Vocabulary
This model symbolizes a constant flow of life to explain each person's individual life journey.
What is Kawa?
The Kawa Model was created based on this metaphor
What is a river?
The overall purpose of the Kawa Model is to help clients find ways to improve this.
What is their flow?
When life energy flow weakens, it can be inferred that the client is in this state.
What is distress or disharmony?
This element is one of the most important components of the Kawa Model and is symbolic of a person's life energy or flow.
What is Mizu(Water)?
In the Kawa Model, this person is the expert of knowing their daily life experiences
Who is the client?
When using the Kawa Model, the Occupational Therapist must rely on these two qualities to assist the client in applying the model to their life.
What is intuition and creativity?
When the water flow completely stops, therefore stopping the flow of the river or dries up, it can be inferred that the client has reached this stage of life.
What is the end of their life?
A state of balance between oneself, the circumstances they find themselves in, and all the elements of nature around them.
What is Wa (Harmony)?
In the Kawa Model, this person is the expert in encouraging a smoother river flow.
Who is the Occupational Therapist?
The primary aim of the Kawa Model is to uncover, organize, and mutually comprehend this unique aspect of the clients life.
In the Kawa Model, water is considered the most important element because it does this to all other components of the river.
What is connects or interacts?
Japanese term officially assigned to stand for occupation. This represents an activity that is often difficult, unpleasant, and repetitive to perform.
What is Sagyou?
In the Kawa Model, this structure symbolizes personal factors that can either help or hinder the flow of life.
What is driftwood?
In the Kawa Model, the Occupational Therapist takes on this role to focus, observe, and understand the client's perspective.
Who is the student?
In the Kawa Model, achieving harmony allows for this type of flow.
What is a steady river flow?