Linking systems and empowering families
Care coordination uses the high fidelity "wraparound" approach to support families in identifying and meeting their children's behavioral health needs. CHDI supports quality improvement efforts for Connecticut's network of care coordination providers.
Helping children and families identify a team of support
Wraparound is a strength-based model in which a care coordinator helps the child and family identify a team of supports, made up of professionals as well as natural supports. Wraparound care coordination is indispensable to the effective operation of a system of care and community collaborative.
Care coordination services are provided to children and youth who are 18 years old or younger or still in school, have complex behavioral health needs, and require intensive coordination of multiple services to meet those needs. Many are at risk of being, or have already been, separated from their families (i.e., residential or hospital-level care) in order to receive behavioral/mental health services.
The care coordinator, child, family, and team of supports develop and implement a plan of care. The care coordinator uses clinical and community systems knowledge to broker and advocate for services, and coordinates and monitors the implementation of the plan of care. Care Coordinators are extensively trained in the Wraparound practice model.
Wraparound is a research-based process that has been widely implemented in community settings to improve outcomes for youth with complex or severe behavioral health needs. Research has clearly demonstrated that outcomes associated with Wraparound are better when it is implemented with fidelity to the model.
Wraparound is a strength-based model in which a care coordinator helps the child and family identify a team of supports, made up of professionals as well as natural supports. Wraparound care coordination is indispensable to the effective operation of a system of care and community collaborative.
Care coordination services are provided to children and youth who are 18 years old or younger or still in school, have complex behavioral health needs, and require intensive coordination of multiple services to meet those needs. Many are at risk of being, or have already been, separated from their families (i.e., residential or hospital-level care) in order to receive behavioral/mental health services.
The care coordinator, child, family, and team of supports develop and implement a plan of care. The care coordinator uses clinical and community systems knowledge to broker and advocate for services, and coordinates and monitors the implementation of the plan of care. Care Coordinators are extensively trained in the Wraparound practice model.
Wraparound is a research-based process that has been widely implemented in community settings to improve outcomes for youth with complex or severe behavioral health needs. Research has clearly demonstrated that outcomes associated with Wraparound are better when it is implemented with fidelity to the model.
Our Role
CHDI uses the following strategies to monitor and improve fidelity to the Wraparound model and support better child and family outcomes:
