Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator Training, Baltimore, MD

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. The workshop requires successful completion of a number of practicum exercises. Completion of the course is not a guarantee of becoming an Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator. The Copeland Center staff will provide specific feedback and work with participants until they are prepared.

The qualities that the Copeland Center is looking for in Advanced Level WRAP® Facilitator Applicants are:

•    Experience- Applicants have completed a minimum of 5 WRAP groups, Mental Health Recovery and WRAP presentations, and/or supported individuals in writing their own WRAP

•    Growth as a facilitator as demonstrated through evaluations.

•    Motivation- Applicants are highly-motivated

•    Committed to the 5-Key concepts- Hope, Personal Responsibility, Education, Self-Advocacy, and Support

•    Dynamic presentation and facilitation skills

•    Have a thorough knowledge of all parts of Mental Health Recovery and WRAP

To apply, each applicant is requested to send in:

•    Fill out our online application form

•    A short letter (no more than 1 page) describing experiences that relate to Mental Health Recovery and WRAP. This letter should include why you are interested in becoming an Advanced Level Trainer and your experience with facilitating WRAP groups or helping others develop their own WRAPs.

•    At least 5 evaluations from at least 3 different WRAP groups you have facilitated (15 total evaluations).

•    A copy of your WRAP Facilitator certificate

•    A non-refundable $100 application fee which once accepting will go toward the tuition. If you are not accepted into Advanced Level Training, you will be provided with specific feedback on opportunities for growth. Payment can be submitted via credit card below in the registration section or via check sent to PO Box 6471, Brattleboro, VT 05302.

Additionally, each applicant is requested to submit one of the following:

1. A letter of recommendation from an Advanced Level Facilitator including their current contact information.

2. An unedited video of yourself presenting an overview of the Five Key Concepts and WRAP that is no more than 30 minutes long. The reviewers are most interested in the content and how you present WRAP and not the quality of the video.  Best practice is to provide your video online through a link.  Otherwise videos must be sent to be viewed on home DVD player or compatible for viewing on a PC or MAC computer.  (VHS or earlier video recording formats are not accepted).

Videos can be sent to PO Box 2343, West Chester, PA, 19380.

3.  5 recommendations from co-facilitators or group participants that reflects what they have learned in working with you and your modeling of the Values and Ethic in WRAP workshops.

Materials can either be emailed to info@copelandcenter.com or mailed by post to: Copeland Center, PO Box 2343, West Chester, PA 19380

Registration

Application Fee: $100

Tuition Fee: $1300

The registration fee is in United Stated Dollars (USD). It includes all training materials and activities, as well as lunch, snacks and beverages on training days.

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Payment Policies

To reserve space, please send a deposit of half the training fee. The balance is payable by the training date. Confirmation will be sent upon receipt of your deposit. Contact us if you need to make other arrangements for payment.

Deposit: $650   Balance: $650

Travel & Accommodations

The fee does not include transportation, lodging or other meals.