Description
The OT Link is thrilled to partner with Daleen Casteleijn (PhD(OT)) to present the Vona Du Toit Model of Creative Ability – Online Training.
Daleen is a well known, experienced OT, researcher and lecturer in the field of occupational therapy in psychiatry. She started her career in the 1980s in public hospitals and worked at Kalafong Hospital, Weskoppies Hospital and Garankuwa Hospital. She began work in academics in the 1990’s and worked for 16 years in the Occupational Therapy Department of University of Pretoria. She moved to WITS Occupational Therapy Department in 2008. After the COVID-19 pandemic, she moved to the University of Pretoria, her alma mater where she is continuing her research on the APOM and supervising post-graduate students.
As part of her doctoral research, Dr Casteleijn developed the outcome measure: Activity Participation Outcome Measure (APOM) based on the Vona Du Toit Model of Creative Ability. She has spent much time researching and teaching on the Vona Du Toit Model of Creative Ability, both at an undergraduate and post graduate level, locally and internationally. She has worked closely with the Vona Du Toit Foundation and is a co-author of the textbook THE VONA DU TOIT MODEL OF CREATIVE ABILITY: Origins, Constructs, Principles and Application in Occupational Therapy (2019)
Editors: Dain van der Reyden, Daleen Casteleijn, Wendy Sherwood, Pat de Witt.
Publisher: Vona & Marie du Toit Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa.
ISBN: 978-0-620-84290-7.
I enjoyed Prof Daleen Castelein's approach in how she structured this course, being mindful of OT's busy schedules, explaining this complex model using short presentations, altered with quizzes and assignments. I stayed intrigued and I am very grateful for Daleen's patience and being a great support and mentor throughout the course.