Published
2008
This book chaptershares the personal journey of an occupational therapist and theinfluences onhercareer as an occupational therapist in mental health.
By Van Heerden, CPublished
1972
A short document capturing useful descriptions of many of thekeyprinciples of theVdTMoCAthat will assist the understanding of the occupational therapy practitioner.
By Watson, LPublished
Apr 2014
The concept of co-occupations or collectives occupations is gaining global recognition in occupational science and occupational therapy.
By Adams, F & Casteleijn, DPublished
Apr 2012
Occupational therapists in mental health care settings find it difficult to produce convincing evidence of their unique contribution to health care.
By Casteleijn, DPublished
Jul 2019
Concept formation is an essential element of creative ability and is our ability to understand the properties of materials and objects we relate to, connect with and interact with in our daily lives.
By Jeffries, LPublished
2015
This article reports on some of the positive feedback from the CQC inspection report, referring to the use of the Vona du Toit model of Creative Ability in an adult acute inpatient services by the occupational therapy team at Berrywood Hospital, Northampton.
By Wilson, SPublished
2011
This article provides a reflection on the journey and impact of a complete service redesign based on Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability in mental health impatient hospital services.
By Wilson, S & White, BPublished
2012
This article reports on an occupational therapy team's successful utilization of an analytical survey process to identify the needs of their service user population, in order to evaluate treatment provision and guide service development.
By Wilson, S & White, BPublished
1980
The author describes the importance of the VdTMoCA as a guideline in the occupational therapy approach to each patient in determining the problems and thereafter formulating the therapeutic aims.
By Jooste, EPublished
Jun 2015
This article talks of a practice-based joint art project with Brockfield House, low and medium secure service, with Zinc Art.
By Scott, I & Samsonraj,RPublished
2007
Occupational therapy students at the University of Pretoria engage in a 7-week service learning fieldwork in their fourth year.
By Oliver, M, Oosthuizen, L & Casteleijn, DPublished
2012
The aim of this research was to measure the outcomes of therapies offered by occupational therapists and to assess the validity of the VdT MoCA assessment.
By Samsonraj, R, Loughran, M & Secker, JPublished
2009
This article gives a brief overview of the VdTMoCA and its applicability to a range of mental health diagnosis.
By Sherwood, WPublished
2007
The article focuses on motivation, specifically in vocational rehabilitation.
By Casteleijn, D and De Vos, HPublished
2014
This is a comprehensive text book consisting of the following three parts:Part 1 - The initial chapter provides a comprehensive description of the VdT Model of Creative Ability, gving details of the theoretical concepts, assessment, the levels of creative ability, treatment priorities, treatment principles and grading.
By Crouch, R and Alers, VPublished
Nov 1976
This article from 1976 is the transcript of the opening presentation at the first Vona du Toit Memorial Lecture by Alicia Mendez who worked alongside Vona since they met in Israel in 1964.
By Mendez, APublished
Apr 2017
This article is a personal account of the impact the use of the VdT Model of Creative Ability had on an occupational therapist’s professional development.
By Allen, RPublished
Jun 2015
The authors explain how they applied the VdT Model of Creative Ability to an art-based project in Brockfield House, a 100 bedded secure unit in Essex, UK.
By Scott, I and Samsonraj, RPublished
Dec 2009
This short article gives a detailed insight in to the content of the first national Model of Creative Ability Conference in London, 2009.
By Sherwood, WPublished
Jul 2011
This short article applies the theoretical basis of the VdT Model of Creative Ability to formally consider how as OT's we can keep up to date with new practices, developments and changing services.
By Sherwood, WPublished
2011
This extensive article provides a very detailed outline of the history of the model and its theoretical basisIt further provides rich detail about the levels of creative ability, the assessment process and treatment priniciples.
By Sherwood, WPublished
2015
This is the first book to be published on the use of the model in the UK context.
By Sherwood W, White B, Wilson S, Lorkins MPublished
2017
This is the first book dedicated to the application of the Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability (VdTMoCA) to occupational therapy for people with learning disabilities.
By Sherwood, W