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1. Family Voice and Family Choice
Family
and youth/child perspectives are intentionally elicited and prioritized
during all
phases of the wraparound or conference process. Planning is
grounded in family members’ perspectives, and the team strives
to provide options and choices such that the plan reflects family
values and preferences.
The
team consists of individuals agreed upon by the family and committed
to them through informal, formal, and community support
and service relationships.
The
team actively seeks out and encourages the full participation of
team members drawn
from family members’ networks of interpersonal
and community relationships. The Family Team Plan reflects
activities and interventions that draw on sources of
natural support.
Team
members work cooperatively and share responsibility for developing,
implementing,
monitoring, and evaluating a single wraparound plan.
The plan reflects a blending of team members’ perspectives,
mandates, and resources. The Family Team Plan guides
and coordinates each team member’s
work towards meeting the team’s goals.
The
team implements service and support strategies that take place in
the most inclusive, most responsive,
most accessible,
and least restrictive settings possible; and that
safely promote child and family integration into home and community
life.
The
team process demonstrates respect for and builds on the values, preferences,
beliefs, culture, and identity of the child/youth
and family, and their community.
To
achieve the goals laid out in the Family Team Plan, the team develops
and implements a customized set of strategies, supports, and services.
The
team process and Family Team Plan identify, build on, and enhance
the capabilities, knowledge, skills, and assets of the
child and family, their community, and other team members.
Despite
challenges, the team persists in working toward the goals included
in the Family Team Plan until the team reaches
agreement that
a formal wraparound process is no longer required. We
never give up on a family or a child.
The
team ties the goals and strategies of the Family Team Plan to observable
or measurable indicators of success, monitors progress in terms of
these indicators, and revises the plan accordingly.
Adapted from Bruns, E.J., Walker, J.S.,
Adams, J., Miles, P., Osher, T.W., Rast, J., VanDenBerg, J.D. & National
Wraparound Initiative Advisory Group (2004). Ten principles of
the wraparound process. Portland, OR: National Wraparound
Initiative, Research and Training Center on Family Support
and Children’s
Mental Health, Portland State University.
Acknowledgments: The work of the National Wraparound Initiative
has received support from several sources, including ORC Macro,
Inc.; the Child, Adolescent,
and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration;
the Center for
Medical and Medicaid
Services (award no. 11-P-92001/3-01); the Maryland Department
of Juvenile Services and Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention;
and the National Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family
Mental
Health.
A Product of the National Wraparound Initiative – October
1, 2004 version
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for Restorative Practice 2007, All
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