Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic Training Questions With Complete Solutions

Hope is the belief that one has both the _________ and the __________ to engage in the recovery process. correct answer: ABILITY and the OPPORTUNITY (Session 1) What do you believe are the 3 greatest barriers to a person's recovery and why? correct answer: 1) The symptoms and side-effects of medication or triggers of a behavioral health disorder 2) Negative beliefs that others have about a person with a behavioral health disorder 3) Negative beliefs that the person diagnosed with a behavioral health disorder has about themselves. (Session 1) What is the difference between a treatment goal and a recovery goal? correct answer: Treatment Goal - Clinical and usually set by a treatment team. Recovery Goal - Non-clinical and self-directed (Session 1) What are the five ways people often relate to the disabling power of a behavioral health disorder called "five stages in the recovery process?" correct answer: Impact of Illness - Overwhelmed Life is Limited - Given In Change is Possible - Questioning Commitment to Change - Challenging Action to Change - Moving Beyond (Session 2) What is the danger in the Impact of Illness stage? correct answer: Identity (Session 3) What is the danger in the Life is Limited stage? correct answer: Possibility (Session 3) What is the danger in the Change is Possible stage? correct answer: Risk (Session 3) What is the danger in the Commitment to Change stage? correct answer: Support (Session 3) What is the danger in the Actions for Change stage? correct answer: Responsibility (Session 3) What are the five stages of change? correct answer: Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance (Session 4) Do all people go through all the stages of change? correct answer: No (Session 4) When a peer does not use person-first language, is it important to correct them? correct answer: No, we are only supposed to model recovery language (reflect back) (Session 5) What is unconditional positive regard? correct answer: - valuing a person because they are a human being rather than judging them on other factors - accepting and respecting others as they are without judgment or evaluation (Session 5) What are the 4 major dimensions that support a life in recovery? correct answer: Health; Home; Purpose; Community (Session 7) What are 3 ways you will use the Guiding Principles of Recovery when providing Peer Support? correct answer: Recovery emerges from hope Recovery is person-driven Recovery occurs via many pathways (Session 7) Definition of Recovery correct answer: a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential (Session 1) Who has the most to learn from others from diverse communities? correct answer: Everyone (Session 8) Are all peers expected to strive for cultural competence? correct answer: Yes (Session 8) What is the difference in a 'recovery story' and