Module 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?