Wellness%20Recovery%20Action%20Planning%20(WRAP):%20An%20Overview

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Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) An
Overview

• Consumer Education and Support Statewide Call-In
  February 28, 2008

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Welcome!

• Thank you to all who have joined in for todays
  call!
• Instructions for CEUs for todays call
• Fax Sign-In Sheets to
• Josephine Brodbeck, FAX [phone]
• Schedule for future calls
• March to be announced by the Collaborative
• April 24th - Recovery Strategies for Combined
  Mental Illness Substance Use Disorders
• May to be announced by the Collaborative
• June 26th - How to Develop Inclusive Agency-Based
  Advisory Councils

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Objectives for Todays Call

1. Participants will have a basic understanding of
   the values, ethics, and principles of Wellness
   Recovery Action Planning
2. Participants will recognize the basic components
   of a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
3. Participants will have an opportunity to ask
   questions and offer suggestions regarding these
   topics

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Guidelines for Todays Call

• All Speakers Will Use Person-First Language
• All Acronyms Will Be Spelled Out and Defined
• Diverse Experiences Will Be Heard and Validated

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WRAP A Self-Directed Service

• By definition, the recovery process must be
  self-directed by the individual
• The individual defines his or her own life goals
  and designs a unique path towards those goals
• The individual designs, directs and owns the WRAP
  plan

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WRAP Values Ethics Top Ten List

• 1. Facilitators are to always offer hope
• 2. Strive to treat others as equals, with
  dignity, compassion, respect and unconditional
  high regard
• 3. Validate the experiences of others
• 4. All participation is voluntary
• 5. Give choices and options, not final answers

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WRAP Values Ethics Top Ten List

• 6. Adaptable to anyones personal philosophy
• 7. Unconditionally accept each person
• 8. Focus on simple, safe and common sense options
• 9. Remain focused on strengths and away from
  deficits
• 10. Help others understand that there are no
  limits to recovery

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Foundational Principles of Recovery

• Hope
• Personal Responsibility
• Support
• Education
• Self-Advocacy
• Spirituality

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Foundational Principles Hope

• Expect the future can somehow be better, no
  matter what the present condition is
• Identify your own goals and believe you can
  achieve them
• Refrain from negative predictions
• Actively fight hopelessness

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Foundational Principles Personal Responsibility
Support

• Personal Responsibility
• Making Good Choices
• Developing Action Steps Based on Your Goals
• Support
• Encouragement
• Openness
• Accountability

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Foundational Principles Education
Self-Advocacy

• Education
• Getting Good Information
• Facilitates Good Choices
• Self-Advocacy
• Remaining Focused on the Goal
• Using Effective Communication
• Requires Good Situational Judgment
• Supporters can be helpful participants in the
  process

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Foundational Principles Spirituality

• Finding Meaning Purpose
• What matters to you the most?
• What keeps you going?
• Contributes to Hope Motivation
• Provides a Sense of Community

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WRAP for What?

• I can write a WRAP for anything!
• First I must decide what it is that I want to
  write my WRAP for
• Each part of my plan will be relevant to that
  particular thing that I am planning for

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WRAP the Plan

• Wellness Toolbox
• Many, many things I can do to be well and stay
  well
• At My Best / Daily Maintenance
• A clear description of me when things are really
  going well which will give me a vision of what I
  am working toward
• A distinct list of items I do every day to help
  me live at my best
• Triggers / Action Plan
• Events or circumstances that may compromise my
  wellness if I dont respond to them
• Action I respond to triggers by using my Action
  Plan!

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WRAP the Plan (continued)

• Early Warning Signs / Action Plan
• Signs of change that only I notice that indicate
  to me that I may need to take some further action
• Action Taking action against emotion is a key
  in this stage
• Things Breaking Down / Action Plan
• In this stage, things are getting even worse, and
  other people are beginning to notice, but I am
  still able to take action on my own behalf
• Action Support that is empowering is the key in
  this stage

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WRAP the Plan (continued)

• Crisis Planning
• A situation in which I can no longer take care of
  myself, and others will need to take over
  responsibility for my care
• Action With my crisis plan, I participate in the
  decision-making process, even when I am not
  capable of being the person making the decisions
• Post-Crisis Planning
• Planning for life after a crisis is the first
  step to ensuring successful recovery
• Action My post-crisis plan identifies small
  steps on the road to recovery, to help me
  transition back to wellness

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WRAP is a Lifestyle

• Writing a WRAP plan is more than a one-time
  occurrence
• It is ever-changing to fit my personal needs and
  experiences
• WRAP is always based on personal choice
• The pursuit of good information in order to make
  good choices is one of the keys to the process

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How Can I Get More Information?

• Resources Online www.mentalhealthrecovery.com
• Order free Mental Health Recovery and WRAP
  Newsletter by
• Website www.mentalhealthrecovery.com
• E-Mail info_at_mentalhealthrecovery.com
• Phone [phone]

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Guidelines for Q A

• All Speakers Will Use Person-First Language
• All Acronyms Will Be Spelled Out and Defined
• Diverse Experiences Will Be Heard and Validated
• Limit to One Question per Person, then Pass to
  the Next Person
• Saying Thank You Indicates You Are Finished
  With Your Question

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Thank You!

• Written Questions Can Be Sent To
• Nanette.Larson_at_illinois.gov
• (fax [phone])
• Mary.Jensen_at_illinois.gov
• Rhonda.Keck_at_illinois.gov