Research Publications, Presentations & Monographs

Research Publications

• Rast, J., and VanDenBerg, J. (2011). Foundations of High Fidelity Wraparound. Centennial, Colorado: Vroon VanDenBerg 213 pages.



• Rast, J., Poplin, J., Shipp, J., and Vetter, J. (submitted) A Randomized trial of High Fidelity Wraparound for Youth in the Child Welfare System with High Levels of Behavioral Health Needs.



• Rast, J., Bruns, E., Brown, E., and Peterson, C. (submitted). Wraparound for Youth in Child Custody: Results of a Matched Comparison Study. Social Work Research.



• Rast, J., (2007). Document Review Measure Manual and Toolkit. University of Washington, Wraparound Evaluation and Research Team.



• Rast, J., and VanDenBerg, J. (2007). Wraparound Facilitator Credentialing Manual. Parker, Colorado, Vroon VanDenBerg, LLP



• VanDenBerg, John (2007). The high fidelity wraparound process. Chapter in Recovery Based Services, Georgetown Child Development Center, Washington DC.



• VanDenBerg, John (2007). History of national movement to individualize and integrate services for children and families. Chapter in Innovations in Mental Health Services, in press.



• Bruns, E., Rast, J., Walker, J., Bosworth, J., and Peterson, C., (2006). Spreadsheets, service providers and the statehouse: Using data and the wraparound process to reform systems for children and families. American Journal of Community Psychology.



• Rast, J. (2005). Assessment of Behavioral Health Spending by the State of Oklahoma for Children. Oklahoma Partnership for Behavioral Health for Children. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.



• Rast, J. O’Day, K., and Rider, F. (2005). A Post Hoc Comparison of Child and Family Outcomes to Fidelity of the Wraparound Process for Project MATCH. In Newman, C., Liberton, C.J., Kutash, K. & Freidman, R.M, (Eds.), The 17th Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.



• Walker, J.S., Bruns, E.J., VanDenBerg, J.D., Rast, J., Osher, T.W., Miles, P., Adams, J., & National Wraparound Initiative Advisory Group (2004). Phases and activities of the wraparound process. Portland, OR: National Wraparound Initiative, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University.



• Bruns, E.J., Walker, J.S., Adams, J., Miles, P., Osher, T.W., Rast, J., VanDenBerg, J.D. & National Wraparound Initiative Advisory Group (2004). Ten principles of the wraparound process. Portland, OR: National Wraparound Initiative, Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health, Portland State University.



• Rast, J., Peterson, C., Earnest, L. & Mears, S. (2004). Service Process as a Determinant of Treatment Effect – the Importance of Fidelity. In Newman, C., Liberton, C.J., Kutash, K. & Freidman, R.M, (Eds.), The 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.



• Rast, J. VanDenBerg, J. & Dalder, G. (2004). Coaching and Supervision Tools for Wraparound. Vroon VanDenBerg: Englewood, CO.



• Rast, J., & Bruns, E. (2003). Ensuring fidelity to the Wraparound process. Focal Point, 17(2), 21-24.



• Rast, J. (2003). Quality Management and Continuous Quality Improvement. Processes to support wraparound and System of Care Development. Ohio Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Columbus, Ohio.



• Rast, J. (2003). Oklahoma County Assessment of Children’s Behavioral Health Access and Barriers. Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.



• Earnest, L., and Mears, S. (2003). Treatment Effectiveness: Comparing Service Process Between Wraparound Process and Traditional Mental Health Services. 16th Annual Research Conference Proceedings. Tampa, Florida.



• Lechtenberger, D., Davis, T., Rast, J., and Sokol, P.T. (2002). Building a Better Tomorrow: A Blueprint for Improving Children’s Mental Health Services. Texas Integrated Funding Initiative. Texas Health and Human Services Commission. Austin, Texas.



