ILLINOIS CRSS CORE EXAM SET 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Psychiatric Advance Directives are voluntary - ✔✔Free advice and assistance is
available through
Equip for Equality and Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
✔✔Advocacy within the human services; is not about ?
Name the process of advocacy - ✔✔Advocacy is not about "wining" it is a process of
building bridges
✔✔What is persons driven recovery (centered} - ✔✔In a person-driven organization,
persons have the primary decision-making role regarding the care that is offered and
received
Treatment involves options that the individual chooses from within the range of what is
medically appropriate.
The person is informed of and involved in every decision regarding their care . all the
way from medication choices to employment options
✔✔Persons driven recovery - ✔✔Persons life goals, hopes and dreams are end toward
which all treatment and approaches must work
✔✔Recovery Oriented Mental Health Workforce Competencies - ✔✔Ability to work with
people from strength perspective support people's recovery process support dignity
✔✔What is the goal of person centered language - ✔✔Referring to people as people ,
instead of labels
✔✔Using person-first language - ✔✔He/she has instead of is HAVING VS being
Illnesses rather than illness
✔✔What is Person First Language - ✔✔Referring to people by their name rather than
using labels demonstrates respect (a person with schizophrenia (illness thing they have
not who they are
✔✔What does person first language do - ✔✔Removes labels, removes stigma, shows
respect and creates opportunity to change attitude and practices
✔✔What is Wellness Focused Approach to recovery - ✔✔In illness based model focus
is predominately fixed on the diagnosis of illness and its accompanied symptoms,
Wellness-focused approach is strength based
, ✔✔How does it begin - ✔✔It begins with an understanding of what a person is like at
their best and strengths and resources they have to recover their wellness. It facilitates
hope
✔✔Foundational Principles of Wellness - ✔✔
✔✔Hope - ✔✔First believe you can then get goals then keep believing
✔✔Personal Responsibility - ✔✔Take action toward the goal you set, Make good
choices
✔✔Education - ✔✔Get Good information Use info to make decision
✔✔Spirituality - ✔✔Find meaning and purpose in your life.Identify what matters to you
the most
✔✔Self Advocacy - ✔✔Communicate effectively, Change methods based on different
situation
✔✔Support - ✔✔Lean on others for encouragement Depend on others to hold you
accountable.
✔✔Six dimensions of wellness - ✔✔
✔✔Physical wellness - ✔✔Maintaining overall physical health and engage in
appropriate physical activity
✔✔Emotional Wellness - ✔✔To have positive self-concept deal constructively with your
feelings and develop positive qualities (optimism trust self-confidence, determination,
persistence dedication0
✔✔Intellectual Wellness - ✔✔To pursue and retain knowledge think critically about
issues make sound decisions identify problems and find solutions (common sense
creativity curiosity)
✔✔Spiritual Wellness - ✔✔To develop set of beliefs principles or values that give
meaning or purpose to your life ; to develop faith in something beyond yourself(religion
faith service to others9What matters to you the most or what brings you the sense of
meaning and purpose in life
✔✔Interpersonal Wellness - ✔✔To develop and maintain meaningful relationships with
a network of friends and family and contribute to the community
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Psychiatric Advance Directives are voluntary - ✔✔Free advice and assistance is
available through
Equip for Equality and Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission
✔✔Advocacy within the human services; is not about ?
Name the process of advocacy - ✔✔Advocacy is not about "wining" it is a process of
building bridges
✔✔What is persons driven recovery (centered} - ✔✔In a person-driven organization,
persons have the primary decision-making role regarding the care that is offered and
received
Treatment involves options that the individual chooses from within the range of what is
medically appropriate.
The person is informed of and involved in every decision regarding their care . all the
way from medication choices to employment options
✔✔Persons driven recovery - ✔✔Persons life goals, hopes and dreams are end toward
which all treatment and approaches must work
✔✔Recovery Oriented Mental Health Workforce Competencies - ✔✔Ability to work with
people from strength perspective support people's recovery process support dignity
✔✔What is the goal of person centered language - ✔✔Referring to people as people ,
instead of labels
✔✔Using person-first language - ✔✔He/she has instead of is HAVING VS being
Illnesses rather than illness
✔✔What is Person First Language - ✔✔Referring to people by their name rather than
using labels demonstrates respect (a person with schizophrenia (illness thing they have
not who they are
✔✔What does person first language do - ✔✔Removes labels, removes stigma, shows
respect and creates opportunity to change attitude and practices
✔✔What is Wellness Focused Approach to recovery - ✔✔In illness based model focus
is predominately fixed on the diagnosis of illness and its accompanied symptoms,
Wellness-focused approach is strength based
, ✔✔How does it begin - ✔✔It begins with an understanding of what a person is like at
their best and strengths and resources they have to recover their wellness. It facilitates
hope
✔✔Foundational Principles of Wellness - ✔✔
✔✔Hope - ✔✔First believe you can then get goals then keep believing
✔✔Personal Responsibility - ✔✔Take action toward the goal you set, Make good
choices
✔✔Education - ✔✔Get Good information Use info to make decision
✔✔Spirituality - ✔✔Find meaning and purpose in your life.Identify what matters to you
the most
✔✔Self Advocacy - ✔✔Communicate effectively, Change methods based on different
situation
✔✔Support - ✔✔Lean on others for encouragement Depend on others to hold you
accountable.
✔✔Six dimensions of wellness - ✔✔
✔✔Physical wellness - ✔✔Maintaining overall physical health and engage in
appropriate physical activity
✔✔Emotional Wellness - ✔✔To have positive self-concept deal constructively with your
feelings and develop positive qualities (optimism trust self-confidence, determination,
persistence dedication0
✔✔Intellectual Wellness - ✔✔To pursue and retain knowledge think critically about
issues make sound decisions identify problems and find solutions (common sense
creativity curiosity)
✔✔Spiritual Wellness - ✔✔To develop set of beliefs principles or values that give
meaning or purpose to your life ; to develop faith in something beyond yourself(religion
faith service to others9What matters to you the most or what brings you the sense of
meaning and purpose in life
✔✔Interpersonal Wellness - ✔✔To develop and maintain meaningful relationships with
a network of friends and family and contribute to the community
