Spend five days with Copeland Center staff learning to become an effective Mental Health Recovery Educator and WRAP Group facilitator. At this training, you will gain a deeper understanding of the recovery process and learn to:
• work with people to help them uncover their personal strengths and discover how they can use these strengths to support their recovery and wellness
• effectively share the key concepts 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 of people across the United States and around the world have trained as Mental Health Recovery and WRAP® Facilitators. These 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 training is appropriate for anyone who would like to lead Mental Health Recovery and WRAP® groups, work with others to develop their own WRAP and to give presentations on mental health recovery related issues to groups or organizations. Attendees are expected to have a solid working knowledge of WRAP and share their experiential knowledge of how WRAP can work.
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. Before attending the seminar, it is expected that you have familiarity with the different parts of WRAP through completion of one of the following prerequisites:
- Copeland Center Correspondence Course,
- 2 or 3 day Seminar I Course or Workshop,
- 8 or 12 week Seminar I workshop or WRAP Group
Additionally, you should also have and use your own WRAP, or assisted and supported another person in developing and using their WRAP. All Seminar I prerequisite course must be conducted by a WRAP Facilitator.
Registration
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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. Tuition is refundable up to 30 days before the training. After that time, tuition is non-refundable.
Deposit: $600 Balance: $600
Travel & Accommodations
The fee does not include transportation, lodging or other meals.
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