A three-to-five page, informally typewritten philosophy of pediatric practice, in which participants applied three elements of the Wrap Around Service Model to their own pediatric practice with children with behavioral challenges in families from high-minority, low-income communities.
What, if any, is your prior experience with the Wrap Around Service Model?
In assigned groups of three, participants were asked to briefly describe The Wrap Around Service Model to each other as they delineated it in the pre-writing assignment essay.
Based on their discussion, each group was asked to develop a graphic, drawn on easel paper, explaining their understanding of the culturally responsive nature of The Wrap Around Service Model.
In advance of this activity, the co-facilitators wrote out on easel paper and then posted on the walls around the QA program classroom space the 10 essential elements and the 10 requirements for practice of The Wrap Around Service Model.
Each participant was asked to briefly delineate to the whole program cohort the culturally responsive nature of her/ his pediatric practice with children with behavioral challenges in families from high-minority, low-income communities, and the three Wrap Around Service Model elements she/he chose (and the rationale for the elements chosen) to apply to her/ his practice delineated in the pre-writing assignment philosophy.
Table 1 provides an overview of how all of the components of The Wrap Around Service Model program were interrelated and came together.
The wrap around approach must be a team-driven process involving the family, child, natural supports, agencies, and community services working together to develop, implement, and evaluate the individualized plan.
Families must be full and active partners in every level of the wrap around process.
Wrap around child and family teams must have flexible approaches and adequate and flexible funding.
Wrap around plans must include a balance of formal services and informal community and family supports.