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Peer Certification Study Set questions with accurate detailed
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answers
What best describes a Peer Support Specialist?
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A. A person who has personally experienced and is in recovery from mental health or
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substance use issues, or who is the family member or parent of someone with mental health
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or substance use issues, and has formal training to support others in recovery.
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B. A person who completed treatment and is living a sober life.
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C. A mental health consumer who has been in therapy for a minimum of 1,550 hours with a
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history of continuous med compliance and no hospitalizations OR a recovering substance
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abuser with a minimum of 1,550 hours of continuous abstinence and regular meeting
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attendance with no relapses || || ||
D. A worker who supports someone by providing medications, therapeutic care, or other
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treatment as necessary. - ✔✔A. A person who has personally experienced and is in recovery
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from mental health or substance use issues, or who is the family member or parent of
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someone with mental health or substance use issues, and has formal training to support
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others in recovery. || ||
You REDUCE relationship rapport with someone you are supporting by:
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A.Creating a sense of belonging || || || ||
B.Remembering their birthday || ||
C.Being authentic ||
D.Being unaware of your power - ✔✔D.Being unaware of your power
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Someone tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot of situational stress that is not a
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result of their diagnosis. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take in supporting
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the consumer? ||
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A. Advise the consumer of stronger anxiety medication options to try.
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B. Tell the consumer that it is natural to feel that way from time to time and it is best to put
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their focus elsewhere. || ||
C.Collaborate with the consumer to develop a wellness plan to address their concerns. || || || || || || || || || || || ||
D.Tell the consumer the only solution is to advocate for legislative change. -
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✔✔C.Collaborate with the consumer to develop a wellness plan to address their concerns. || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to:
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A. Let people know what they should do
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B.Create expectations ||
C.Support change, and show recovery is possible || || || || || ||
D.Show the best way toward recovery - ✔✔C.Support change, and show recovery is possible
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A consumer would like to support a neighborhood rally but has anxiety about attending.
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They believe their anxiety would not be an issue if they are accompanied by their Peer
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Support Specialist. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take?
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A.Speak to their supervisor about the situation|| || || || || ||
B.Inform the consumer it would be a conflict of interest to go with them.
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C.Suggest that the consumer avoid anxiety-producing situations.|| || || || || ||
D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if it is part of Peer Specialist's job.
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- ✔✔D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if it is part of Peer
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Specialist's job. ||
In optimal recovery planning...
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A. People discover and write down their goals and dreams.
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B. A person's recovery plan must be aligned with the Peer Support Specialist's beliefs,
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opinions and preferences. || ||
C. Developing a written plan is unnecessary.
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D. The focus is on the clinical treatment plan. - ✔✔A. People discover and write down their
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goals and dreams. || ||
A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist they want to make friends but does not know
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how. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take to support the consumer?
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A.Use knowledge of legal resources and advocacy organization to build an advocacy plan.
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B.Apply principles of empowerment. || || ||
C.Assure that interpersonal relationships, services and supports, reflect individual
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differences and cultural diversity. || || ||
D.Refer them to the self-help support groups which best fit their needs. - ✔✔D.Refer them
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to the self-help support groups which best fit their needs.
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How would a Family Peer Support Specialist begin to assist a family in identifying informal
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supports to plan for wellness? || || || ||
A.Help the family identify existing services
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B.Ask the family who they talk to when they need help
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C. Offer the family a local resource directory
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D.Tell the family who they need to talk with - ✔✔B.Ask the family who they talk to when
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they need help
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What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents?
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A.Give helpful advice as the parents share their experience
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B.Urge parents to seek mental health treatment
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C.When the parents share their experience, change the subject to something more
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important
D.Actively listen as the parents share their experience - ✔✔D.Actively listen as the parents
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share their experience|| ||
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How should the Family Peer Support Specialist connect parents to other parents with
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similar concerns? ||
A.Invite them to attend another family's team meeting
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B.Suggest they attend a PTA meeting || || || || ||
C.Give the parents a list of names and phone numbers of other parents at the agency
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D.Invite the parent to an educational event or support group so they can meet other parents
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- ✔✔D.Invite the parent to an educational event or support group so they can meet other
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parents
An example of a recovery-oriented approach is...
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A.Focusing on wellness, ability and choice || || || || ||
B.Promoting professionals as main access to information || || || || || ||
C. Focusing on med compliance
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D.Promoting clinical stability to manage illness - ✔✔A.Focusing on wellness, ability and
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choice
What are the basic five stages in the recovery process?
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A.Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance || || || ||
B.Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
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C.Contemplation, Initiation, Realization, Actualization, Maintenance || || || ||
D.Self-awareness, Acceptance, Responsibility, Planning, Meaning - ✔✔A.Pre- || || || || || ||
contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance || || || ||
What is helpful at the Pre-contemplation stage?
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A.Express caring, concern and desire for the person to have their best life
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B.Help the person carry out their plan.
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C.Create a relapse plan || || ||
Peer Certification Study Set questions with accurate detailed
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answers
What best describes a Peer Support Specialist?
