WRAP Facilitator Training
at the 42nd National Council Conference
Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL
April 9–13, 2012

Presented in Partnership with the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery and National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare

The WRAP® Facilitators course is an experiential learning environment based on mutuality. Participants in this course will be expected to participate in interactive learning activities and demonstrate their own experience with WRAP®.

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Thank you to all who joined Matthew Federici, Executive Director of the Copeland Center,  and Judith Cook, Ph.D., for WRAP as an Evidence-Based Practice Webinar on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. The study Judith Cook lead with contributions from Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, Carol Bailey Floyd, Walter Hudson and others contributed the main research that was accepted by SAMHSA’s Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.

The study conducted by Judith Cook at al. concluded that WRAP recipients improved more than controls from baseline to 8-month follow-up on multiple outcomes including:

• Increased hopefulness
• Increased quality of life
• Increased recovery
• Increased empowerment

New Findings have shown:

• Increased self-advocacy
• Reduced psychiatric symptoms, especially depression & anxiety

Download the Presentation: WRAP as an Evidence-Based Practice

Thank you to all those who joined Gina Calhoun, Director of Training, and her children guests: Rachel, Ashley, and Damien for attending the WRAP for Kids Webinar. Over 250 participants joined Gina leading the kids through discovering their wellness tools, when you feel really good, and things to do everyday. Matthew Federici, Executive Director, then offered parents, caretakers and care providers perspectives on creating WRAP with kids.

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Advanced Level Training Dec 2011 view the photos!

25 WRAP Facilitators joined Copeland Center staff and trainers for 5-day Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator Training at the Asilomar Conference Center in Monteray, CA. The training was an international experience; participants came from Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States including AK, AL, CA, IN, ME, MN, OK, PA, TX, and VA. We were proud to host such a diverse set of people committed to recovery and bringing systems change back to their home communities.

The Advanced Level Training is all about how to train and prepare WRAP® Facilitators. It is a workshop for experienced facilitators with an in-depth knowledge and thorough mastery of both WRAP and facilitation skills. Certified Advanced Level WRAP Facilitators go out into their communities knowing that they possess the skills and knowledge to train others to do this work faithfully and in a manner that is consistent with the work of Mary Ellen Copeland.

The five day intensive workshop goes through all the skills, values, and ethics needed to offer WRAP® Facilitator Trainings. The training is run by a select group of Copeland Center Facilitators who are very experienced in facilitating groups and work closely with the Center’s current findings and effective facilitation approaches through partnership with the Executive Director and Mary Ellen Copeland.

Matthew Federici, Executive Director of the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery, and Ruth Pasillas-Gonzales, Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator from NYAPRS, presented on the role of WRAP in Integrated Care at the 29^th Annual New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Conference.

The Role of Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) in Integrated Care is an interactive workshop, including an overview on the history, development, and description of the evidence-based self-directed program, WRAP. Participants learn about WRAP and its role and benefits in various areas of health and wellness.

Participants rated the workshop as good to excellent overall; 60% indicating that it was excellent. 100% of the participants found the workshop clear and thorough, as well as interesting and useful. 100% indicated that the presentation increased their understanding of the topic and that they would be interested in learning more.

If you are interested in having this high quality presentation brought to your organization either in person or online, please contact the Copeland Center, info@copelandcenter.com or 802-254-5335

Copeland Center announces 6 scholarships for WRAP PALS to attend the WRAP Retreat at the Genesis Spiritual Life and Conference Center in Westfield, MA on May 6-10, 2012. This scholarship is for WRAP PALS who would like to attend the WRAP Retreat together.

Find out more about the scholarship and how to apply:

Download the WRAP_PALS_Scholarships Flier.