An outstanding leader, advocate, program innovator, and visionary, Tim Coakley pioneered alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization for adolescents, initiated award-winning services for homeless families, and cultivated a broad range of psychosocial services for people with serious mental illnesses.

Kris Ericson, PhD, Executive Director, of ACMHA: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership stated: “I wish that I could describe to you effectively the impact Gina had on the folks attending the ACMHA Summit. She was one of my two highlights for the week.”

Pictured is Gina Calhoun, right, and Joan Erney at left, member of ACMHA: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. ACMHA is a national membership organization focused on being a convener of diverse and emerging leaders concerned with mental health and substance use policy and practice from across systems.

Congratulations Gina!

The Copeland Center would like extended to thank the panelists:

Joan Gillece, PhD – Director, SAMHSA Promoting Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint through Trauma-Informed Care Practices and Director, SAMHSA’s National Center for Trauma-informed Care
Tonier Cain – Coordinator of Consumer Affairs SAMHSA Promoting Alternatives to Seclusion and Restraint through Trauma-Informed Care Practices and Coordinator, SAMHSA’s National Center for Trauma-informed Care
Michael Hlebchuk from Oregon State Hospital
Aidan Altenor – former Bureau Director for Hospital and Community Operations- PA Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Robbie Altenor – former Assistant for Criminal Justice and Special Populations, PA Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services – Office of the Deputy Secretary
Cheryl Sharp – Moderator - from the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
Gina Calhoun – Introducing the webinar – from the Copeland Center, Director of Training and Wellness Education

Download the powerpoint presentation:

Eliminating Seclustion and Restraints Webinar Slides

Download the Copeland Center’s paper on Eliminating Seclusion and Restraints:

S/R Position Paper

Tonier Cain’s Documentary:

Healing Neen

Read articles by Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, Executive Director: Matthew Federici, Advanced Level WRAP Facilitators: Nanette Larson and Carol Bailey Floyd, and WRAP Facilitators: Marvel Boolman and Marina Gresham.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Answers to Your Questions About

WRAP as an Evidence-Based Practice  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
WRAP®: A Universal Key for Whole Health  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
Message from Dr. Copeland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Perspectives: Insight of Interconnection . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 5

Perspectives: Fluent in the Language of Wellness . . . . . . . . . . 7
Wellness Tools for Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7

WRAP Wellness Retreat  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8

Many Faces of WRAP  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10

Upcoming Events/Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

CopelandCenterNewsletterSpring2012-Email

Mary Ellen Copeland writes: “The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery is named in  honor of, and dedicated to, the memory of Kathryn Strouse Copeland (1912-1994).  Kate was a remarkable woman–smart, warm, energetic, and vivacious. In 1949 her life circumstances overwhelmed her and she spent the next 8 years of her life in an asylum.  Her family was told she was incurably insane.  Through all her years in that horrific place, Kate never gave up hope that she would someday leave that facility and regain her life.  Recognizing her own need to talk with others, she began gathering patients together in small groups to share their experiences.  The hospital administration became uncomfortable with these meeting (the first peer support) and Kate was discharged at the age of 45.  Kate went on from there to get a highly coveted job as nutritionist in an inner city high school.  She worked there successfully for over 20 years.  And the numbers of kids taking hot lunch increased dramatically.  She went on to have a rich and rewarding retirement, filled with the love of family and friends.  At a time when recovery was touted as being impossible, she recovered.  And she led the way for all the rest of us.”

Read Mary Ellen Copeland’s article: “Remembering Kate – A Story of Hope”

Download the powerpoint presentation

Download the PDF – Article starts on page 3.

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 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

View the powerpoint

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.