APRIL 2016 Issue 10
Facilitator Focus
ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF WRAP® FACILITATORS
ACROSS THE STATE OF MARYLAND
SHOWERING YOU WITH WELLNESS
They say “April showers bring May flowers” so
I guess we should embrace the rain, and the cold
snap, April has brought us. (Thankfully it’s
warmed up.) But sometimes rain can be a
downer or a trigger. And not knowing what to
wear in this changing weather may lead to an
unexpected cold. And what about spring
allergies?!? All the more reason to make sure
your wellness tools are ready for spring. As
mentioned in last month’s Facilitator Focus,
you may want to pull out your WRAP® and do a
“spring checkup”.
Many of you may be planning a WRAP® class
for the spring. If so, don’t forget to let me know
when it is scheduled in case I have someone
looking for a class. Kathy Franks of One Voice
Dundalk is currently doing a class that runs on
Saturdays thru April and part of May. I will be
co-facilitating a 4 by 4 with Mike Diskin at the
Silver Spring Wellness and Recovery Center
beginning on May 9th. Also, if you would like to
do a class and are in need of a co-facilitator, let
me know and I will send out the call to the
facilitator listserv to find someone to work with
you. Perhaps you are at a provider agency and
WRAP® has not yet taken off. Facilitators can
come to your site to help get the staff on board
with a presentation. And speaking of
presentations, I will be contacting those of you
that expressed interest in presenting very soon as
I begin to line up locations for presentations.
In late March, there was a facilitator training at BCRI
in Baltimore. The WRAP® Outreach Project added 10
more facilitators to the foal, bringing the total number
of facilitators trained by the Project to over 260.
Here’s a picture of the class with me and Daphne.
If you are working at a wellness and recovery center
and need support or help with getting your WRAP®
program in the swing, please let me know. I and other
facilitators are available to help support you with cofacilitation or setting up your WRAP® Support Group.
Just let us know.
Finally, May is Mental Health Month. If you or your
organization are doing something special, let us know.
Don’t forget the “Walking in My Shoes” art event at
the American Visionary Art Museum on May 19th
from 1-5 pm. April 22nd is the deadline for art
submissions. I’ll be there! Will you? Hope to see you.
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Would you like to share your
experiences as a facilitator with the other Project Facilitators? Just write a
short article and send it to me by the end of any month and I will publish it
in the next month’s Facilitator Focus. Or if you have a topic of interest
you’d like see written about, just let me know. I am always looking for new
things to write about. See you next month!
Denise 