VVDB Credentials

• Vroon VanDenBerg LLP (VVDB) is a limited liability partnership registered in the state of Colorado since 2000 and based in Colorado (Centennial and Paonia). The primary partners are Jim Rast, Ph.D. and John VanDenBerg, Ph.D.



• The company has hired and contracted with a diverse group of staff representing multiple educational backgrounds, sexes, ethnicities and wraparound and system experiences. More than 80% of these staff have been primary caregivers for children with significant challenges and the average VVDB full-time staff person has 14 years of experience in wraparound.



• VVDB has a network of more than 20 certified coaches in 11 states, including Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, Missouri, Massachusetts, New York, Washington, Oregon, California and Colorado. VVDB consults, trains and coaches primarily on the high fidelity wraparound process delivered within a system of care (SOC) structure.



• VVDB has provided training, coaching and technical assistance in all states and most Canadian provinces, and for more than 20 American Indian tribes and Canadian First Nation communities.



• VVDB managed the first state-wide change effort that used coaching in addition to training (Arizona 2001). The experience of successfully implementing multi-site projects has provided VVDB with a wealth of knowledge about what works for different communities. It has also served as a continual prompt to quality improvement and to investigate and systematically implement new strategies and resources.



• VVDB developed the first wraparound training, training for supervisors and coaches, performance-based coaching processes, fidelity measurement systems and training DVDs for the process. In the late 1980s, Dr. VanDenBerg, and later VVDB, transferred fidelity measurement to John Burchard at the University of Vermont, which has now become the wraparound evaluation and research team linked to the National Wraparound Initiative.



• VVDB has been engaged in ongoing field research on factors impacting implementation and sustainability of wraparound and has improved each of its products multiple times based on this research. Since 2000, VVDB has provided extensive training and coaching support to local sites and governments in North America and in Europe, and supported innovative uses of high fidelity wraparound with new populations.