Announcing Our Next Coaching Workshop
We are officially opening enrollment for our August 15-17, 2022 MiiWrap Coaching Workshop at beautiful Red Rocks, Colorado.
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Your Home for Motivational Interviewing Informed Wraparound (MiiWrap)
Vroon VDB LLC (VVDB) was the leading wraparound training, coaching, and consulting company dedicated to supporting improved access to high fidelity wraparound for individuals and families across North America. VVDB supports the development, quality improvement, and continual innovation of the wraparound and MiiWrap processes. VVDB has pioneered the individualization of the wraparound process across the country, helping programs meet the needs of their specialized populations. VVDB has done extensive implementation research to improve the process. We have recently developed our newest model, MiiWrap which we are tremendously excited about. It takes the essential aspects of each evidenced-based practice, and integrates them into a more powerful and synergized process for helping individuals and families. Take a look at the blogs by VVDB on Wraparound and MiiWrap innovations, and join in the discussion through one of the social media outlets. Also, take a look around our website and see what you can learn and what we can do for you
What we do at Vroon VDB
Our primary goal is to support access to “good” MiiWrap to all children, families, or individuals who need and want it.
Development of MiiWrap
- We used more than 20 years of experience and the latest research to integrate Wraparound and Motivational Interviewing.
- The principles and mindset of MiiWrap are integral to its success.
Teach MiiWrap
- We wrote the book on MiiWrap
- We provide coach and staff trainings and workshops
- Our brand new e-learning platform offer on-demand training for staff and coaches
Research
- MiiWrap is evidence-based and we are continuously striving for improvement
- We provide support for grants to implement MiiWrap
- We write and present about MiiWrap at professional conferences
Learning community
- Our learning community is a place for all types of MiiWrap users to learn from and teach each other and us
- Resources for program administrators, supervisors, coaches, staff, and researchers
- Online discussion boards to ask and answer questions
Meet Vroon VDB
James Rast
President and CEO
Jim is the mastermind behind MiiWrap. His years of Wraparound training and research called him to add to usual practice. MiiWrap addresses gaps he saw in Wraparound that made success elusive for some families.
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Brittany Rastsmith
Executive VP of Learning and Development
Brittany is in charge of developing and implementing the learning curriculum for MiiWrap. A big part of this is the online curriculum that makes MiiWrap accessible to more organizations than ever.
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Denise Rast
Office and Business Manager
Denise manages the daily tasks of running Vroon VDB and the team. She interacts with clients and makes sure everything is running smoothly.
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Questions about Vroon VDB or MiiWrap? Contact us
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Staff Engagement – Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivators for Long Term Success
To put it bluntly, people rarely do things they don’t see the personal value in doing. If they do things they don’t want to because they are required to do them, they stop as soon as they can.
Announcing Our MiiWrap Learning Community Mini-Conference Series
We are starting our MiiWrap Learning Community Mini-Conference series to help our coaches share ideas, create bonds, and support each other in helping their staff offer the best possible MiiWrap.
Training Motivation Depends on Individualization
Engagement and motivation are essential to staff success at mastering MiiWrap. We increase both when we meet learners where they are, offer extra help that they need, and show them that we really see their work and care about their progress.
TRAINING & COACHING ARE NOT CHECKLISTS
The process of learning can be messy, and hard to predict. But the alternative is much bleaker – failure to learn. I think we both know what the families enrolled in your services hope you are choosing.
Why MiiWrap? Thoughts from David Duresky
A person had to chop down a large area of trees with a dull axe. He was asked “is the time spent sharpening the axe worth the effort over time?” With a growing number of families facing great difficulties, I know that learning and certification of MiiWrap is truly worth the time and effort. – David Duresky