WRAP Facilitation is a training program developed and implemented by the Copeland Center for Wellness & Recovery based on ongoing consultation with Mary Ellen Copeland, her associates, Mental Health Recovery and WRAP facilitators and people with a lived experience in recovery. In order to improve skills and stay informed regarding effective approaches to WRAP Facilitation continued learning is imperative. It is recommended that WRAP Facilitators attend a Refresher Course at least once every two year in order to stay up to date on developments and best practices.

Course Description: The WRAP Refresher Course is a three-day, interactive course co-facilitated by Copeland Center Advanced Level Facilitators, Gina Calhoun and Eric Larson, to sharpen and expand facilitation skills to further engage groups in the Wellness Recovery Action Planning.

Through attendance in this course WRAP Facilitators will:

1)    Recognize expanded options on how to give effective group introductions.

2)    Identify additional knowledge areas, values and ethics of WRAP.

3)    Apply at least one new skill to sharpen and expand group facilitation skills.

4)    Develop new and creative approaches to facilitation to accommodate participant challenges and differing group needs.

Those who participate in this training will receive a certificate for completing this 24-hour training. This training can used for continuing education credit requirements for CPS and others. Please contact the Copeland Center for more information.

Recommended for WRAP Facilitators to enhance knowledge and skills with WRAP and to get updates on implementing WRAP as an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP).

Tuition: $750 includes lunch and all training materials.

To register: http://tinyurl.com/WRAPrefresher7-12

Oakland, California

The Copeland Center is pleased to announce that the 2nd International WRAP Around the World Conference will be held in Oakland, California on January 25, 26 and 27, 2013. The conference will be held at the Oakland Marriott.

More information coming soon! Please check back.

The Copeland Center is proud to share that WRAP® is now recognized by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) as an evidence based practice. Through the dedication of people in recovery sharing their experience with WRAP® and researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago, WRAP® is saving lives and helping people experience greater levels of wellness. (http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=208)

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Spend five days with Copeland Center staff learning to become a Mental Health Recovery Educator designed to help you become a powerful change agent/recovery educator as a WRAP Facilitator. You will gain a deeper understanding of the recovery process and learn to:

• work with people who have mental health challenges to discover the strengths they have and can use to enhance their recovery;
• effectively share the underlying concepts necessary to recovery: hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy, and support;
• work with individuals and groups to develop a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP),
• teach about wellness tools and strategies;
• empower and motivate people to work toward recovery – feeling the way they want to feel, making their lives the way they want them to be, and moving toward meeting their life goals;
• use interaction and presentation styles and strategies that enhance recovery.

Thousands across the US and the world have trained as WRAP Facilitators and those people are changing the mental health system to honor people’s recovery journeys. This course models the behavior of a facilitator in a WRAP class and stresses authenticity and unconditional high regard, as well as a strong set of values and ethics to guide your work.

This workshop is co-hosted with the Office of Consumer and Family Affairs of Idaho.

Space is limited, register today.

Registration

Fee: $1200

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.

The text is Facilitator Training Manual: Mental Health Recovery Including Wellness Recovery Action Plan® Curriculum. This includes handouts for each topic and a full set of powerpoint slides, and a DVD.

Payment Policies

To reserve space, a deposit of at least half the training fee is required. 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, info@copelandcenter.com or 802-254-5335.

Deposit: $600   Balance: $600

Travel & Accommodations

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

Fill out the application online