• Rast, J. (2002) Consultants report on the Development of the Three System of Care Consortia and Summary of the First Annual Plans. Nevada Legislature. Carson City, Nevada.



• Rast, J. (2001). Lessons Learned Implementing The Arizona Plan for Statewide Systems of Care and Individualized Services. Arizona Department of Behavioral Health. Phoenix Arizona.



• VanDenBerg, J. & Rast, J. (2001). Train the trainers: The wraparound process within a system of care. Vroon/VanDenBerg Publications, Pittsburgh, PA/Parsons, KS.



• VanDenBerg, J. & Rast, J. (2001). Supervision as the catalyst for system of care and the wraparound process. Vroon/VanDenBerg Publications, Pittsburgh, PA/Parsons, KS.



• Rast, J. (1999) Family Safety and Preservation Privatization and Children's Behavioral Health: How to effectively/efficiently integrate children’s behavioral health services into Florida’s current child welfare privatization efforts. Tallahassee, Florida. Department of Child and Family Services



• Rast, J. (1999). 1115 Medicaid Waiver for Children's Mental Health Services: Developing the Structure and Financing of Collaborative Community-Based Systems of Care for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Bismarck, North Dakota. Department of Human Services.



• Rast, J. (1999) Promising Practices in Children’s Mental Health, Systems of Care 1999 Series, Volume VII. NRN (Eds.) in Integrated Evaluation and the Development of Systems of Care. Washington, D.C.: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research.



• Pina, V. & VanDenBerg, J. (Summer, 1999). Exercise in a resilient system of care, cultural competency and the wraparound process. Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal.



• Osher, D., Kendziora, K. , VanDenBerg, J. & Dennis, K. (Summer, 1999). Beyond individual resilience. Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal.



• Osher, D., Kendziora, K. , VanDenBerg, J. & Dennis, K. (Summer, 1999). Growing resilience: creating opportunities for resilience to thrive. Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal.



• VanDenBerg, J. (1998). Chapter in Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health, Vol. IV, Wraparound: The History of the Wraparound Process, Washington D.C, Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes of Research.



• VanDenBerg, J. & Grealish, E. M. (1998). The Wraparound Training Manual with accompanying videos on Wraparound 101 and Wraparound Planning; The Community Partnerships Group and Lynwood Hall Child and Family Centre (Ontario).



• Rast, J. (1997) A System of Care for Children’s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Lessons from the Village: Early Intervention and Prevention. 10th Annual Research Conference Proceedings. Tampa, Florida



• Rast, J. (1997) Methodology in an Evolving System of Care for Young Children and their Families. Building the System of Care - Service Delivery Best Practices. KanFocus. Parsons, Kansas



• Rast, J. (1997) Lessons From the Village. KanFocus. Parsons, Kansas



• VanDenBerg, J. & Grealish, E. M. (Spring, 1997) Discovering family strengths: A multiple-choice test to learn how to use family strengths, culture, and preferences to develop individualized plans of care. Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal.



• VanDenBerg, J. (1996). The Wraparound Process: Improving services for children and families with complex needs. Child and Family. 1 (1), 4-8.



• VanDenBerg, J., & Grealish, E. M. (1996). Individualized services and supports through the wraparound process: Philosophy and procedures. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 5 (1) 7-21.



• Burchard, J., Burchard, S., Sewell, R.; and VanDenBerg, J. One Kid at a Time. Georgetown University, CASSP, 1993.



• VanDenBerg, J. (1993). Integration of individualized services into the system of care for children with emotional disabilities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health. 14, 23-29.



• VanDenBerg, J. (1992) Individualized services for children. Chapter in E. Peschel, et al., Neurobiological Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.



• VanDenBerg, J. (1990). The Alaska Youth Initiative: A demonstration of individualized treatment. In R. Friedman and A. Duchnowski, Conference Proceedings, Second Annual Conference on "A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Building a Research Base", University of Florida.



