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Although this site has been created by a
single author, Wendy Sherwood, this could not have been possible
without the contribution of others. The intention is that it
continues to develop in collaboration with interested parties
and those working through partnerships.
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Welcome to the Model of Creative Ability Interest Group (MCAIG)
We hope that you find the site a useful resource. The information pages are freely accessible. There are special downloads available to those with membership at just £10 a year, along with access to a discussion forum on assessment, intervention and specific fields of practice (subgroups). Copies of presentations (including conference presentations) and a newsletter containing important up-dates are also provided for members. Members also gain a discounted rate for the international conference.
International Model of Creative Ability Conference/CPD Event: 21 May 2010
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about this site
This site provides information on the Model of Creative Ability as presented by de Witt (2005) and is the home of
MCA IG in Partnership with South Essex Partnership University Foundation NHS Trust and the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy programme team at the University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa.
Click here to find out more about Partnership.
The Model of Creative Ability is gaining increasing interest and favour amongst occupational therapists in Great Britain, particularly in the fields of mental health, forensic, learning disabilities and head injuries. Forensic services in Japan have also adopted the model and there is growing interest in other fields.
MCAIG was founded in 2006 by Wendy Sherwood MSc, an occupational therapist and Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy. The concept of MCAIG arose out of realising that literature on, and access to this South African model is very limited. Wendy undertook a Masters dissertation on the model’s assessment. South African occupational therapists as participants in the study discussed how they have developed the use of the model and it became apparent that this knowledge and theory building is not shared widely with the occupational therapy profession.
On receipt of the Agnes Storar Travel Bursary, Wendy visited OTs using the model in South Africa and on her return, decided to create the MCAIG website as a tool for sharing knowledge and experience of using the model and for bringing together a community of practice.
Aims of MCAIG:
- To bring together isolated or groups of occupational therapists, OT support workers, educators and other interested parties into a community of practice (a network) for the purpose of sharing knowledge, skills and experience related to the Model of Creative Ability
- To disseminate information relating to the Model of Creative Ability in order to widen access to information for the occupational therapy profession globally
- To stimulate critical evaluation of the model
- To develop continuing professional development opportunities
- To support the development of research ideas, implementation and dissemination
- To support international collaboration
What is the Model of Creative Ability?
The
Model of Creative Ability is an OT practice model
of contemporary relevance. It
is a recovery model that enables therapists
to facilitate the recovery of motivation and
occupational performance. Unique to this model is its provision of a detailed guide to the selection and presentation of intervention in the form of activity as a powerful therapeutic tool.
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The Model of Creative Ability
Assessment and Intervention
The Model of Creative provides a number of methods for performing assessment, making it very flexible for therapists. Comprehensive treatment/intervention guidelines are provided for selection and use of activity. The focus on activity, activity analysis and grading assists OTs to provide OT to all clients.
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The Model of Creative Ability
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The detailed levels of creative ability are easy to align with service provision. This enables OTs to ‘expect’ clients of particular levels of ability within their service, enabling them to efficiently organise and provide assessment and intervention.
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Awards and Grants
Vona du Toit strongly asserted that the occupational therapy profession should be established with scientific and theoretical foundations, offering a means of measuring and demonstrating its effectiveness. There is a need for qualified and unqualified occupational therapists with the initiative to explore, discuss, research and report on the model in practice in order to broaden knowledge of creative ability and to provide an evidence-base for this important model.
MCAIG provides three initiatives to support this endeavour:
MCAIG Award for occupational therapy support workers
MCAIG-Sherwood Travel Bursary
MCAIG-Sherwood Grant for Research
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Training in the Model of Creative Ability and CPD
As an International Creative Ability Network, ICAN is the foremost UK provider of training, support and consultancy for developing the application of the Model of Creative Ability in occupational therapy and multidisciplinary practice in the UK and abroad.
Continuing Professional Development
For a list of literature on the model, information on Masters level education on the model and much more, click here………. |
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This website is dedicated to Vona
du Toit and all the occupational therapists who have contributed
to the continued teaching and practice of the Model of Creative
Ability. Particular recognition is given to the University
of Pretoria, University of Witswatersrand and the University
of Kwa Zulu-Natal.
The aim of this site is to share research,
information, knowledge and skills related to the teaching,
practice and development of the Model of Creative Ability,
and to encouraging and supporting international collaboration
for the further development of the model.
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