Unwrapping WRAP: Utilizing Wellness Recovery Action Plans(WRAP)
to Promote the Recovery of Justice-Involved Consumers
When: June 20, 2013 | 3:00 – 5:00 PM EDT
Speakers: Waynette Brock of One New Heartbeat, Matthew Federici of the Copeland Center, Lorie Fourhman of the Ohio JDTR program, Alice F. Pauser of The Demeter Foundation, and Rex Thornley of the Wood Project
Wellness Recovery Action Plans® (WRAP®) are becoming increasingly available to consumers who are involved in the criminal justice system. They are being used by consumers in multiple settings including jails, prisons and reentry programs; those using WRAP® report that it has helped them successfully cope with many of the stressors of incarceration and reentry back into the community and the setting of personal recovery goals. The GAINS Center will hold a webinar entitled, Unwrapping WRAP®: Utilizing Wellness Recovery Action Plans® (WRAP®) to Promote the Recovery of Justice-Involved Consumers on June 20th from 3:00 – 5:00 pm EDT. This webinar will highlight several innovative programs across the nation that are offering WRAP® and discuss effective strategies for integrating WRAP® in a variety of criminal justice settings. The goals of this webinar are to:
- Provide an overview of WRAP®
- Share key action steps to implementing WRAP® in criminal justice settings
- Highlight the innovative use of WRAP® by consumers in a variety of criminal justice settings
- Communicate successful strategies for overcoming the unique challenges faced when integrating WRAP® in criminal justice settings
- Feature positive outcomes associated with the use of WRAP® in criminal justice settings
Webinar Access Information:
URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join/ To call-in for audio, dial 888-677-3788
Conference number: PW2670172 Passcode: WRAP
Audience passcode: WRAP
Participants can join the event directly at:
https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join.php?i=PW2670172&p=WRAP&t=c
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“Unwrapping WRAP®: Utilizing Wellness Recovery Action Plans® (WRAP®) to Promote the Recovery of Justice-Involved Consumers”
June 20, 2013 | 3:00 – 5:00 PM EDT
Speakers: Waynette Brock of One New Heartbeat, Matthew Federici of the Copeland Center, Lorie Fourhman of the Ohio JDTR program, Alice F. Pauser of The Demeter Foundation, and Rex Thornley of the Wood Project
Speaker Bios:
Waynette Brock of One New Heartbeat
Waynette DeVonna Brock, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of One New Heartbeat, is also a full-time employee at MedAssets, however she still finds the time to serve the community while maintaining a balance for quality family and personal recovery time. As an Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator Waynette has trained a myriad of individuals, including the first inmate behind the walls to facilitate groups within the California State Penitentiary. Waynette and her team has created an outreach modality that encompasses a broad range of services, specifically targeting high risk individuals, as well as anyone who wants positive life changes. Allied with these concepts is a response network available to answer the needs of those pending, or in the depths of a crisis. One New Heartbeat hosts a weekly open WRAP group at no cost in the community. This newly formed organization was developed under the model established by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D., author of WRAP® a nationally recognized wellness program. Waynette invites people facing everyday life challenges to share their experiences and feelings associated with day to day living. “For me”, learning the importance of visualizing a positive response to challenges helps to ease the discomfort associated with confrontation. Here is where learning to address individual needs and overcoming self-imposed obstacles is important and healthy. Currently Waynette and her husband Timothy Facilitate workshops in the Maquire Correctional Facility, which in some cases include our fallen Veterans.
Matthew Federici of the Copeland Center
Matthew Federici is the Executive Director of the Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery. Prior to joining the Copeland Center he was the Director for the Institute for Recovery & Community Integration. Matthew was instrumental in implementing Pennsylvania’s Certified Peer Specialist movement and recognized for exemplary Practice by the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern PA. He is an Advance Level WRAP® Facilitator through the Copeland Center. Matthew brings a blended perspective as family member, experienced provider of recovery services and from his own journey in wellness recovery. His career has focused on advocacy and systems change. He has worked in independent living services, supported employment, advanced directives, WRAP® and Peer Support services. His trainings and keynote presentations on recovery and peer support have reach across the United States, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong and Japan. He is a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner and received his M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He was awarded Distinguished Advocate Award in 2002 and Distinguished Career Award in 2009 from the Pennsylvania Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services.
Lorie Fourhman of the Ohio JDTR program
Lorie Fourhman is a retired Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Navy with over20 years of service. Currently working as the Mansfield Municipal Court Veterans Peer Mentor Coordinator, Lorie is an Ohio Certified Peer Specialist and Ohio Empowerment Coalition Peer Specialist Facilitator. Lorie is also a WRAP facilitator providing classes for the Veterans currently on probation, focusing on PTSD/Trauma recovery.
Alice F. Pauser of The Demeter Foundation
Alice F Pauser, is the Co-founder of The Demeter Foundation, Inc. In Madison, WI. The organization provides services and programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in the Wisconsin Women’s Correctional System. One of the programs for recently released women is a WRAP workshop that assists women on their path to recovery. All services are provided to the women at no charge. The Demeter Foundation also provides informational presentations about the effectiveness of WRAP to Correctional staff and agencies that partner with them. Ms Pauser has presented workshops on working with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women at national conferences including the WRAP Around the World Conference and the National Prisoners’ Family Conference. She is a Certified Peer Specialist in Wisconsin and a Certified WRAP Facilitator. Her daughter is incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institute in Wisconsin.
Rex Thornley, LCSW of the Wood Project
Rex Thornley is the coordinator for the Bonneville County Wood Pilot Project which is a Problem Solving Court designed to divert dually diagnosed offenders from going to prison and treating them in their respective communities over a 15-19 month timeframe. He has worked as a clinician in a State Psychiatric Hospital, an ACT team, a Mental Health Crisis Team, and a Drug Court over the past 15 years. He has also provided behavioral health services to service members in Iraq as a Social Worker for the United States Army.