Wellness Recovery Action Plan WRAP: Values, Ethics

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Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Values,
Ethics Principles

• Nanette V. Larson, BA, CRSS
• Director, Recovery Support Services

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Values Ethics Top Ten List

• 1.Always offer hope
• 2.Strive to treat others as equals, with dignity,
  compassion, respect and unconditional high regard
• 3.Validate their experiences
• 4.All participation is voluntary
• 5.Give choices and options, not final answers

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Values Ethics Top Ten List

• 6.Adaptable to anyones personal philosophy
• 7.Unconditionally accept each person
• 8.Focus on simple, safe and common sense options
• 9.Remain focused on strengths and away from
  deficits
• 10.Help others understand that there are no
  limits to recovery

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WRAP A Self-Directed Service

• By definition, the recovery process must be
  self-directed by the individual
• The individual defines his or her own life goals
  and designs a unique path towards those goals
• The individual designs, directs and owns the WRAP
  plan

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WRAP Foundational Principles

• Hope
• Personal Responsibility
• Support
• Education
• Self-Advocacy
• Spirituality

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Foundational Principles Hope

• Hope is the catalyst to the recovery process
• Provides the essential and motivating message of
  a better future
• People can and do overcome the barriers and
  obstacles that confront them
• Hope is internalized, but it can be fostered by
  peers, families, friends, providers and others

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Foundational Principles Hope

• Overcome Hopelessness
• My own
• The other persons
• Refrain from Negative Predictions
• My own
• The other persons
• Set Goals

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Foundational Principles Hope

• Communicate hope in every way you can!
• Strive daily to fight hopelessness
• Refrain from negative predictions
• Assist the individual in identifying his/her own
  goals and to believe he/she can achieve them

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Foundational Principles Personal Responsibility

• Making Good Choices
• The right to take risks
• The right to make a mistake
• The right to fail
• Developing Action Steps
• Based on my goals
• Start with small steps

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Foundational Principles Personal Responsibility

• Help the individual gain insight into how his/her
  choices may affect his/her goals
• Assist him/her in identifying steps to achieve
  his/her goals
• Respond with dignity and respect regarding
  his/her choices, and the outcome of those choices

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Foundational Principles Support

• Mutual support, including the sharing of
  experiential knowledge and skills and social
  learning
• Encourage one another and engage each other in
  recovery
• Provide each other with a sense of belonging,
  supportive relationships, valued roles and
  community

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Foundational Principles Support

• Encouragement
• Good supporters are hopeful and helpful
• Openness
• Trusting a supporter enough to ask, What do you
  think?
• Accountability
• Trusting a supporter enough to allow him/her to
  ask me, Hows it going?

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Foundational Principles Support

• Teach characteristics of good and bad supporters
• Assist the individual in identifying supporters
• Guard against becoming the persons chief/primary
  supporter

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Foundational Principles Education

• Getting Good Information
• Knowledge is Power
• Information Sought is Related to the Goal Desired
  
• Good Information Facilitates Good Choices

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Foundational Principles Education

• Teach the importance of getting lots of
  information before making a decision
• Assist the individual in identifying/locating
  information related to goals

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Foundational Principles Self-Advocacy

• Effective Communication
• Situational Judgment
• Remain focused on the goal what am I trying to
  achieve here?
• Determine what will be the most effective
  approach/style/method for the situation
• Supporters can be helpful participants in the
  process

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Foundational Principles Self-Advocacy

• Teach, teach, teach effective communication is
  a lifelong skill!
• Offer your support
• Suggest the possibility of another supporter who
  may be able to assist
• Debrief situations as they happen What went
  well? How to improve?

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Foundational Principles Spirituality

• Recovery encompasses an individuals whole life,
  including
• Mind
• Body
• Spirit
• Community
• Spirituality, creativity, social networks,
  community participation, complementary
  naturalistic services

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Foundational Principles Spirituality

• Finding Meaning and Purpose
• Essential for Hope and Motivation
• Question One What matters to you the most?
• Question Two What keeps you going?

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Foundational Principles Spirituality

• Meaning and purpose
• Values and principles
• Sense of community
• Spiritual practices

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Foundational Principles Spirituality

• Help the individual see beyond the current
  circumstance
• Ask thought-provoking questions
• Remember what matters most to the person is what
  will propel them forward

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Thank You!

• Nanette V. Larson, BA, CRSS
• Director, Recovery Support Services
• DHS/Division of Mental Health
• 5407 N. University St.
• Peoria, IL 61614
• [phone]
• Nanette.Larson_at_illinois.gov