Research on the wraparound process and individualized services for children with multi-system needs

Implementation Research and Wraparound Literature: Building a Research Agenda

“…Initial model definition emerged through the mid-1990s, including an entire edition of this journal (Clark and Clarke 1996) that was devoted to wraparound definition and intervention outcomes. Publications typically described specific program sites and how wraparound's value-based principles guided service delivery (e.g., Burchard and Clarke 1990;Eber et al 1996).…”

Research on the Wraparound Process: Intervention Components and Implementation Supports

“…In 1996, when the time since the advent of ''systems of care'' (Stroul and Friedman 1996) for youths with serious emotional and behavioral problems was still measured in terms of years and not decades, this journal provided the children's services field with a landmark Special Issue focused on research on the wraparound process and individualized services for children with complex needs (Clark and Clarke 1996). The Special Issue aimed to provide the first comprehensive academic perspective on wraparound, which was at the time one of a variety of ''innovative alternatives to highly restrictive, categorical services and costly institutional care'' (p. 2), on which outcomes studies were only beginning to be published.…”

“…Clark and Clarke (1996) reported, ''the push to rapidly implement wraparound approaches has resulted in a plethora of service models that vary widely in their implementation processes, structures, and underlying theories'' (p. 2). Rosenblatt (1996) reflected that there needed to be a ''gold standard'' for wraparound ''systematically built upon theory and research'' and ''modified based on an accumulating knowledge base'' (p. 105).…”

Assessing the wraparound process during family planning meetings

“…6 Wraparound programs were developed in response to the absence of individualized services for children with SED 7 and have been viewed as pivotal to the delivery of services to children with challenging social and family needs and requiring services from a variety of agencies such as child welfare, mental health, special education, juvenile justice, and other service delivery agencies. 8 In this approach, families are involved in a needs-driven process with formal (teachers, therapists) and informal (grandparents, neighbors) supports for developing an individualized plan of care that emphasizes child and family strengths across multiple life domains. Over time, ten essential elements of the wraparound approach have been identified by a noted group of researchers on wraparound and are listed in Table 1.…”