Copeland Center promotes personal, organizational, and community wellness and empowerment through education, training, and research.
Copeland Center
PO Box 6471
Brattleboro, VT 05302
802-254-5335
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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.
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Welcome to the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery. We are the leading organization around the world based on the Wellness Recovery Action Plan® (WRAP®) and other works developed by Dr. Mary Ellen Copeland (www.wrapandrecoverybooks.com). Our trainings and programs are for any person seeking to take personal responsibility to improve their wellness. We also work with health service providers, businesses and community groups who are seeking to improve their wellness and create a healthy workplace environment.
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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 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 29th 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
Are you an experienced WRAP Facilitator who would be interested in training other WRAP Facilitators? If so, then your next chance is coming December 3-7, 2011 in Pacific Grove, CA. The Copeland Center puts on only a few Advanced Level Trainings each year. For individuals, Advanced Level Facilitator training is a transformative experience that prepares you to train WRAP Facilitators, create systems change, and provided technical assistance around WRAP programs for agencies and organizations. For organizations, having Advanced Level WRAP Facilitators provides a way to create sustainability for WRAP Programs by being able to train WRAP Facilitators whenever makes the most sense for the organization.
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The Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery is leading the way toward seclusion and restraint free environments. A group of stakeholders has come together and written a position paper on the Elimination of Seclusion, Restraints, Force and Coercion. This is a very important topic that often affects those who are the least able to advocate for themselves. Please join with us to create a seclusion and restraints free health system.
Read the document:
Final_draft_of_position_paper_October_2011
 SAMHSA has added WRAP to the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices after reviewing compelling research about how WRAP is changing people’s lives. Using the Copeland Center’s training techniques and trained Advanced Level Facilitators, participants in the study’s WRAP groups got well faster, stayed well longer, were more hopeful and recovered more quickly from setbacks compared to the control group.
NREPP Listing can be viewed here
See the lead investigator, Judith Cook’s presentation on WRAP as an Evidence-based Practice.
Please join us for a presentation by Judith Cook, PhD, research about WRAP. It will be helpful for anyone interested in evaluating WRAP at the individual, group, community, or statewide levels, as well as those who are interested in using research results to improve the quality of WRAP facilitation. Also discussed will be ways the research results can be used to improve WRAP and advocate for increasing WRAP funding.
Webinar will be held on Thu, May 19, 2011 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Register for the webinar:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/409315497
PowerPoint Slides for the Presentation
 Sherri Rushman, Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator, from Oakland County Community Mental Health Authority presented on Loneliness and WRAP on April 27. Sherri discussed her journey of working on feelings of loneliness, reaching out to find support, and being a support to others as a way of building relationships. Her webinar included a number of activities to help clarify feelings of loneliness and find ways to feel less lonely with yourself and within your community.
Check out the slides from her presentation:
Webinar Loneliness and Wrap 2011
The Copeland Center also offers its congratulations to Sherri for winning the 2011 Award of Excellence in Consumer Advocacy from the National Council for Community and Behavioral Health Care!
 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 6-11, 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.
The Copeland Center is hosting an Advanced Level Facilitator training in Baltimore, MD. This course is for experienced WRAP Facilitators who are interested in training new WRAP Facilitators. This is a great opportunity for people who work at agencies and organizations that would like to have sustainable WRAP programs.
For more information and to apply
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