Wraparound Tools for System Leadership
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The following are WraparoundOhio resources for all individuals involved in recovery in the areas of mental health, substance use, behavioral health, judicial justice, and trauma. The materials range from research articles on systems of care to intervention and sustainability tools designed for youth, their parents and families, their clinicians and communities, supervisors and system leaders, advocates and funders.
Tiered Care Coordination Expert Convening Meeting Summary
Definitions of care coordination vary across implementation settings, and after review of almost forty unique characterizations of care coordination, the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality settled on the following description: “Care coordination is the deliberate organization of patient care activities between two or more participants (including the patient) involved in a patient’s care to facilitate the appropriate delivery of health care services. Organizing care involves the marshaling of personnel and other resources needed to carry out all required patient care activities, and is often managed by the exchange of information among participants responsible for different aspects of care.
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Wraparound Evaluation & Research Team
The Wraparound Evaluation and Research Team seeks to improve the lives of children and their families through research on the implementation and outcomes of the Wraparound process. Through development, refinement and dissemination of the Wraparound Fidelity Assessment System, our team aims to assist implementation of the Wraparound process, evaluate effectiveness, identify the need for technical assistance and training, and promote communication within the service delivery and research and evaluation fields.
National Wraparound Initiative (NWI)
The NWI envisions a future in which all children and youth, regardless of the complexity of their needs, are connected to caring adults and have access to appropriate services and supports so they can be healthy, experience positive development, and live and thrive in their homes and communities. Since 2004, the National Wraparound Initiative has worked to promote understanding about the components and benefits of care coordination using the Wraparound practice model, and to provide the field with resources and guidance that facilitate high quality and consistent Wraparound implementation.
National Wraparound Implementation Center (NWIC)
The National Wraparound Implementation Center (NWIC) supports states, communities, and organizations to implement Wraparound effectively. NWIC uses innovative approaches grounded in implementation science and incorporating cutting-edge strategies to support Wraparound implementation. NWIC provides support that is intensive yet affordable. The work is focused on building sustainable local capacity to provide model-adherent, high fidelity Wraparound, thereby increasing positive outcomes for children, youth, and their families.
Wraparound Tools for Supervisors (Click on title to access PDF or website.)
Ohio Wraparound Coaching Supervision-Level Target Descriptions: Contribute to effective community context/nest for Wraparound.
This guide provides descriptions of supervisions-level targets, including: Working to create a healthy nest for Wraparound in the community systems; working with facilitators to promote a healthy nest for Wraparound in the community systems; engaging in active system problem solving activities related to Wraparound and System of Care; providing regular training and shadowing opportunities for employees to build their foundation of skills; providing regular coaching opportunities for staff to reflect on and build their skill level within the process; promoting professional growth and integration of the model into daily practice; understanding and being trained in the Wraparound philosophy; supporting facilitators through reflective supervision and using tools that help facilitators reflect and adapt; and being able to clearly communicate the Wraparound process and philosophy.
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his guide provides descriptions of supervisions-level targets, including: Ability to ensure that the young adult, parents and caregivers are valued as critical partners in the team planning process; ability to foster relationships of trust and collaboration among all team members; ability to develop consensus and shared accountability among team members around team mission; guiding team members to hear family concerns and desires and to accept family as full and equal partners; ability to invite people to meetings in way that addresses their self interest in participating;and ability to guide the team in crafting a plan that has a mix of formal services, adapted services, tailored interventions and supportive connections. Benchmarking in Wraparound
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ind the easiest counts for success; engage in bi-level benchmarking; manage to the initial conditions that got the family referred; engage the family in identifying benchmarks that create meaning in each day; manage to the facts; summarize to the positives; bring information to the team for review; use logic in reviewing benchmarks at a team level; and builds discipline for team decision making rather than crowd decision making.
Wraparound and Natural Supports
The Wraparound theory assumes that, when wraparound is undertaken in accordance with the principles and the practice model specified by the NWI, the result is an effective team process that capitalizes on the expertise and commitment of all team members while also prioritizing the perspectives of the youth and family…When the wraparound process is carried out with fidelity to the principles and the practice model, it is an engagement and planning process that promotes a blending of perspectives and high-quality problem solving, and is thus consistent with empirically supported best practices for effective teamwork…As a wraparound trainer and coach, I support facilitators as they learn the craft of wraparound.
Phases and Activities of the Wraparound Process
“Phases and Activities of the Wraparound Process” focuses on what needs to happen in wraparound; however, how the work is accomplished is equally important. Merely accomplishing the tasks is insufficient unless this work is done in a manner consistent with the 10 principles of wraparound. In addition, future work from the National Wraparound Initiative will provide more detailed information about team member skills that are necessary for the wraparound process, as well as descriptions of specific procedures, templates, and other tools that can be used to complete the activities described.
Wraparound Tools for Facilitators (Click on title to access PDF or website.)
Rethinking Wraparound: Proposing a New Construct to Support an Evolving Understanding of the Wraparound Approach
The goal of this article is not to describe a specific version of what Wraparound practice should be – as if there was only one answer to that question, but rather to propose a new construct to help Wraparound practitioners hone their approaches and improve the impact of their efforts to assist families.
Benchmarking in Wraparound
Find the easiest counts for success; engage in bi-level benchmarking; manage to the initial conditions that got the family referred; engage the family in identifying benchmarks that create meaning in each day; manage to the facts; summarize to the positives; bring information to the team for review; use logic in reviewing benchmarks at a team level; and builds discipline for team decision making rather than crowd decision making.
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