Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic Training.pdf file:///C:/Users/HP/Desktop/New%20folder%20(2)/Missouri%20Cer
Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic
Training Questions & Answers
1. Hope is the belief that one has both the and the to
engage in the recovery process.
Answer ABILITY and the OPPORTUNITY
(Session 1)
2. What do you believe are the 3 greatest barriers to a person's recovery and
why?
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)
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3. What is the difference between a treatment goal and a recovery goal?
Answer Treat-ment Goal - Clinical and usually set by a treatment team.
Recovery Goal - Non-clinical and self-directed
(Session 1)
4. What are the five ways people often relate to the disabling power of a be-
havioral health disorder called "five stages in the recovery process?"
Answer Impactof Illness - Overwhelmed
Life is Limited - Given In
Change is Possible - Questioning
Commitment to Change - Challenging
Action to Change - Moving Beyond
(Session 2)
5. What is the danger in the Impact of Illness stage?
Answer Identity(Session 3)
6. What is the danger in the Life is Limited stage?
Answer Possibility(Session 3)
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7. What is the danger in the Change is Possible stage?
Answer Risk(Session 3)
8. What is the danger in the Commitment to Change stage?
Answer Support(Session 3)
9. What is the danger in the Actions for Change stage?
Answer Responsibility(Session 3)
10. What are the five stages of change?
Answer PrecontemplationContemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
(Session 4)
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Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic
Training Questions & Answers
1. Hope is the belief that one has both the and the to
engage in the recovery process.
Answer ABILITY and the OPPORTUNITY
(Session 1)
2. What do you believe are the 3 greatest barriers to a person's recovery and
why?
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)
1 of 29 12/11/2024, 12:02
,Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic Training.pdf file:///C:/Users/HP/Desktop/New%20folder%20(2)/Missouri%20Cer
3. What is the difference between a treatment goal and a recovery goal?
Answer Treat-ment Goal - Clinical and usually set by a treatment team.
Recovery Goal - Non-clinical and self-directed
(Session 1)
4. What are the five ways people often relate to the disabling power of a be-
havioral health disorder called "five stages in the recovery process?"
Answer Impactof Illness - Overwhelmed
Life is Limited - Given In
Change is Possible - Questioning
Commitment to Change - Challenging
Action to Change - Moving Beyond
(Session 2)
5. What is the danger in the Impact of Illness stage?
Answer Identity(Session 3)
6. What is the danger in the Life is Limited stage?
Answer Possibility(Session 3)
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7. What is the danger in the Change is Possible stage?
Answer Risk(Session 3)
8. What is the danger in the Commitment to Change stage?
Answer Support(Session 3)
9. What is the danger in the Actions for Change stage?
Answer Responsibility(Session 3)
10. What are the five stages of change?
Answer PrecontemplationContemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
(Session 4)
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