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Adoptive Family Wraparound

Adoptive Family Wraparound. and The Adoptive Family Development Matrix. Adoption Assistance Wraparound. California’s State Pilot. www.AfterAdoption.org.  2005, Kinship Center. Adoptive Family Therapeutic & Educational Resources. What we thought was needed…. POST-ADOPTION SERVICES.

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Adoptive Family Wraparound

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  1. Adoptive FamilyWraparound and The Adoptive Family Development Matrix

  2. Adoption Assistance Wraparound California’s State Pilot www.AfterAdoption.org 2005, Kinship Center

  3. Adoptive Family Therapeutic & Educational Resources What we thought was needed…. POST-ADOPTION SERVICES • Information & Referral • Post-Adoption Library • Individual Peer Support • Family Group Support • Adoptive Family Training Groups • Social Work Assessment (situation review) • Multi-Disciplinary Team Assessment • Buddy System • Children’s Support Group • Case Management • Education Advocacy • Educational Evaluation • Respite Provision • In-Home Behavioral Counseling • Brief Solution-Focused Therapy • In-Home Intensive Family Therapy • Individual Child Therapy • Marital Therapy • Psychological Evaluation • Psychiatric Treatment (out-patient). Lots of STUFF

  4. Instead - an Holistic Approach • Adoption-competent • Requires everyone’s participation • Light at the Tunnel’s End • Evaluated and Evolving (the Matrix) • Time-Limited (6 – 18 months) • The alternative to Residential Care

  5. Adoption Assistance Wraparound • Is not • New Money ($’s that would otherwise go to placement, often out of state) • Just Respite • Just Family Therapy • A last-ditch Lifeline • Case Management • A means to Overturn the Adoption

  6. What is Wraparound? • In a nutshell, the Wraparound Philosophy believes that rather than remove a child from the home and family, we should “wrap” individualized services/resources around the family in order to assist them to stay together.

  7. Adoption AssistanceWraparound Teams • Process is Family driven and Family Owned • Cross System Involvement • Inclusion of Natural Helpers • Identification of needs & support/service solutions • Individualized treatment/support plans • Flexible location, timing and structure of meetings • Intensiveness • Skills, creativity & willingness of participants • Training in Wraparound Ideas • Self-Evaluating

  8. Best Practice Targets for Adoption Assistance Teams • More informal supports on each team than system representatives • The Family is in charge of the process • Teams dedicated to maximizing Claiming Behavior • Family can call team meetings independent of the Facilitator • Each family has their own unique team • Parent Partners are integral to all situations • Matrix indicators drive Goal-setting.

  9. Necessary Strengths:the characteristics of successful adopters, as cited by adoptive parents Hopefulness Acceptance Flexibility Creativity Openness Patience Humor Commitment

  10. Frequent Needs of Adoptive Families People to turn to just to talk Professionals who “get it” Validation and Empathy Help with School Issues Reduction of theISOLATION Respite available Any Positive Change Any opportunity for rest Express their worst fears Help with guilt and regret Permissionto grieve

  11. The 18 Month Process • Identification PhaseFirst Contact Eligibility First Matrix (referral) • Community Development Support Resources School Relatives Re-engaged Respite Available • Introduction Phase First Conversation First Hope Agreement to commit Community Team Approval • Planning and Doing Strengths, Needs, Goals Actions, Crises, Reports Grieving Evaluation (Quarterly Matrix) • Crisis Resolution Phase This is something different Relief, and Rest First Strength Inventory Initial Safety Plan Second Matrix • Community Transition Prepare for Next Stages  Taking Responsibility Ensuring Financing Recommitment • Ceremony Telling the Tale Saying Goodbye Welcome the next Stage Follow-up Matrix 18 months

  12. In and Out of that Box…. ….A Few Examples Full-Time Driver Wilderness Experience In-Home Teacher Weekend at the Hyatt Grandma Attachment Therapy Online Support Group Field Trips Parent Groups Co-parenting Parent Education Foster Respite Weekend Camp Pay Reluctant Professionals Conferences Clinical Training

  13. Adoption Wraparound • Flexible and creative activities derived from a family-focused, strength-based, team-driven process. • Primary goal is to prevent institutionalization of the adopted child. • Process is limited to eighteen months. • Attachment issues are central to achieving stability. • Is not a cure-all! Some issues will remain and may be chronic.

  14. The Matrix and Goals • Each Matrix Category is linked to one Domain: • Attachment • Cultural • Behavioral/Emotional • Family • Finances • Health • Legal • Place to Live • Relationships • School/Work • Social/Fun • Spiritual

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  19. If we always do what we always have…… We will always get what we always did.

  20. Adoptive FamilyWraparound Thanks for Participating !

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