Overview of How the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) can Improve Outcomes for System Involved Youth

Waynette Brock and Melissa Wallace

Training Description

After a long history of failed and even abusive practices, today we have simple, safe, and practical resources to support system involved youth and families as well as the people that are working directly with youth and families that are systems involved. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP®) is a personalized wellness and recovery system born out of and rooted in the principle of self-determination. In 2010, WRAP® was recognized by the United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) as an evidence-based practice and listed in the National Registry Services of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices (http://nrepp.samhsa.gov) with a rating of 3.9 out of 4.0. In this training, we will provide an orientation to Mental Health Recovery, including the Wellness Recovery Action Plan and how this was the foundation for the creation of the evidenced based best practice. We will identify how…