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Monday, October 6, 2025
Registration Open
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wellness Connection: A Collaborative Art Experience
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Shanel Mayo, Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc
The Power of the Spoken Word-30 minute workshop
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Candice Griffith, Lets Get Real for Life
Triggers And Stressors Puzzle
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Linda Johnson Downing, Crestwood Behavioral Health
Diamond Painting Workshop
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Eve Ellsworth, Mental Health Association in NJ
Continuation of Diamond Painting
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Eve Ellsworth, Mental Health Association in NJ
Welcome Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Zumba
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Greg Parnell, Crestwood Behavioral Health
Yoga for People of All Abilities
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Breakfast and Opening General Session
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Mary Ellen Copeland, WRAP
WRAP in the Workplace: Using WRAP and Its Key Concepts to Achieve Wellness at Work
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Greg Parnell, Crestwood Behavioral Health
Empowerment in Action: WRAP for Peer Specialist
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Kelly Uhland, Mental Health Association In NJ
WRAP for Managing Kidney Disease and Other Chronic Conditions
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Laurel Lemke, Matters of Balance
Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
WRAP In The Work Place
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Barbara Moody Holbrook, RiteLife Services, Inc.
Images, Imagination and Insight: Depth Journaling as a Restorative Practive
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Wendy Hammond, Wendy Hammond Psychotherapy and Coaching
From Burnout to Balance - A WRAP-Inspired Approach to Professional Self-Care
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Stephanie Jack
Lunch and General Session - Building Resilience and Growth: Lessons from an Interesting Journey
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Bill Peterson
Unwrapping the Holidays with WRAP: Staying Well Through the Season
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Kelly Uhland, Mental Health Association In NJ
The Dynamic Duo: Recreation Therapy and Wellness Recovery Action Planning
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Shanel Mayo, Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc
Greg Parnell, Crestwood Behavioral Health
Wellness Action Recovery Planning for Individuals with Developmental Distinctions & Direct Support Professionals
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Jamie Fiel
Eric Lindey, Step By Step, Inc.
WRAP at Transition: Because the Military is a Culture
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Pam Tina, Wingmen, Shipmates, & Battle Buddies, Inc.
Wellness at Work: Using the WRAP Model to Support Employee Well-Bring and Transform Company Culture
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Eric Lindey, Step By Step, Inc.
SoulCollage® and Intuitive Image Making
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Wendy Hammond, Wendy Hammond Psychotherapy and Coaching
Go West, Looking for A peer support—Two peer supporters in Japan going to the United States
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Neteru Masukawa, Self-Employed
Masayoshi Kameoki
The Power of Play: Promoting Recovery and Wellness Through Creativity
2:30 PM - 3:20 PM
Linda Johnson Downing, Crestwood Behavioral Health
Afternoon Break
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
Substance Usage Disorder Panel Discussion
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Misty Johnston
Barbara Moody Holbrook, RiteLife Services, Inc.
Jeanette Nedbalek
Bill Deavel
Trenda Hedges, Peer Power
Kevin Mays
WRAP for Veteran Panel Discussion
3:40 PM - 4:30 PM
Richard Creppel
Lawrence Rhone
Criminal Justice Panel Discussion
4:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Bill Deavel
Dennis Horton
Lee Horton, Step By Step, Inc.
Renee Seiller-McDaniel
Dinner, Dancing, Karaoke and Stargazing!
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Zumba
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Greg Parnell, Crestwood Behavioral Health
Yoga for People of All Abilities
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast and General Session: WRAP for Perinatal, Pregnancy, and Postpartum Challenges
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Jody Brown
Delila Koler
The Restoration Arc: Deepening WRAP with Purpose and Power
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Angelica Brewer, Help At Home
How Zumba Levels the Playing Field in a Behavioral Health Setting
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Greg Parnell, Crestwood Behavioral Health
Building Solutions by Building Coalitions
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Raquel Rosa, National Disability Rights Network
Empowering Change in Kibera: The First WRAP Trainings in Kenya
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
James Bollinger, Empowering Freedom
Morning Break
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
WRAPping Wellness and Peer Support from Japan
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Akiko Sakamoto, Kurume University
Neteru Masukawa, Self-Employed
Organizational Level WRAP® Mentoring
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Trenda Hedges, Peer Power
Toni Lynn Pakus, BeHeard-BeHealed Studios
Beyond the Bars: Implementing WRAP for Reentry and Recovery in a Correctional Setting
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
David Lange, NAMI Dubuque
James Vansteenburg
WRAP Yourself in Wellness, Your Vision of a Workspace Where You Can Thrive
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Melissa Lemmer, Mental Health Association of Nebraska
Madeline Hendrix-Jones
Lunch and General Session - Intentional Wellness Planning = My Intentional Healing
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Akua Rose Feathers
WRAP on Reentry
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Lee Horton, Step By Step, Inc.
Dennis Horton
Tying It All Together: Engaging Diverse Learners Through Buildable WRAP Activities
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Kait Simon, On Our Own of Maryland
Let Them, Let Me: Using the Let Them Theory as a Wellness Tool
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Tammy Heinz, WRAP
Jill Jendrzey
Empowering Recovery: Integrating WRAP and Drug Treatment for Lasting Wellness
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
Angelica Brewer, Help At Home
Closing Remarks and Reception
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Mary Ellen Copeland, WRAP