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A. A person who has personally experienced and is in recovery from mental health or
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substance use issues, or who is the family member or parent of someone with mental health
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or substance use issues, and has formal training to support others in recovery.
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B. A person who completed treatment and is living a sober life.
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C. A mental health consumer who has been in therapy for a minimum of 1,550 hours with a
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history of continuous med compliance and no hospitalizations OR a recovering substance
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abuser with a minimum of 1,550 hours of continuous abstinence and regular meeting
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attendance with no relapses || || ||
D. A worker who supports someone by providing medications, therapeutic care, or other
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treatment as necessary. - ✔✔A. A person who has personally experienced and is in recovery
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from mental health or substance use issues, or who is the family member or parent of
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someone with mental health or substance use issues, and has formal training to support
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others in recovery. || ||
You REDUCE relationship rapport with someone you are supporting by:
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A.Creating a sense of belonging || || || ||
B.Remembering their birthday || ||
C.Being authentic ||
D.Being unaware of your power - ✔✔D.Being unaware of your power
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Someone tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot of situational stress that is not a
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result of their diagnosis. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take in supporting
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the consumer? ||
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A. Advise the consumer of stronger anxiety medication options to try.
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B. Tell the consumer that it is natural to feel that way from time to time and it is best to put
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
their focus elsewhere. || ||
C.Collaborate with the consumer to develop a wellness plan to address their concerns. || || || || || || || || || || || ||
D.Tell the consumer the only solution is to advocate for legislative change. -
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✔✔C.Collaborate with the consumer to develop a wellness plan to address their concerns. || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to:
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A. Let people know what they should do
|| || || || || || ||
B.Create expectations ||
C.Support change, and show recovery is possible || || || || || ||
D.Show the best way toward recovery - ✔✔C.Support change, and show recovery is possible
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
A consumer would like to support a neighborhood rally but has anxiety about attending.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
They believe their anxiety would not be an issue if they are accompanied by their Peer
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Support Specialist. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take?
|| || || || || || || || ||
A.Speak to their supervisor about the situation|| || || || || ||
B.Inform the consumer it would be a conflict of interest to go with them.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
C.Suggest that the consumer avoid anxiety-producing situations.|| || || || || ||
D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if it is part of Peer Specialist's job.
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- ✔✔D.Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if it is part of Peer
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Specialist's job. ||
In optimal recovery planning...
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A. People discover and write down their goals and dreams.
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B. A person's recovery plan must be aligned with the Peer Support Specialist's beliefs,
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opinions and preferences. || ||
C. Developing a written plan is unnecessary.
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D. The focus is on the clinical treatment plan. - ✔✔A. People discover and write down their
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goals and dreams. || ||
A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist they want to make friends but does not know
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how. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take to support the consumer?
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
A.Use knowledge of legal resources and advocacy organization to build an advocacy plan.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
B.Apply principles of empowerment. || || ||
C.Assure that interpersonal relationships, services and supports, reflect individual
|| || || || || || || || ||
differences and cultural diversity. || || ||
D.Refer them to the self-help support groups which best fit their needs. - ✔✔D.Refer them
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to the self-help support groups which best fit their needs.
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How would a Family Peer Support Specialist begin to assist a family in identifying informal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
supports to plan for wellness? || || || ||
A.Help the family identify existing services
|| || || || ||
B.Ask the family who they talk to when they need help
|| || || || || || || || || ||
C. Offer the family a local resource directory
|| || || || || || ||
D.Tell the family who they need to talk with - ✔✔B.Ask the family who they talk to when
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they need help
|| ||
What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents?
|| || || || || || || || ||
A.Give helpful advice as the parents share their experience
|| || || || || || || ||
B.Urge parents to seek mental health treatment
|| || || || || ||
C.When the parents share their experience, change the subject to something more
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
important
D.Actively listen as the parents share their experience - ✔✔D.Actively listen as the parents
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share their experience|| ||
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How should the Family Peer Support Specialist connect parents to other parents with
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similar concerns? ||
A.Invite them to attend another family's team meeting
|| || || || || || ||
B.Suggest they attend a PTA meeting || || || || ||
C.Give the parents a list of names and phone numbers of other parents at the agency
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D.Invite the parent to an educational event or support group so they can meet other parents
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- ✔✔D.Invite the parent to an educational event or support group so they can meet other
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parents
An example of a recovery-oriented approach is...
|| || || || || ||
A.Focusing on wellness, ability and choice || || || || ||
B.Promoting professionals as main access to information || || || || || ||
C. Focusing on med compliance
|| || || ||
D.Promoting clinical stability to manage illness - ✔✔A.Focusing on wellness, ability and
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choice
What are the basic five stages in the recovery process?
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A.Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance || || || ||
B.Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
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C.Contemplation, Initiation, Realization, Actualization, Maintenance || || || ||
D.Self-awareness, Acceptance, Responsibility, Planning, Meaning - ✔✔A.Pre- || || || || || ||
contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance || || || ||
What is helpful at the Pre-contemplation stage?
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A.Express caring, concern and desire for the person to have their best life
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B.Help the person carry out their plan.
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C.Create a relapse plan || || ||
