (rest and sleep) (work) (leisure)
· Be judicious and include only those things that are important for you to carry on no matter what life throws at you; these are things that are the essence of you.
· Explain your illustration. Do you think you could use the metaphor of life as a river as a way to help you consider a person in a sociocultural context?
