2025 WRAP Symposium Open for Registration!

May 1, 2025

Join us October 6-8, 2025, in Great Falls, Montana for the 2025 WRAP Symposium! Early bird registration prices are available through July 31.

This event is more than a health and wellness conference—it’s a space where individuals come together to explore wellness ideas, gain support, network, grow, share Wellness Tools, and reach new wellness peaks. You’ll experience:

• Workshops and Panels focusing on topics that align with your personal and professional goals
• Networking Opportunities that foster mutual support, understanding, and lasting connections
• Daily Wellness Activities such as fitness classes and crafting
• Resource Expo showcasing innovative wellness tools, programs, and organizations
• A virtual address from Mary Ellen Copeland!
• And much more . . .

The fun kicks off October 6 with an evening reception, followed by two powerful days of connection, engagement, learning, and personal growth. Register now!

Staying Certified as a WRAP Facilitator or ALF

March 31, 2025

We thank all Facilitators and ALFs for adhering to the WRAP Values and Ethics and for maintaining fidelity. WRAP is only truly WRAP if it follows evidence-based practice. Everyone taking seminars deserves what has been proven to work.

We’ve found there is some confusion in the field about what is needed to maintain certification as a WRAP Facilitator and Advanced Level Facilitator (ALF). So to ensure worldwide fidelity to evidence-based practice, and to align with other respected professional peer support and mental health certification programs, Refreshers (Facilitators) or Recertification (ALFs) are required to remain certified.

Here are the guidelines:

WRAP FACILITATORS

Although we strongly encourage all Facilitators to attend a Refresher every 2 years, we are providing the following flexibility:

• Facilitators who have not attended a Refresher in the past 5 years should attend a Refresher by April 1, 2026.
• Facilitators who have certified or taken a Refresher in the past 5 years should continue to take a Refresher every 2 to 5 years.

After the 5-year mark, Facilitators cannot co-facilitate WRAP Seminar I until they have completed a 12-hour Refresher.

Refreshers are offered online or in-person through WRAP or currently certified ALFs. We will be offering many WRAP Refreshers on a variety of topics, giving you the chance to expand your knowledge and skills while staying up to date.

The two Refreshers currently open for registration on the WRAP website are the one needed to co-facilitate Seminar I online. More topic-specific Refreshers will be posted next month and throughout the year.

WRAP ALFs

All WRAP ALFs must recertify every 2 years. There is no grace period for recertifying, as this has always been the requirement for ALFs. ALFs who have not recertified and are past their 2 years cannot offer WRAP Seminar II until they have recertified.

ALF Recertification is only available through AHP and our licensed partner Step By Step.

If you’ve already been certified or recertified as an ALF through AHP or Step by Step, we will be offering virtual recertifications starting in 2026. As with Refreshers, these Recertifications will be more topic driven, so as to offer continuing education and skills rather than a repeat of Seminar III.

Additional Requirements to Facilitate WRAP Trainings

Seminar I

• All Seminar I groups of more than two people must be co-facilitated by two or more currently certified Facilitators.

• Facilitators cannot offer WRAP Seminar I online unless both have attended the WRAP Refresher about virtual facilitation.

• For Seminar I, Facilitators should ensure each participant has a copy of the Wellness Recovery Action Plan, Updated Edition (Red book), the WRAP Workbook, and least one copy of Crisis Plan On the Go. These are available through the WRAP bookstore. Some Facilitators provide the materials and others have participants purchase them individually through the WRAP website. There is a discount with bulk purchases.

• Use of adapted or copied WRAP materials is not allowed. All WRAP publications and training materials are copyrighted by AHP. They cannot be copied, adapted, or altered in any way or it is a legal violation.

Seminar II

• All Seminar II groups must be co-facilitated by two or more currently certified ALFs.

• ALFs should provide a copy of the WRAP Facilitator Manual, Updated Edition to each participant.

• WRAP Seminar II must be held in person.

If you have questions, please contact us at info@wellnessrecoveryactionplan.com.

Certification and recertification as a WRAP Facilitator and/or ALF is a valuable certification that signals to peers, organizations, and agencies that you are current with your knowledge. This is standard practice for certifications for nearly every field.

If you cannot afford a Refresher, you can complete an application for the Neal Shifman and Mary Ellen Copeland Scholarship. These are awarded based on financial need and available space in trainings. You can request the application by writing to trainings@wellnessrecoveryactionplan.com.

2025 WRAP Symposium: Call for Presentations!

Mach 28, 2025

We’re now accepting proposals for presentations for the worldwide 2025 WRAP Symposium: Reach New Peaks, which will be held October 6-8, 2025, in Great Falls, Montana (USA). We want to showcase as many voices from the WRAP community as possible!

This is an opportunity to share your knowledge, areas of expertise, and creativity with other attendees. Possible topic areas include:

• Sharing WRAP with specific populations (e.g., youth/college students, people experiencing incarceration, people with addictions, caregivers).
• WRAP for life challenges (e.g., work, school, transitions, illness, aging, loss).
• WRAP recovery topics.
• Creative Wellness Tools and activities.
• Working with state agencies, securing funding, building a WRAP business.

To submit a proposal for one of the 50-minute presentation slots, go to: WRAP 2025 Call for Presentations

All proposals must be received by April 30, 2025.

We will soon send out a call for people to lead group wellness activities, such as yoga, meditation, dance, art, music, or anything else you’d like to share with others.

More information and early bird registration links will be available soon, so be on the lookout!