Foundations
This is the first of the core principles of WRAP that emphasizes believing recovery is possible for everyone.
This section lists the things you need to do every day to maintain wellness.
What is the Daily Maintenance Plan?
Triggers are events or circumstances that can make you feel worse. This is the first step in managing them.
What is identifying them clearly?
(Other acceptable answer: Awareness)
This section of WRAP outlines what should happen if you’re unable to make decisions or care for yourself safely.
What is the Crisis Plan?
You realize that your crisis plan from last year no longer matches your current needs. According to WRAP, what should you do next?
What is review and update the plan to reflect your current wellness tools and preferences?
After a recent setback, you decide to update your WRAP to include new coping tools. This action reflects which key WRAP recovery concept?
What is education (learning from experience)?
Building a WRAP with peers or supporters rather than alone strengthens recovery through this mechanism.
What is shared accountability and encouragement?
(Remember, building your plan alone or in crisis is hard and could result in faulty development)
An effective trigger action plan often includes two parts: actions to avoid the trigger, and this type of action.
What is a coping or grounding response for when the trigger occurs?
One important feature of the Crisis Plan is identifying these trusted people.
What are supporters or advocates?
You wake up feeling rested and calm, enjoy your breakfast, and take a short walk before starting your day. This situation reflects which WRAP component?
What is the Daily Maintenance Plan?
These five key recovery concepts form the foundation of WRAP.
What are hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy, and support?
WRAP suggests including details about medical care preferences and treatment facilities in this part of the plan.
What is the Crisis Plan medical and treatment preferences section?
You notice you’re feeling more irritable and unfocused than usual, even though nothing stressful has happened. Which WRAP section should you review first?
What is Early Warning Signs?
(After this, refer to your toolbox)
The Crisis Plan identifies not only supporters but also people who should not be involved. This section protects what?
What is your personal boundaries and sense of safety?
A friend cancels plans last minute, and you feel disappointed. You recognize this reaction as normal but want to stay balanced, so you refer to your daily maintenance routine for something else to do. What WRAP step are you using?
What is acknowledging and managing a trigger?
Reviewing and updating your WRAP regularly supports this core recovery concept.
What is personal responsibility (or self-empowerment)?
This part of the plan helps you recognize when you’re feeling well and what wellness looks like for you.
What is a wellness description or wellness baseline? (Q: What am I like when I'm well?)
When early warning signs escalate, WRAP recommends using this next section of the plan.
What is When Things Are Breaking Down?
In WRAP, support is not about dependence but about this kind of relationship.
What is mutual and respectful partnership?
(Think: Assertive Communication)
You’ve been facing several small stressors all week — a late bill, a cold, and extra work demands. Together they’re starting to wear you down. What’s happening?
What is trigger stacking?
Mary Ellen Copeland developed WRAP after researching what helped people maintain wellness. Her approach was based on this kind of evidence.
What is self-reported lived experience evidence?
WRAP is considered a self-designed prevention and wellness process. This means it differs from traditional treatment in this key way.
What is it’s self-directed and owned by the individual (not prescribed or clinician-led)?
Early warning signs differ from triggers because they are this kind of indicator.
What are internal signs or subtle shifts that come from within?
(Think: Stages of Relapse. What happens first? ... Emotional, Mental, Physical.)
After a crisis, reflecting on what you learned and what strengths helped you through aligns with what recovery concept(s).
What is hope and education?
It’s midweek, and you realize you haven’t used your relaxation breathing exercises like you planned. According to WRAP, what’s your next best step?
What is to gently restart your wellness tools without judgment or blame?