Seminar 1: Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Workshop

1001 Fire Academy Dr.,Sayreville NJ 08872

24 May, 2022

Description

WRAP is a personalized wellness and recovery system born out of and rooted in the principle of self-determination. Please Note: 1. This workshop takes place over the course of THREE sessions. Participants are expected to attend all sessions.  Dates and times of all sessions are as follows:Tuesday, May 24, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Thursday, May 26, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tuesday, May 31, 2022 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 2. Participants must be present for 80% of the workshop to receive a certificate of completion. Consumer Connections asks that participants commit to all 18 hours. 3. You will be asked questions regarding your identity as a peer during the registration process.  This workshop is not intended for non-peer staff or the general community.  WORKSHOP FACILITATORS: Chrissy Schayer- Director of Consumer Connections, WRAP FacilitatorEve Ellsworth- NJ Self-Help Clearinghouse Coordinator, Advanced Level WRAP FacilitatorSeminar I: Developing a Wellness Recovery Action Plan® This workshop is co-facilitated by WRAP® Facilitators in an eighteen (18) hour format. Participants in this workshops will learn how to develop their WRAP® as a personalized system to achieve their own wellness goals.It is for anyone who wants to learn about WRAP® and begin to incorporate it into their life to improve personal wellness and achieve an improved quality of life. The course is designed to be highly interactive and encourage participation and sharing from all present. The course also lays a broad foundation for building a peer workforce.  Successful completion of this course fulfills the prerequisites for being trained as a WRAP Facilitator. Learning objectives Following successful completion of this course, participants will be able to: • Apply the Five Key Concepts of Recovery to their everyday life to improve their quality of life. • Identify tools and action plans to counter the negative effects of life challenges and improve responses to disturbing thoughts and feelings to achieve improved states of wellness. • Describe the history, foundations and structure of the Wellness Recovery Action Plan®. What is WRAP? The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) is a personalized wellness and recovery system born out of and rooted in the principle of self-determination. WRAP® is a wellness and recovery approach that helps people to: 1) decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors; 2) increase personal empowerment; 3) improve quality of life; and 4) achieve their own life goals and dreams. Working with a WRAP® can help individuals to monitor uncomfortable and distressing feelings and behaviors and, through planned responses, reduce, modify, or eliminate those feelings. A WRAP® also includes plans for responses from others when an individual cannot make decisions, take care of him/herself, and/or keep him/herself safe. The person who experiences symptoms is the one who develops their personal WRAP. The person may choose to have supporters and health care professionals help them create their WRAP, but the individual remains in control of the process. Individuals learn to use WRAP® through a peer-led and peer-engaged group process. Formal WRAP® groups typically range in size from 10 to 15 participants and are led by two trained co-facilitators who are peers who use WRAP for their own recovery. Information is delivered and skills are developed through lectures, discussions, and individual and group exercises. Key WRAP® concepts and values are illustrated through examples from the lives of the co-Facilitators and participants. WRAP® participants create a personalized recovery system of wellness tools and action plans to achieve a self-directed wellness vision despite life’s daily challenges. Participants are encouraged, and when possible, assisted to continue meeting after the formal 8 to12 week period has ended and to support each other in using and continuously revising their WRAP® plans. A person’s WRAP® is a tool that can be used for a lifetime, and a voluntary WRAP® group can be a long-term peer support resource for ensuring that this valuable and personalized recovery system remains sharp and useful for building a healthy and successful life in the community. The key to ensuring that recipients of behavioral health services receive the full benefit of using WRAP® is for the leaders and participants in behavioral health organizations to better understand and incorporate the ethics, values, and practices that Mary Ellen Copeland, the Copeland Center, and the grassroots practitioners of WRAP® have established. In 2010, WRAP® was recognized by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as an evidence- based practice and listed in the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices. Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) released the results of a rigorous study that demonstrated significantly positive behavioral health outcomes for individuals with severe and persistent mental health challenges who participated in peer-led WRAP® groups. Research studies on WRAP® from UIC cited that positive outcomes were tied to the fidelity of the WRAP® facilitation model designed by Mary Ellen Copeland and developed by the Copeland Center. Learn More: www.copelandcenter.com