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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What is Partnership?

What is Partnership?
Partners in MCAIG are organisations that have the capacity to make a significant contribution to fulfilling the aims of the MCAIG initiative (see homepage).

In 2006, South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT)became the first MCAIG partner. The BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy team at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa became the second Partnership organisation in 2007. Dain van der Reyden is Head of the BSc Occupational Therapy programme and is widely acknowledged as being an expert in the theory of creative ability and as a key contributor to the development of the theory.

These organisations in Partnership with Wendy Sherwood, Founder of MCAIG, actively commit to:
1. Developing the frame of reference for the MCAIG website and shaping its development and direction through discussion and feedback
2. Communicating ideas for future research and current research projects
3. Sharing current approaches/methods of providing undergraduate education on the model and/or application of the model in practice
4. Communicating about the local continuing professional development opportunities/events related to the model of creative ability
5. Identifying and communicating continuing professional development needs related to the teaching or application of the model to practice

Partners

South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

South Essex University Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS providers in the country of health and social car services for people with mental health problems and people with learning disabilities.
We became one of the first mental health and learning disability Foundation Trusts in May 2006.
The Trust was named as the top mental health and learning disability Trust in the country.
The Occupational Therapy Service comprises six departments overseen by a Head of Service:

• Secure Services
• Learning Disabilities
• In-patient and Rehabilitation
• Older People’s Services
• Adult Services – Brentwood, Basildon and Thurrock
• Adult Services – Rochford, Rayleigh, Castle Point and Southend

The Trust also manages an extensive Basic Grade rotational scheme in partnership with Thurrock PCT, Thurrock Social Services and Brentwood, Billericay and Wickford PCT.
While all OT staff are integrated into multi-disciplinary teams, we offer a specialist service to which the Model of Creative Ability increasingly forms an organising principle.
Annie Heining                
Head of OT Service

The University of KwaZulu-Natal is in Durban, South Africa.  Dain van der Reyden is Head of the BSc Occupational Therapy programme and is widely acknowledged as being a key contributor to the development of the theory of creative ability.  Dain and her colleagues in education have become the second Partnership organisation in 2007.

12 FEBRUARY 2007

Dear Wendy and all other partners

It is a real pleasure to be part of this exciting project to further develop and expand the application of the South African Model of Creative Ability.

As staff from the University of KwaZulu Natal we are proud to be a partner in the venture and very happy to put whatever we have/know at you disposal for sharing and comment.We are, through the Vona and Marie du Toit Foundation, planning to put together all possible literature about the Model to serve as reference material and inputs for Research.  I do believe that this is our first challenge as much materials is sitting in files and personal records that really need to be properly edited and put together in an accessible format for all the followers of the Model.

Wendy has through her initiatives made a very real contribution to the Model, for which I,  as someone who has been using the Model, since its inception, for the past 40 years, is sincerely appreciative.

It is very interesting when looking back on the development of the Model, just how relevant Vona’s ideas at that time are currently, although not formulated in those terms.  The critical importance of motivation, its strength and the interrelationship of volition and action, is still absolutely relevant.  The centrality of human occupation, a client centred approach, absolute acknowledgement of the uniqueness of the individual and therefore the intervention planned has always been fundamental to the Model, also the grading of intervention with the ultimate goal of full integration into life in terms of the different performance areas. These concepts, which are now part of everyday practice were at the time rather revolutionary.

We do hope that this partnership will go from strength to strength. With sincere occupational therapy greetings.

Dain van der Reyden

HEAD OF SCHOOL OF AUDIOLOGY/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
SENIOR LECTURER :  OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

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