CALMHSA Peer Support Certifications
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
What is advocacy? - Correct Answers ✅Action in favor of a
cause or others
What is empowerment? - Correct Answers ✅Becoming
stronger and more confident in controlling one's life
What is stigma? - Correct Answers ✅A mark of disgrace
associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
What is the importance of documentation in PSS role? -
Correct Answers ✅Proof of encounters and external
resources for elevated service needs
What are the elements of documentation? - Correct
Answers ✅Date, duration, names of individuals involved,
brief explanation of peer support provided
What is collaborative documentation? - Correct Answers
✅Procedure where clients and professionals collaborate to
record evaluations, treatment plans, and progress notes
What is collaborative documentation? - Correct Answers
✅Client-centered therapy paradigm that involves client
participation in decision-making.
,CALMHSA Peer Support Certifications
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of collaborative documentation? -
Correct Answers ✅To ensure that the client's individual
requirements and goals are met during treatment.
Is collaborative documentation an evidenced based practice?
- Correct Answers ✅No, it is merely a method for
accomplishing service documentation.
How is the peer involved in the documentation process? -
Correct Answers ✅Documentation is completed with them
in attendance and their comments are included in case and
progress notes.
What is the concern of certified peer specialists when it
comes to client notes? - Correct Answers ✅Worrying about
private material being recorded.
What is the responsibility of trained peer specialists when it
comes to protecting their peer's privacy? - Correct Answers
✅Ensuring privacy and confidentiality.
What is the requirement for trained peer specialists to inform
their peers about? - Correct Answers ✅Employer policy,
including specific information.
What should a certified peer specialist do when a situation
arises where private information needs to be recorded? -
,CALMHSA Peer Support Certifications
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
Correct Answers ✅Let the peer know and discuss how they
want the note to reflect their experience.
What should a certified peer specialist ensure when
documenting their notes? - Correct Answers ✅Person-
centered, strengths-based, and recovery-oriented.
Why is documentation important? - Correct Answers ✅It
reflects the client service and journey.
What are the areas that effective progress notes should
cover? - Correct Answers ✅Assessment, treatment
planning, interactions, and services progress.
Who are progress notes useful to? - Correct Answers
✅Patient, clinician, and others involved in the patient's care.
What is the advice for certified peer experts when it comes to
program requirements? - Correct Answers ✅Meet with
their manager right away to go over all program
requirements.
What should effective progress notes be? - Correct Answers
✅Readable, objective, and explain the service necessity.
, CALMHSA Peer Support Certifications
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
What should trained peer experts do when their notes
contradict the standards established by employers or funding
agencies? - Correct Answers ✅Talk with their managers
about how to strike a balance between the two demands.
What might be available to trained peer experts when their
notes contradict the standards established by employers or
funding agencies? - Correct Answers ✅Additional training.
What should you remember about your progress notes? -
Correct Answers ✅Client may ask to see them, subject to
subpoena, may need to defend actions before payor source.
Why does documentation matter? - Correct Answers ✅It is
legal and supports reimbursement, should have a readable
storyline.
What are the benefits of collaborative documentation? -
Correct Answers ✅Improved outcomes, shared decision
making, increased satisfaction, compliance, productivity, and
quality assurance.
What is the final note about documentation? - Correct
Answers ✅It is legal and must adhere to professional
standards, supports reimbursement for PSS services.
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
What is advocacy? - Correct Answers ✅Action in favor of a
cause or others
What is empowerment? - Correct Answers ✅Becoming
stronger and more confident in controlling one's life
What is stigma? - Correct Answers ✅A mark of disgrace
associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
What is the importance of documentation in PSS role? -
Correct Answers ✅Proof of encounters and external
resources for elevated service needs
What are the elements of documentation? - Correct
Answers ✅Date, duration, names of individuals involved,
brief explanation of peer support provided
What is collaborative documentation? - Correct Answers
✅Procedure where clients and professionals collaborate to
record evaluations, treatment plans, and progress notes
What is collaborative documentation? - Correct Answers
✅Client-centered therapy paradigm that involves client
participation in decision-making.
,CALMHSA Peer Support Certifications
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of collaborative documentation? -
Correct Answers ✅To ensure that the client's individual
requirements and goals are met during treatment.
Is collaborative documentation an evidenced based practice?
- Correct Answers ✅No, it is merely a method for
accomplishing service documentation.
How is the peer involved in the documentation process? -
Correct Answers ✅Documentation is completed with them
in attendance and their comments are included in case and
progress notes.
What is the concern of certified peer specialists when it
comes to client notes? - Correct Answers ✅Worrying about
private material being recorded.
What is the responsibility of trained peer specialists when it
comes to protecting their peer's privacy? - Correct Answers
✅Ensuring privacy and confidentiality.
What is the requirement for trained peer specialists to inform
their peers about? - Correct Answers ✅Employer policy,
including specific information.
What should a certified peer specialist do when a situation
arises where private information needs to be recorded? -
,CALMHSA Peer Support Certifications
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
Correct Answers ✅Let the peer know and discuss how they
want the note to reflect their experience.
What should a certified peer specialist ensure when
documenting their notes? - Correct Answers ✅Person-
centered, strengths-based, and recovery-oriented.
Why is documentation important? - Correct Answers ✅It
reflects the client service and journey.
What are the areas that effective progress notes should
cover? - Correct Answers ✅Assessment, treatment
planning, interactions, and services progress.
Who are progress notes useful to? - Correct Answers
✅Patient, clinician, and others involved in the patient's care.
What is the advice for certified peer experts when it comes to
program requirements? - Correct Answers ✅Meet with
their manager right away to go over all program
requirements.
What should effective progress notes be? - Correct Answers
✅Readable, objective, and explain the service necessity.
, CALMHSA Peer Support Certifications
PT13 Exam Questions and Answers
What should trained peer experts do when their notes
contradict the standards established by employers or funding
agencies? - Correct Answers ✅Talk with their managers
about how to strike a balance between the two demands.
What might be available to trained peer experts when their
notes contradict the standards established by employers or
funding agencies? - Correct Answers ✅Additional training.
What should you remember about your progress notes? -
Correct Answers ✅Client may ask to see them, subject to
subpoena, may need to defend actions before payor source.
Why does documentation matter? - Correct Answers ✅It is
legal and supports reimbursement, should have a readable
storyline.
What are the benefits of collaborative documentation? -
Correct Answers ✅Improved outcomes, shared decision
making, increased satisfaction, compliance, productivity, and
quality assurance.
What is the final note about documentation? - Correct
Answers ✅It is legal and must adhere to professional
standards, supports reimbursement for PSS services.
