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20Q: Kawa Model of Occupational Therapy Developer

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1.  Why do Japanese therapists not always understand Western models of occupational therapy?
  1. The Japanese culture is based on individualism.
  2. The Japanese culture promotes occupation.
  3. The Japanese culture is based on collectivism.
  4. The Japanese is based on independence.
2.  The term kawa in Japanese means:
  1. River
  2. Rock
  3. Problem
  4. Occupation
3.  Water depicts what in the Kawa model?
  1. Personal factors
  2. Life circumstances and problems
  3. Life flow and health
  4. Environmental factors
4.  Driftwood can be seen as negative or positive and represent:
  1. Personal factors
  2. Life circumstances and problems
  3. Life flow and health
  4. Environmental factors
5.  The Kawa model was developed to give clinicians:
  1. Another tool to focus on occupation.
  2. A tool only to be used in Western civilizations.
  3. A tool that could be used in a very diverse cross-section of practice and settings and not just in America but in other countries around the world.
  4. An expensive tool that requires extensive training.

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