Family Vision Statement

The Family Vision Statement is a collaborative wraparound tool for practitioners working with youth and families entering planning. It helps the youth and family draft, revise, and confirm a clear desired future that can orient team goals and strategies.

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Tool guide

Learn more about this tool

Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.

When It Is Used

Use it as youth and family enter wraparound planning and need the team to understand the future they want.

What It Captures

The tool captures rough notes, alternate phrasings, one current or confirmed statement, unresolved disagreement, and version history where used.

Relevant Limits

The tool does not generate substantive vision content without youth/family confirmation and does not turn the vision into goals, strategies, scores, or clinical interpretations.

Who defines the vision statement?

The youth and family define and approve the vision statement.

Can there be multiple drafts?

Yes. Multiple drafts can exist, but only one statement should be marked current or confirmed.

What happens if the family does not agree on wording?

Disagreement can remain unresolved or appear as multiple draft perspectives until a shared statement is agreed.

What is saved when I save the tool?

The fixed Family Vision Statement tool is saved; fictional demo drafts are not saved as real client data.