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Peer Support Specialist Certification Exam Study questions
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with accurate detailed answers || || ||
Person-Centered - ✔✔A person-centered approach is where the person is placed at the || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
center of the service and treated as a
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person first. ||
What are the OARS tools in Motivational Interviewing? - ✔✔O Open-ended questions
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invite others to "tell their story" in their own words without
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leading them in a specific direction (as opposed to questions that can be answered yes
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or no). Be cautious about asking too many questions as it can damage the peer
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relationship.
A Affirmations are statements and gestures that recognize a person's strengths and
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acknowledge behaviors that lead in the direction of positive change, no matter how
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large or small. || ||
R Reflections/ Reflective listening ensures that the person's words are interpreted
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correctly and their inner wisdom is respected.
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S Summaries are a type of reflective listening which helps to ensure that there is clear
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communication between the speaker and listener. Summaries can provide a stepping || || || || || || || || || ||
stone towards change.|| ||
Reflections/
What is the tool "Elicit- Provide-Elicit" in Motivational Interviewing? - ✔✔Elicit—Ask
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permission to give information or ask which information the person is asking for.
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● "Would it be all right if I tell you about a few self-help support groups that have worked
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for other people?'
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● "Would you like to know about....?"
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● "What would you like to know about....?"
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What are whole health goals? - ✔✔Whole person health involves looking at the whole
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person instead of looking at health as fragments of
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diseases, symptoms and problems. It is shifting from only thinking about 'What is the
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matter with you?' || ||
to thinking about what matters to you.
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What are the basic five stages in the recovery process? - ✔✔Pre-Contemplation Not ready
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Contemplation Getting ready || ||
Preparation Ready ||
Action Making change || ||
Maintenance Keeping up change || || ||
What is "recovery" according to the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
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Administration
(SAMHSA)? - ✔✔SAMHSA definition: "A process of change through which individuals
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improve their health and wellness, || || || ||
live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential." This definition does not
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describe recovery as an end state, but rather as a process. Complete symptom remission is
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neither a prerequisite of || || ||
recovery nor a necessary outcome of the process. Recovery can have many pathways that
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may include ||
professional clinical treatment; use of medications; support from families and in schools;
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faith-based
approaches; peer support; and other approaches. || || || || ||
Peer Support Specialist Certification Exam Study questions
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with accurate detailed answers || || ||
Person-Centered - ✔✔A person-centered approach is where the person is placed at the || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
center of the service and treated as a
|| || || || || || ||
person first. ||
What are the OARS tools in Motivational Interviewing? - ✔✔O Open-ended questions
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
invite others to "tell their story" in their own words without
|| || || || || || || || || ||
leading them in a specific direction (as opposed to questions that can be answered yes
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
or no). Be cautious about asking too many questions as it can damage the peer
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
relationship.
A Affirmations are statements and gestures that recognize a person's strengths and
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acknowledge behaviors that lead in the direction of positive change, no matter how
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
large or small. || ||
R Reflections/ Reflective listening ensures that the person's words are interpreted
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correctly and their inner wisdom is respected.
|| || || || || ||
S Summaries are a type of reflective listening which helps to ensure that there is clear
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
communication between the speaker and listener. Summaries can provide a stepping || || || || || || || || || ||
stone towards change.|| ||
Reflections/
What is the tool "Elicit- Provide-Elicit" in Motivational Interviewing? - ✔✔Elicit—Ask
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
permission to give information or ask which information the person is asking for.
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
● "Would it be all right if I tell you about a few self-help support groups that have worked
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
, 2
for other people?'
|| ||
● "Would you like to know about....?"
|| || || || || ||
● "What would you like to know about....?"
|| || || || || || ||
What are whole health goals? - ✔✔Whole person health involves looking at the whole
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
person instead of looking at health as fragments of
|| || || || || || || ||
diseases, symptoms and problems. It is shifting from only thinking about 'What is the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
matter with you?' || ||
to thinking about what matters to you.
|| || || || || ||
What are the basic five stages in the recovery process? - ✔✔Pre-Contemplation Not ready
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Contemplation Getting ready || ||
Preparation Ready ||
Action Making change || ||
Maintenance Keeping up change || || ||
What is "recovery" according to the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Administration
(SAMHSA)? - ✔✔SAMHSA definition: "A process of change through which individuals
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
improve their health and wellness, || || || ||
live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential." This definition does not
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
describe recovery as an end state, but rather as a process. Complete symptom remission is
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
neither a prerequisite of || || ||
recovery nor a necessary outcome of the process. Recovery can have many pathways that
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
may include ||
professional clinical treatment; use of medications; support from families and in schools;
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
faith-based
approaches; peer support; and other approaches. || || || || ||
