What is High Fidelity Wraparound?
Wraparound is a process of individualized care planning for youth with complex needs and their families that proceeds through four phases and is guided by 10 principles, as defined by the National Wraparound Initiative. The Wraparound Fidelity Index (WFI), a tool that uses interviews with individual care team members, was developed by researchers to measure the extent to which communities apply the principles of wraparound in services for youth and families (Bruns, Suter & Burchard).
High fidelity wraparound, as measured by the WFI, is associated with better outcomes for youth and higher family satisfaction. Choices scores in the WFI are among the highest in the nation. Most recently, Baltimore City’s WFI report stated “overall fidelity scores over the last year are averaging between “good” and “superior” in Baltimore City.
You can read the latest WFI reports in our results section.
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To Be or Not To Be Evidence-Based
The revolution of evidence based practices and how wraparound results can be compared to them is an important topic to many communities. The National Wraparound Institute and Georgetown University’s Center for Child and Human Development are addressing this “new revolution” in behavioral health care around the science of what works for children with serious emotional and behavioral disorders. Many researchers and clinicians believe that no one approach or practice is going to work for everyone.