Wellness Recovery Action Plan - WRAP - Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services

Wellness Recovery Action Plan® or WRAP® is an evidence-based practice used worldwide by people dealing with mental health or general health challenges. Our goal is to attain the highest possible levels of wellness.

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.

PEERS provides quality WRAP® orientations, workshops, and training. Since our inception in 2001, we have dedicated ourselves to offering WRAP® in a variety of formats and agendas. We adhere to WRAP’s core set of Values and Ethical Guidelines.

For WRAP® to be an evidence-based practice it must be done in person to effectively model the Values and Ethics. Because of current COVID-19 requirements weekly virtual groups do not count as a prerequisite for the Seminar II. PEERS currently has a hand in the following forms of WRAP®:

Introductory Orientations

Introductory Orientations are for anyone interested in learning more about WRAP® and for anyone considering attending the support group (Seminar I). This is also a good way to get ideas for your own WRAPs®.

Join us for our monthly introductory orientations the fourth Thursday of most months*, 10 am – 12 pm Pacific Time

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Support Group

Seminar I WRAP® is for anyone who wants to learn about WRAP® and begin to incorporate it into their lives to improve personal wellness and achieve an improved quality of life. This workshop is designed to be highly interactive and encourage participation and sharing from all participants. This workshop also lays a broad foundation for building a peer workforce. Participants in these workshops will have the opportunity to learn how to develop their WRAP® as a personalized system to achieve their own wellness goals. This workshop is for anyone and can apply to any self-directed wellness goals.

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Training

Seminar II WRAP® is five (5) intensive days that prepares participants to facilitate WRAP® groups and equips them with the skills and materials to facilitate groups in their community and organization. It is for people who have completed a Seminar I WRAP® course. This training provides an environment based on experiential, mutual learning and self-determination. Participants will be expected to participate in interactive learning activities and demonstrate their own experience with WRAP®. This training is appropriate for anyone who would like to lead Seminar I WRAP® groups, work with others to develop their own WRAP® and give presentations on mental health recovery-related issues to groups or organizations. Attendees are expected to have a solid working knowledge of WRAP® and share their experiential knowledge of how WRAP® can work.

This certificate course is co-facilitated by Copeland Center Certified Advanced Level WRAP® Facilitators using the Copeland Center’s standard five-day agenda. Participants in this certificate course are provided with Dr. Mary Ellen Copeland’s WRAP® Facilitator Manual and learn how to use this manual to facilitate WRAP® workshops using techniques that support a core set of values and ethics. This workshop is for anyone who has completed a Seminar I WRAP® workshop and who can illustrate WRAP® through personal examples of using WRAP® in their life.

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This training is three (3) intensive days and is for WRAP facilitators who have been trained within but not exceeding two (2) years. This training provides an environment based on experiential, mutual learning and self-determination. Participants will be expected to participate in interactive learning activities and demonstrate their own experience with WRAP®.

This training is appropriate for anyone who would like to lead Seminar I WRAP® groups, work with others to develop their own WRAP® and give presentations on mental health recovery-related issues to groups or organizations. Attendees are expected to have a solid working knowledge of WRAP® and share their experiential knowledge of how WRAP® can work. Certification renewal can be completed by attending a WRAP® Facilitator Refresher Course.

— To maintain active certification status, certified WRAP® Facilitators are expected to go through a three (3) day refresher every two (2) years.
— If the certified WRAP® Facilitator has not been actively running groups, the Copeland Center and PEERS strongly recommend that they attend a full Seminar II five (5)-day WRAP® Facilitator Certification Training.

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The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery provides this training each year and PEERS sponsors ten (10) eligible participants to attend. Below are qualities the Copeland Center is looking for in an Advanced Level WRAP® Facilitator applicant.

Applicant Qualities:
— Experience: complete a minimum of five (5) independent WRAP® groups, Mental Health Recovery and WRAP® presentations, and/or supported individuals in writing their own WRAP® — Growth: demonstrate growth as a facilitator as determined through evaluations
— Motivation: be highly motivated
— Commitment: to the Five (5) Key Concepts of Recovery: hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy and support
— Skills: dynamic presentation and facilitation skills
— Values and Ethics: demonstrate commitment to the values and ethics of WRAP®
— Knowledge: a thorough knowledge of all parts of mental health recovery and WRAP®

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We offer a monthly Facilitator Mentoring Meeting as an opportunity for continued learning and hands-on practice for newly trained and those wanting to maintain up to date on the latest in facilitating WRAP®.

Mentoring and technical assistance ensures fidelity to the WRAP® model and consistency in WRAP® groups. Post-training, candidates are encouraged to complete mentoring to enhance their learning and have an opportunity to practice. Mentoring is open to all WRAP® facilitators, including those who are newly trained and those who would like to refresh their skills. Behavioral health systems that are committed to the promotion of recovery through WRAP® create and support networks where trained WRAP® Facilitators and Advanced Level WRAP® Facilitators can receive support around on-going barriers and challenges that emerge and change according to the environment where they work. Facilitating networking sessions reduces feelings of Facilitator isolation and fragmentation and increases the exchange of ideas between WRAP® Facilitators to achieve great fidelity.

Join us for our monthly facilitator meeting the third Thursday of each month, 3 pm – 4:30 pm Pacific Time

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Facilitator Registry

As a certified facilitator that completed their Seminar II WRAP® Co-Facilitator Training with PEERS your Name and City of Residence will appear here on our Facilitator Registry. This is a way to create networking and collaboration opportunities among WRAP facilitators that maintain active certification. This can also be found on the ACBH website.