1. Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP): Values, Ethics & Principles
Nanette V. Larson, BA, CRSS
Director, Recovery Support Services

2. 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

3. Values & Ethics: Top Ten List
6.Adaptable to anyone’s 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

4. 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

5. WRAP: Foundational Principles
Hope
Personal Responsibility
Support
Education
Self-Advocacy
Spirituality

6. 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

7. Foundational Principles: Hope
Overcome Hopelessness
My own
The other person’s
Refrain from Negative Predictions
Set Goals

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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, “How’s it going?”
“What do you think?”
“How’s it going?”

13. Foundational Principles: Support
Teach characteristics of good and bad supporters
Assist the individual in identifying supporters
Guard against becoming the person’s chief/primary supporter

14. Foundational Principles: Education
Getting Good Information
Knowledge is Power
Information Sought is Related to the Goal Desired
Good Information Facilitates Good Choices

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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?

18. Foundational Principles: Spirituality
Recovery encompasses an individual’s whole life, including
Mind
Body
Spirit
Community
Spirituality, creativity, social networks, community participation, complementary & naturalistic services

19. 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?”

20. Foundational Principles: Spirituality
Meaning and purpose
Values and principles
Sense of community
Spiritual practices

21. 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

22. Thank You! Nanette V. Larson, BA, CRSS
Director, Recovery Support Services
DHS/Division of Mental Health
5407 N. University St.
Peoria, IL 61614
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