Peer Support Specialist Quiz 1 With Verified
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Peers
The individuals we serve
Peer Support Specialist
A person who has a mental illness diagnosis and works as a provider of mental health services. He or
she has been trained and has the ability to use his recovery experience to help his peers recover.
Recovery
a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed
life, and strive to reach their full potential
How do you help a peer achieve wellness?
The CPSS must first understand their own identity, values, experiences, goals and dreams
Values
The things that you believe are important to the way you live and work
what are values intended for?
To help you lay a solid foundation for permanent change
What is the most important aspect of peer support work?
Making sure you are taking care of yourself
What alone can be a motivator to change?
The act of self-monitoring
Disadvantages of self monitoring
Discouraging to keep reporting or acknowledging failures
self-monitoring
Tracking your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
Mindful Recovery Model
one of the many self-help approaches that cultivates the practice of mindfulness and accepting our
emotions
Personal Wellness
A balance of your physical, emotional, social, academic, environmental and spiritual lives
Countertransference and transference
These triggers can lead to a decline in service delivery and contribute to poor performance and
relapse
, What happens when personal wellness is ignored?
The CPSS suffers, the peer suffers, the agency that the CPSS represents suffers
How to maintain personal wellness
Be sure to create a clear, trusting relationship with the supervisors of your agency to ensure you
secure an outlet for discussing feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed or burned out
Good communication
the key to being successful in peer support work
How do you advocate for yourself?
Be patient, State your position, If you believe in yourself they will too, Get to know your teammates
Person First Language
One way to combat the stereotype and stigma often associated with mental illness and substance
abuse disorders
Trauma
Extreme stress brought on by shocking or unexpected circumstances or events that overwhelm a
person's ability to cope
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD
A trauma- and stressor-related disorder that develops from directly or indirectly experiencing actual
or threatened death, serious injury, or violence.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Disruption in normal functioning caused by a blow or jolt to the head or penetrating injury
Alcohol
The most commonly reported substance of abuse
trauma informed practice
Integrating what is known about child trauma into direct service with clients
Most common types of mental illness:
Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders, Trauma and stressor-related disorders, personality disorders, and
substance abuse disorders
How many adults have co-occuring disorders?
8.9 million
What is the most important thing you can do to assist your peer from relapsing?
help them recognize the signs of relapse and create a plan for prevention.
Solutions Latest
Peers
The individuals we serve
Peer Support Specialist
A person who has a mental illness diagnosis and works as a provider of mental health services. He or
she has been trained and has the ability to use his recovery experience to help his peers recover.
Recovery
a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed
life, and strive to reach their full potential
How do you help a peer achieve wellness?
The CPSS must first understand their own identity, values, experiences, goals and dreams
Values
The things that you believe are important to the way you live and work
what are values intended for?
To help you lay a solid foundation for permanent change
What is the most important aspect of peer support work?
Making sure you are taking care of yourself
What alone can be a motivator to change?
The act of self-monitoring
Disadvantages of self monitoring
Discouraging to keep reporting or acknowledging failures
self-monitoring
Tracking your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors
Mindful Recovery Model
one of the many self-help approaches that cultivates the practice of mindfulness and accepting our
emotions
Personal Wellness
A balance of your physical, emotional, social, academic, environmental and spiritual lives
Countertransference and transference
These triggers can lead to a decline in service delivery and contribute to poor performance and
relapse
, What happens when personal wellness is ignored?
The CPSS suffers, the peer suffers, the agency that the CPSS represents suffers
How to maintain personal wellness
Be sure to create a clear, trusting relationship with the supervisors of your agency to ensure you
secure an outlet for discussing feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed or burned out
Good communication
the key to being successful in peer support work
How do you advocate for yourself?
Be patient, State your position, If you believe in yourself they will too, Get to know your teammates
Person First Language
One way to combat the stereotype and stigma often associated with mental illness and substance
abuse disorders
Trauma
Extreme stress brought on by shocking or unexpected circumstances or events that overwhelm a
person's ability to cope
Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD
A trauma- and stressor-related disorder that develops from directly or indirectly experiencing actual
or threatened death, serious injury, or violence.
Traumatic Brain Injury
Disruption in normal functioning caused by a blow or jolt to the head or penetrating injury
Alcohol
The most commonly reported substance of abuse
trauma informed practice
Integrating what is known about child trauma into direct service with clients
Most common types of mental illness:
Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders, Trauma and stressor-related disorders, personality disorders, and
substance abuse disorders
How many adults have co-occuring disorders?
8.9 million
What is the most important thing you can do to assist your peer from relapsing?
help them recognize the signs of relapse and create a plan for prevention.
