ABSTRACT
This chapter describes wraparound and its relationship to family group decision-making and discusses the development of the approach. It identifies the necessary elements and practice principles and explores some of the similarities and differences with family group decision-making. Wraparound is a relatively new approach to serving families and children experiencing significant psychosocial difficulties that has been growing throughout North America during the last ten to fifteen years. The wraparound approach has been variously described as a philosophy of service, a process for planning and providing services and supports, an intervention, and a treatment model. The advocates of the wraparound approach believe, it is the individualization of supports and services, flexibility, and utilization of informal as well as formal supports. While this poses major challenges in terms of program development, training, and evaluation, there has been substantial progress in each of these areas.
