Wrap up Consulting Services for Mainstreaming

Wraparound is a philosophy of care with defined planning process used to build constructive relationships and support networks among students and children with developmental disabilities and their families. It is culturally relevant, individualized, strength based, and family centered. Wraparound IEP plans are comprehensive and address multiple life domains across home and school including living environment, safety, social, educational, and cultural needs. Another defining feature of wraparound is that it is unconditional; if interventions are not achieving the outcomes desired by the team; the team regroups to rethink the configuration of supports, services, and interventions to ensure success in natural home, school, and community settings. In other words, students do not fail, but plans can fail. Rather than forcing a student to fit into existing program structures, wraparound is based on the belief that services and supports should be flexibly arranged to meet the unique needs of the students and their families.
Wraparound distinguishes itself from traditional service delivery in special education and mental health with its focus on connecting families, schools, and community partners in effective problem-solving relationships.
• Team composition and strategies reflect unique youth and family strengths and needs;
• The team establishes the commitment and capacity to design and implement a comprehensive IEP plan and Behavior Intervention Program over time;
• The plan addresses outcomes across home and school, through one synchronized plan.
Although on the surface wraparound can be seen as similar to the typical special education or mental health treatment planning process, it actually goes much further as it dedicates considerable effort on building constructive relationships and support networks among the child and his or her family (Burchard, Bruns, & Burchard, 2002; Eber, 2005). This is accomplished by establishing a unique team with each student and the student’s family that is invested in achieving agreed-on quality-of-life indicators. The ultimate goal is success for the children.
The spirit of wraparound and its elements were summarized by Burns and Goldman (1999) with 9 guiding principles:
• Strength-based family leadership.
• Team based.
• Flexible services.
• Individualized.
Perseverance. TRAININGS:
Trainings are a very important part of the whole process of treatment. Without the quality training available for therapists and Parents, the height of excellence cannot be achieved in treatment. Our BCBA has trained more than 50 therapists in UAE since June of 2015. Some clients travelled internationally all the way to Dubai to attend these trainings. We provide trainings to the parents whose children are suffering from autism or any other developmental disabilities and to the therapists to ensure quality.