The Vona du Toit
Model of Creative Ability (VdTMoCA)
(van der Reyden et al, 2019)

International
Creative Ability Network (ICAN)


Information, training, resources


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All about the VdTMoCA

Overview of the VdTMoCA and ICAN

Overview of the VdTMoCA and ICAN

Overview of the VdTMoCA and information about Dr Wendy Sherwood and the International Creative Abilty Network

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The VdTMoCA to date

The VdTMoCA to date

Use of the VdTMoCA in the UK and in other countries. Processes undertaken to embed the VdTMoCA - some tips for today's practitioners.

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The VdTMoCA in detail

The VdTMoCA in detail

What is creative ability? Core constructs. The model's graphic explained.

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The levels and phases of creative ability

The levels and phases of creative ability

Brief explanation of the levels and phases of creative ability, relating these to services.

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Assessment of creative ability and outcome measurement

Assessment of creative ability and outcome measurement

Overview of the assessment methods and process

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Treatment

Treatment

Explanation of the treatment principles and how they relate to each level of creative ability.

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MDT and service relevance of the VdTMoCA

MDT and service relevance of the VdTMoCA

Overview of how the VdTMoCA can positively influence the quality of service provision and other disciplines' fulfilment of their roles.

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Testimonials

     

 Thoroughly enjoyed this training! Informative and hugely beneficial to my practice. I feel I have gained a better insight into my service users and will explore ways to change my approach using the knowledge and understanding from this training. I feel I can adapt and improve the service provision to meet the needs of service users, and feel I am now equipped to better support service users especially those who present on the Self-differentiation/Self-Presentation levels when before I felt stumped with how to engage them. 

Occupational Therapist
     

 "Helped me to think about the 'stuckness' of some of our clients and how to work with this" - Team Manager. "Highlighted the need to look at different ways of working with out clients base - encouraged to look at difficulties that clients have and the need to look at reasons behind this. Promoted ways that can help them function more effectively in a personal way" - Support Worker. "A model that corresponds to the patient group characteristics; helps understand and perhaps explain barriers; a guide to pitching interventions right." Psychiatrist 

Occupational Therapist
  
     

 It is easy to relate with what is actually happening in the ward. It explains the level of the patients and its approaches to introducing tasks and activities and how to move to enhance and upgrade their [patients’] skills. 

Nurse

TRAINING & CPD

Creative Ability Summer School, 16 & 17 July 2025

A fantastic opportunity to gain two days of activity-based experiential learning, facilitated by two expert South African VdTMoCA occupational therapists., flying in especially to share their extensive practice experience. Ideal for OTs trained in the VdTMoCA and who are ready to really get into the nitty gritty of application to activity-based OT practice as well as some of the more talking and education-based groupwork interventions. Two days of just doing - experiential learning. Come away with a bag of objects and materials to immediately start using in your practice and handouts on treatment principles for activities experienced during the 2 days. Heaven!!

Basic training in the VdTMoCA

Basic training for OTs and OT Support Workers Getting started with the essential foundation knowledge in the VdTMoCA

Improving a service - the Analytical Survey

Gain an understanding of the Analytical Survey Method and how it can enable you to make sense of: - why clients are not attending or engaged as well as you expect in a service, - the relation between clients' needs and problems, and mismatched service provision.

Fuller understanding

Be confident in your understanding of the levels and phases of creative ability. A South African expert in the VdTMoCA brings the levels alive with clear examples for working with the levels in practice, supported by very user-friendly infographics in the VdTMoCA Refresher. VdTMoCA Refresher PLUS additionally provides treatment activities examples.

Field specific focus: autism, personality, substance misuse

All online, recorded teaching. Applying the VdTMoCA to autistic children and adults. Applying the VdTMoCA to personality traits and disorders. Applying the VdTMoCA to understanding occupational therapy for individuals with substance use disorders. The influence of personality disorder on creative ability (short module). Applying the VdTMoCA to team intervention with people with an eating disorder.

Advanced practitioner knowledge

Realising Creative Ability is for advanced knowledge, including recordings of complex case-based teaching and in-practice case supervision.

RESOURCES & Awards

Awards

ICAN Celebrating OT Support Workers Award ICANcreativity Contribution and Participation Awards

VIDEOS

Overviews of the VdTMoCA which are useful to OT staff, MDTs, OT students and educators.

Discussions and information sharing

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Poster downloads

Freely downloadable list of VdTMoCA published research/articles, conference presentations and posters. Conference posters to download.

Conference presentation downloads

Conference presentations on the VdTMoCA - not only the slides but the script accompanying the slides - what was said. Coming soon to https://www.patreon.com/icancreativity

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