• VanDenBerg, J. (1988). Alaska's services for children with emotional problems: a bright new hope. Coping, 3, 12-17.



• VanDenBerg, J., & Minton, B. (1987). Alaska Native Youth: A New Approach to Serving Emotionally Disturbed Children and Youth. Children Today, 16, p. 15-19.



• VanDenBerg, J., & Donner, R. (1986). Parents and Mental Health Program Directors: Working Together in Kansas. Children Today, 5, p .22-25.



• VanDenBerg, J. (1985) Services to Severely Emotionally Disturbed Children and Adolescents. Mental Health and Mental Retardation Quarterly Digest, 4.

Recent Conference Presentations by Dr. Rast or Dr. VanDenBerg

• Wraparound Effectiveness: Comparing Traditional Services to Wraparound in Nevada. Peterson and Rast, 2003.



• A Post Hoc Comparison of Child and Family Outcomes to Fidelity of the Wraparound Process for Project MATCH. Rast, O'Day, and Rider, 2004.



• A Comparison of the Impact of Wraparound to Traditional Mental Health and Child Welfare Services. Peterson and Rast, 2004.



• Ensuring High Fidelity Wraparound Process: The Methods and Results of Three State's Efforts to Make Wraparound All That It Should Be. Rast and VanDenBerg, 2004.



• Impact of Teaching and Coaching Methods on the Fidelity of the Wraparound Process. Rast and VanDenBerg, 2004.



• Developing Processes to Implement and Assure Fidelity of the Wraparound Process. Rast, 2005.



• Using Model Development Research and Fidelity Data to Guide Wraparound Curriculum and Coaching Development. Rast, VanDenBerg, and Dalder, 2005.



• Wraparound in Oklahoma: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Study of Children in Child Welfare. Rast, 2007.



• Theoretical Foundations of Wraparound: Implications for Practice. VanDenBerg and Rast, 2010.



• Implementation Research Supporting Moving Wraparound to Scale. Rast and VanDenBerg, 2010.



• Research to Develop a Certification System for Wraparound Staff. Rast, VanDenBerg, and Beckel, 2010.



• Innovations in the Wraparound Process. VanDenBerg, 2010.



• High Fidelity Wraparound Process: Integration and Strengths-based Supervision. Presentation at Norwegian National Mental Health Conference, Trondheim Norway. VanDenBerg and Rast, 2007.



• Use of Wraparound to Reduce Recidivism in Adult Prisoners. Presentation at the Oklahoma Conference on Community Corrections, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. VanDenBerg, 2006.



• Building Informal Resources Through Partnership with the Faith-Based Community. Presentation at the 14th annual Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health Conference in November, 2002. VanDenBerg, J., Moon, N. & VanDenBerg, M.

Monographs

Each of these monographs are available for purchase. For more information, contact Dee Rast at 303-790-4099 or e-mail: dee@vroonvdb.com..

• Rast, J., and VanDenBerg, J. (2011). Foundations of High Fidelity Wraparound. Centennial, Colorado: Vroon VanDenBerg.



• VanDenBerg, J., and Rast, J. (2011). Trainers Manual for Using VVDB Training Curriculum. Centennial, Colorado: Vroon VanDenBerg.



• Rast, J., and VanDenBerg, J. (2011). Workbook for Initial Training and Tier One Certification for Care Coordinators. Centennial, Colorado: Vroon VanDenBerg.



• Rast, J., and VanDenBerg, J. (2011). Workbook for Initial Training and Tier One Certification for Family Partners. Centennial, Colorado: Vroon VanDenBerg.



• VanDenBerg, J., and Rast, J. (2011). Manual for Use with Set of Seven Videos of the Wraparound Process. Centennial, Colorado: Vroon VanDenBerg.



• Rast, J., and VanDenBerg, J. (2010). Theoretical Foundations of Wraparound. For Children with Severe Emotional Challenges and their Families. Centennial, Colorado: Vroon VanDenBerg.