Massachusetts Certified Peer Specialist
(CPS) Latest 2024 Rated A+
The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While SOME people will not
be harmed by using non-human experience language, others WILL be harmed; therefore, by
using human experience language, it is unlikely that anyone will be harmed. ✔✔benevolence
What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) ✔✔Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________ ✔✔values
Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________ ✔✔power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
,* What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language ✔✔person first, everyday non-clinical
When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any label or
judgement. ✔✔human experience
When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a _________ agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any l_________or
j___________ ✔✔change, label, judgement
____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs, symbols, history, and ways of
thinking/living of a group of people ✔✔culture
We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are. ✔✔they, we
* The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about _________
,2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________ ✔✔yourself, cultures, individuals
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves indicates learning about our
b________ and p_________ ✔✔biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about ourselves may
include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important i________with the
beliefs/cultures of others? ✔✔biases, privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about cultures may
include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with different groups?
- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly experienced and what impact
might this have had on them?
, - What else can I do to l_______ about this culture? ✔✔communication, language,
discrimination, learn
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about an individual
may include:
-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture? ✔✔assumptions,
beliefs, relate
For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at least two questions you
might ask yourself? ✔✔Self: what biases do I have? What privileges do I benefit from? How
have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly experienced? What language
might exist? What am I doing to learn more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I avoiding assumptions about
what I think I know? What am I doing to learn about this person's beliefs?
(CPS) Latest 2024 Rated A+
The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While SOME people will not
be harmed by using non-human experience language, others WILL be harmed; therefore, by
using human experience language, it is unlikely that anyone will be harmed. ✔✔benevolence
What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.) ✔✔Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________ ✔✔values
Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________ ✔✔power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
,* What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language ✔✔person first, everyday non-clinical
When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any label or
judgement. ✔✔human experience
When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a _________ agent by setting an
uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come before any l_________or
j___________ ✔✔change, label, judgement
____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs, symbols, history, and ways of
thinking/living of a group of people ✔✔culture
We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are. ✔✔they, we
* The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about _________
,2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________ ✔✔yourself, cultures, individuals
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves indicates learning about our
b________ and p_________ ✔✔biases, privilege
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about ourselves may
include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important i________with the
beliefs/cultures of others? ✔✔biases, privilege, respond, intersect
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about cultures may
include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with different groups?
- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly experienced and what impact
might this have had on them?
, - What else can I do to l_______ about this culture? ✔✔communication, language,
discrimination, learn
When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning about an individual
may include:
-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture? ✔✔assumptions,
beliefs, relate
For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at least two questions you
might ask yourself? ✔✔Self: what biases do I have? What privileges do I benefit from? How
have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly experienced? What language
might exist? What am I doing to learn more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I avoiding assumptions about
what I think I know? What am I doing to learn about this person's beliefs?
