PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST END OF COURSE EXAM
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is Culture? - ✔✔a system of shared values, traditions, norms, customs, arts,
history, folklore and institutions of a group of people.
-Culture shapes how people see the world and structure their community and family life
✔✔key principles of Motivational Interviewing: - ✔✔-Change is up to the person.
-Express empathy and acceptance.
-Help the person recognize discrepancies between goals and current behavior.
-Avoid confrontation and "roll with resistance".
-Support people's belief in their ability to succeed in accomplishing a task and
encourage optimism.
✔✔what is Self-efficacy? - ✔✔a person's confidence that they can solve problems
and make changes successfully on their own.
✔✔Peer recovery specialists should be aware of some important factors that vary
across
cultures including: - ✔✔-Verbal and non-verbal communication styles
-Personal space and touch
-Family roles and relationships
-Attitudes toward smoking, drug and alcohol use
-Attitudes toward mental illness
-Religious or spiritual practices
-Pathways to recovery
✔✔Organizational cultural competence - ✔✔a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and
policies
that come together in a system, agency or among professionals that enables effective
work
in cross-cultural situations
✔✔Individual cultural competence - ✔✔is the ability to interact effectively with people of
different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds.
✔✔define the safe, effective and appropriate interactions between a Peer Recovery
Specialist and a peer with whom they are working. _________ protect both the Peer
Recovery Specialist and the peer - ✔✔Boundaries
✔✔essential in the peer-peer relationship, because it promotes an
environment of safety and trust - ✔✔confidentiality
✔✔Confidentiality limits - ✔✔-If you think a person is in danger of
, harming him/herself or others
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
Recovery is
an ongoing the process of change that includes: - ✔✔-Reducing or eliminating
symptoms
-Improving emotional and physical health
-(Re)joining and (re)building a life in the community
-Self-redefinition and self-determination
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
the presence of purpose in life, active
involvement in satisfying work and play, joyful relationships, a healthy body and living
environment, and happiness. - ✔✔Wellness
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
The five stages of change are: - ✔✔1 Pre-contemplation
2 Contemplation
3 Preparation
4 Action
5 Maintenance
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
Relapse - ✔✔going back to a former behavior or earlier stage
✔✔(five stages of change)
Pre-contemplation: - ✔✔The person does not see the behavior as a problem/does not
see a need for change/has no intention to change
✔✔(five stages of change)
Contemplation: - ✔✔The person has some awareness of the need/desire to change
behavior and
is actively weighing the pros and cons of the behavior.
✔✔(five stages of change)
Preparation: - ✔✔The person believes that the behavior can be changed and that
he/she can
manage the change, and is taking steps to get ready to make the change.
✔✔(five stages of change)
Action: - ✔✔The person has begun to make the behavior change and has developed
plans to
maintain the change
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is Culture? - ✔✔a system of shared values, traditions, norms, customs, arts,
history, folklore and institutions of a group of people.
-Culture shapes how people see the world and structure their community and family life
✔✔key principles of Motivational Interviewing: - ✔✔-Change is up to the person.
-Express empathy and acceptance.
-Help the person recognize discrepancies between goals and current behavior.
-Avoid confrontation and "roll with resistance".
-Support people's belief in their ability to succeed in accomplishing a task and
encourage optimism.
✔✔what is Self-efficacy? - ✔✔a person's confidence that they can solve problems
and make changes successfully on their own.
✔✔Peer recovery specialists should be aware of some important factors that vary
across
cultures including: - ✔✔-Verbal and non-verbal communication styles
-Personal space and touch
-Family roles and relationships
-Attitudes toward smoking, drug and alcohol use
-Attitudes toward mental illness
-Religious or spiritual practices
-Pathways to recovery
✔✔Organizational cultural competence - ✔✔a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes and
policies
that come together in a system, agency or among professionals that enables effective
work
in cross-cultural situations
✔✔Individual cultural competence - ✔✔is the ability to interact effectively with people of
different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds.
✔✔define the safe, effective and appropriate interactions between a Peer Recovery
Specialist and a peer with whom they are working. _________ protect both the Peer
Recovery Specialist and the peer - ✔✔Boundaries
✔✔essential in the peer-peer relationship, because it promotes an
environment of safety and trust - ✔✔confidentiality
✔✔Confidentiality limits - ✔✔-If you think a person is in danger of
, harming him/herself or others
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
Recovery is
an ongoing the process of change that includes: - ✔✔-Reducing or eliminating
symptoms
-Improving emotional and physical health
-(Re)joining and (re)building a life in the community
-Self-redefinition and self-determination
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
the presence of purpose in life, active
involvement in satisfying work and play, joyful relationships, a healthy body and living
environment, and happiness. - ✔✔Wellness
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
The five stages of change are: - ✔✔1 Pre-contemplation
2 Contemplation
3 Preparation
4 Action
5 Maintenance
✔✔(recovery and wellness)
Relapse - ✔✔going back to a former behavior or earlier stage
✔✔(five stages of change)
Pre-contemplation: - ✔✔The person does not see the behavior as a problem/does not
see a need for change/has no intention to change
✔✔(five stages of change)
Contemplation: - ✔✔The person has some awareness of the need/desire to change
behavior and
is actively weighing the pros and cons of the behavior.
✔✔(five stages of change)
Preparation: - ✔✔The person believes that the behavior can be changed and that
he/she can
manage the change, and is taking steps to get ready to make the change.
✔✔(five stages of change)
Action: - ✔✔The person has begun to make the behavior change and has developed
plans to
maintain the change
