Published In
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
8-2017
Subjects
Social case work -- Planning, Mentally ill children -- Services for, Mentally ill adolescents -- Services for, Mental health services for children, Mental health services for adolescents
Abstract
Wraparound is a frequently implemented approach for providing individualized, community-based care for children and adolescents with serious mental health conditions and, typically, involvement in multiple child—and family-serving systems. Both Wraparound’s principles and its theory of change stress the importance of youths’ active participation throughout. However, research focusing on the experiences of youth in Wraparound indicates that they are often not particularly engaged in the process or participating actively with their teams, and the findings point to a lack of alliance between the young people and their teams. This article describes a randomized study testing the Achieve My Plan (AMP) enhancement for Wraparound, which is intended to increase young people’s satisfaction, active engagement and self-determined participation in Wraparound, as well as their alliance with the team. Study findings showed that, relative to youth who received “as usual” Wraparound, young people who received Wraparound with the AMP enhancement participated more—and in a more active and self-determined manner—with their teams. They also rated their alliance with their Wraparound teams significantly higher. Furthermore, adult team members in the intervention condition rated team meetings as being more productive, and they were more likely to say that the AMP meetings were “much better than usual” team meetings. Findings support the idea that it is possible—using a low-cost, low-“dose” intervention—to enhance young people’s self-determination and their engagement in Wraparound without detracting from team functioning or the satisfaction of other team members.
DOI
10.1007/s10826-017-0738-0
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21101
Citation Details
Walker, Janet S.; Seibel, Celeste L.; and Jackson, Sharice, "Increasing Youths' Participation in Team-Based Treatment Planning: The Achieve My Plan Enhancement for Wraparound" (2017). School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations. 170.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21101
Description
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Child and Family Studies. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Child and Family Studies, [VOL 26, ISSUE 8, (August 2017)] DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0738-0
The final publication is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0738-0