Research and Presentations

Presentations by the Wraparound Evaluation and Research Team on the WFI

Best Practices in Wraparound: A Multidimensional View of the Evidence
Published in Social Work, Volume 56, Number 1, January 2011. Authors: Uta M. Walter & Christpher G. Petr.

Wraparound Maine: Mental Health Service Use and Cost Study
This snapshot highlights the results of a mental health service use and cost study on children and youth enrolled in Wraparound Maine. Wraparound Maine is a statewide, multi-site initiative that supports an integrated planning approach for children and youth with complex needs.

Supporting High Quality Wraparound Practice: Fidelity Tools, Assessments and Resources from the National Wraparound initiative.
Presented at the 2011 System of Care Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

Impact of Training and Technical Assistance (IOTTA) for Wraparound
The IOTTA assesses stakeholder perceptions of immediate and longer-term benefits in areas that research has linked to effective implementation and practice change. This brief reports on a study of the tool that includes 381 training participants.

Handouts from the February 2011 Wraparound Conference
The Wraparound Conference was held in Coco Beach, Florida, and Includes handouts and notes from many conference topics, including: Youth Engagement, Wraparound Tools and Techniques, Research and Evaluation, Trends in Child Welfare, Wraparound and Transition Age Youth, and Systems of Care.

The National Wraparound Initiative: A Community Approach to Building Knowledge in the Field of Children's Mental Health
Published in Best Practices in Mental Health, volume 7, No. 1, January 2011.

Intervening Effectively in the Lives of Youth With Complex Behavioral Health Challenges and Their Families: The Role of the Wraparound Process
Published in the American Journal of Community Psychology, volume 46, No.3-4, 2010.

What Predicts Wraparound Fidelity? Findings from the Wraparound Fidelity Index (Click here for Poster; Click here for Handout)
Poster presented at the 24th Annual Systems of Care Conference in Tampa, Florida, March 2011.

Does Team-Based Planning "Work" for Adolescents? Findings from Studies of Wraparound
A paper presented at the 24th Annual Systems of Care Conference in Tampa, Florida, March 2011.

Relationship of Fidelity to Wraparound and Outcomes for Youth and Family.
Presentation by the state of Indiana in association with WERT giving an overview of fidelity and outcomes found and presented at the 6th Annual CANS Conference. San Francisco, California, April 20, 2010

The Wraparound Fidelity Assessment System - Psychometric Analyses to Support Refinement of the Wraparound Fidelity Index and Team Observation Measure.
Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Systems of Care Conference Tampa, Florida, March 2010

Team Observation Measure Training PowerPoint
Orientation to the Team Observation Measure. Includes an introduction to wraparound as well as suggestions for data sampling and conducting fidelity evaluations. Seattle, Washington, January, 2010

The Evidence Base for Wraparound and Strengths-Based Approaches.
Presented at the CASSP 25th Anniversary Systems of Care Program at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Honolulu, Hawaii, October 26, 2009.

Wraparound Fidelity: What Does the National Research Tell Us?
Presented at the Building on Family Strengths Conference. Portland, Oregon, June 25, 2009.

The Wraparound Process for Youth With Complex Needs and Their Families
An overview of wraparound including a look at recent research base. Presented to the MST Network Partners Teleconference. May 7, 2009

Wraparound, Fidelity, and Outcomes: Putting the Pieces Together.
An overview of all the most recent research including an introduction to fidelity measurement, an intro to the Wraparound Fidelity Assessment System, and connections to outcomes. Bellaire, Michigan, June 21, 2009

The Wraparound Fidelity Assessment System – Overview and Results of Pilot Testing
Poster presented at the 21stAnnual Systems of Care Conference Tampa, Florida, March 2008

Pilot test of the Wraparound Fidelity Index, Version 4
A look at preliminary data from the Wraparound Fidelity Index , version 4 Pilot.
20th Annual Systems of Care Conference
Tampa, Florida, March 2007