Kawa is the Japanese word for ‘river’. The Kawa Model uses the metaphor of a river to represent a person's life journey.

Occupational therapists try to support, restore and maximize their clients’ life flow.

The Kawa Model can be used in its original form of a river, or broken down into the following 5 elements:

i. River Flow - life flow and priorities

ii. River Banks - environments / contexts, social and physical

iii. Rocks – obstacles & challenges

iv. Driftwood – influencing factors

v. Spaces – Opportunities for enhancing flow

Kawa Model: https://kawamodel.com/download/KawaMadeEasy2015.pdf

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