by Amanda Aykanian | May 23, 2018 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, News, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, WRAP Publications & Events
Our last few newsletters have announced changes to WRAP’s branding and content updates to key resources. We have refreshed our visual identity, which includes a new logo and a look and feel that will extend through our books and other materials. We are updating... by Kristen King | May 22, 2018 | Blog, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
I want to share with you the WRAP Values and Ethics because the development of these values and ethics was a peer support process. These values and ethics were not a mandate from some higher authority, but rather evolved over time as groups of peers considered and...
by Alan Marzilli | Jan 11, 2018 | Blog, Children & Teens, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Veterans, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
As schoolchildren return to classes in the river town of Kearney, Nebraska, their teachers will have new tools to help them grow socially and emotionally. That’s because their teachers attended a professional development day focused on helping children manage trauma,... by Niki Miller | Jun 8, 2017 | Addictions, Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Crisis Plan, Daily Plan, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Justice Involvement, Post-Crisis Plan, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness Toolbox, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics
The first three articles in this series explained different ways that people with addictions can use a Wellness Recovery Action Plan. This final installment discusses using WRAP at a systems level and integrating it into addiction treatment and recovery at all...
by Kristen King | Jun 3, 2017 | Blog, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, WRAP Publications & Events
WRAP Around the World 2017 kicks off in Sacramento on June 5, with three days packed full of great WRAP-related programming. This grassroots conference offers information on a variety of topics for people seeking greater mental health and overall wellness. The full... by Amanda Aykanian | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog, Creating & Using Your WRAP, Daily Plan, Early Warning Signs, Elements of WRAP, Facilitator Training, For Facilitators, Stressors & Triggers, Wellness, Recovery & Lifestyle Topics, WRAP Publications & Events
Last Friday, AHP and the Copeland Center co-hosted a webinar to celebrate WRAP’s 20th birthday. I attended this webinar as AHP’s WRAP social media manager, and also as someone fairly new to the broader WRAP community. The experience was educational, and it was...