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What is a Peer Support Specialist? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔CPS provides peer support to people receiving
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services to Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse.
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Where do Peer work? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Often a peer run organization on a team entirely
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composed of other Peer Support Professionals or part of a recovery team with other clinicians and
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service providers.
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What is the roll of CPS? (1of 2) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1.Cultivate empowering & supportive
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relationships.
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2.use of self-disclosure about lived experience.
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3.Provide information about community & recovery-oriented resources upon request.
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4. Assist in supporting their peer, even in a crisis.
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5. value self-determination as a guiding ethical principle.
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6. Facilitate person-centered goal setting.
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What is the roll of CPS? (2 of2) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔7. Communicate effectively with peers, and other
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team members, and clinicians.
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8.Create an environment of respect for their peers, and those with lived experience.
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9.Seek to under the roles of culture, community, and identity play in their peers' lives.
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10. Practice Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) within the peer relationship and workplace.
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11. Affect positive change in systems.
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12. Inspire Hope for Recovery and Wellness.
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,Wisconsin's " working" Difinition of CPS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A Certified Peer Specialist is a person
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who has their own lived experience of mental health and/or substance use challenges and has
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completed formal training and certification in the peer specialist model of mental health and substance
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use oriented peer support. They use their unique set of lived experiences and recovery in combination
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with comprehensive skills-training, including continuing education, to support people living with mental
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health and/or substance use challenges. Certified Peer Specialists actively center peer support and
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associated principles in their work, while operating under a clearly defined role and collaborate in a
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complementary fashion as part of an agency's team support structure.
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Domain1: (Values) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Domain 1: Values
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1.1 Believes that recovery is an individual journey with many paths and is possible for all.
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1.2 Believes in and respects people's rights to make informed decisions about their lives.
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1.3 Believes that personal growth and change are possible.
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1.4 Believes in the importance of empathy and listening to others.
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1.5 Believes in and respects all forms of diversity.
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1.6 Believes in the importance of self-awareness and self-care.
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1.7 Believes in lifelong learning and personal development.
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1.8 Believes that recovery is a foundation of well-being.
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1.9 Believes that recovery is a process.
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1.10 Believes in the healing power of healthy relationships.
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1.11 Believes and understands there are a range of views regarding mental health and substance use
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disorders and their treatment, services, supports, and recovery.
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1.1:
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*CPS understands & recognizes that recovery is attainable by anyone and that each person's recovery is
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unique to themselves. Additionally, CPS values the diverse array of recovery pathways available and
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validates each person's chosen path. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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, CPS are knowledgeable about a wide variety of recovery pathways and recognize each pathway as valid.
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They are able to support the people they're working with-in navigating their own personal recovery
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pathway without undue influence or judgment.
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Believes in and respects people's right to make informed decisions about their lives:
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*CPS are aware of the importance of the informed decision-making and recognize this as a basic right of
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people receiving services. They understand that in order to make decisions in their best interests people
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must have access to all of the information they request or need. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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CPS strives to ensure they are adhering to informed consent practices at all times. They provide and
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share information as requested and support the people they are working within accessing all information
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to aid in their decision-making.
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*CPS recognizes that each person has within themselves the ability to make changes and develop
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themselves however they see fit. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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CPS recognizes growth within the people they're supporting and holds space for each person to
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determine what that means for themselves. They celebrate this growth and change alongside the people
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they're working with and in doing so support them in continuing forward.
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Believer in the importance of empathy and listening to others:
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*CPS understands that listening while withholding judgment & connecting through shared experiences
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are crucial to the development of effective, supportive relationships. CPS walks beside the person, not as
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a guide or behind them as a follower. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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CPS build empathic connections with the people they support by drawing on their lived experience. They
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are able to connect with the people even if their lived experience is not the exact same by recognizing
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the underlying emotions and human experiences that run between them.
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EXAMS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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What is a Peer Support Specialist? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔CPS provides peer support to people receiving
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services to Mental Health and/or Substance Abuse.
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Where do Peer work? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Often a peer run organization on a team entirely
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composed of other Peer Support Professionals or part of a recovery team with other clinicians and
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service providers.
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What is the roll of CPS? (1of 2) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔1.Cultivate empowering & supportive
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relationships.
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2.use of self-disclosure about lived experience.
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3.Provide information about community & recovery-oriented resources upon request.
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4. Assist in supporting their peer, even in a crisis.
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5. value self-determination as a guiding ethical principle.
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6. Facilitate person-centered goal setting.
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What is the roll of CPS? (2 of2) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔7. Communicate effectively with peers, and other
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team members, and clinicians.
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8.Create an environment of respect for their peers, and those with lived experience.
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9.Seek to under the roles of culture, community, and identity play in their peers' lives.
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10. Practice Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) within the peer relationship and workplace.
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11. Affect positive change in systems.
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12. Inspire Hope for Recovery and Wellness.
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,Wisconsin's " working" Difinition of CPS - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A Certified Peer Specialist is a person
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who has their own lived experience of mental health and/or substance use challenges and has
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completed formal training and certification in the peer specialist model of mental health and substance
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use oriented peer support. They use their unique set of lived experiences and recovery in combination
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with comprehensive skills-training, including continuing education, to support people living with mental
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health and/or substance use challenges. Certified Peer Specialists actively center peer support and
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associated principles in their work, while operating under a clearly defined role and collaborate in a
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complementary fashion as part of an agency's team support structure.
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Domain1: (Values) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Domain 1: Values
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1.1 Believes that recovery is an individual journey with many paths and is possible for all.
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1.2 Believes in and respects people's rights to make informed decisions about their lives.
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1.3 Believes that personal growth and change are possible.
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1.4 Believes in the importance of empathy and listening to others.
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1.5 Believes in and respects all forms of diversity.
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1.6 Believes in the importance of self-awareness and self-care.
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1.7 Believes in lifelong learning and personal development.
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1.8 Believes that recovery is a foundation of well-being.
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1.9 Believes that recovery is a process.
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1.10 Believes in the healing power of healthy relationships.
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1.11 Believes and understands there are a range of views regarding mental health and substance use
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disorders and their treatment, services, supports, and recovery.
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validates each person's chosen path. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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, CPS are knowledgeable about a wide variety of recovery pathways and recognize each pathway as valid.
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pathway without undue influence or judgment.
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people receiving services. They understand that in order to make decisions in their best interests people
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must have access to all of the information they request or need. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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CPS strives to ensure they are adhering to informed consent practices at all times. They provide and
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share information as requested and support the people they are working within accessing all information
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to aid in their decision-making.
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themselves however they see fit. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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CPS recognizes growth within the people they're supporting and holds space for each person to
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determine what that means for themselves. They celebrate this growth and change alongside the people
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Believer in the importance of empathy and listening to others:
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*CPS understands that listening while withholding judgment & connecting through shared experiences
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are crucial to the development of effective, supportive relationships. CPS walks beside the person, not as
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a guide or behind them as a follower. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔IE.
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CPS build empathic connections with the people they support by drawing on their lived experience. They
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are able to connect with the people even if their lived experience is not the exact same by recognizing
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the underlying emotions and human experiences that run between them.
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