CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST ACTUAL 2025
FALL EXAM WITH COMPLETE A+ GRADED SOLUTIONS.
LATEST 2025 UPDATE.
2 Parts of Human Experience Language - Answer 1. Person first
2. Every day, non-clinical
A sentence is not 'human experience language' unless - Answer It is person first and uses everyday non-
clinical language
risks of NOT using human experience language - Answer 1. Enhances power differences
Limits personal choice
Leads to the same way of thinking
Restate the sentence using Human Experience Language:
Tasha is a paranoid schizophrenic who is de-compensating rapidly - Answer Tasha is currently
struggling and I want to find a way to support her.
Golden Question (trauma) - Answer What happened to you?
Instead of asking what's wrong with you - Answer What happened to you?
trauma informed practice - Answer Creating environment that works on the assumption everyone has
experienced trauma at some point in their life.
Not about avoiding discomfort but creating an environment where it is safe to feel those feelings
Fight/flight/freeze/fawn/flood/fatigue changes.... - Answer the body's systems and people can lose the
ability to communicate properly.
6 Trauma responses - Answer 1. Fight: Fighting a threat
Flight: Fleeing a threat
Freeze: Freezing and not doing anything in response to a threat
Flooding: Being flooded with emotions in response to a threat
Fawn: Cooperating or submitting to one's threat or captor
Fatigue: Feeling tired and/or sleeping in response to a threat
Best environments will create healing environments and... - Answer and minimize the risk of putting
someone in fight/flight/freeze/fawn/flood/fatigue, develop tools and supports
Best environments work on the assumption.... - Answer how someone interacts with the world is an
adaptation to cope with trauma
5 things to consider when creating trauma informed environment - Answer 1. Safety
Trustworthiness
Choice
Collaboration
, Empowerment
Differences between maintenance system and recovery-based system (know at least 3) - Answer
Treatment focused on maintenance vs treatment focused on recovery
Judged by compliance vs honoring self-determination
Low expectations vs high expectations
Illness-based vs strengths-based
Dependence vs interdependence
Goal is stabilization vs goal is community integration
Provider driven vs person driven
Risk adverse vs dignity of risk
Medical perspectives only vs a number of ways to understand distress
What happened to your vs what is wrong with you? - Answer What happened to you takes into account
the environment and works on the assumption everyone experiences trauma.
What is wrong with you implies a person is broken or unfix-able
3 Core Competencies - Answer 1. Peer support
Being in but not of the system
Change agent
What is peer support - Answer People who have experienced emotional distress or trauma give each
other encouragement hope, understanding, and shared resources in a mutual way.
3 Things People May Be Recovering From (3 Ds) - Answer 1. Disease
2. Disability
3. Disempowerment
In but not of the system - Answer Working within a system but not becoming a part of it
Mutuality - Answer Build connection by leveling the playing field, both people can learn from each
other, no one is the fixer and no one is broken
Language police are harmful because (2 answers) - Answer 1. Creates Conflict
2. Limits understanding/dialogue
FALL EXAM WITH COMPLETE A+ GRADED SOLUTIONS.
LATEST 2025 UPDATE.
2 Parts of Human Experience Language - Answer 1. Person first
2. Every day, non-clinical
A sentence is not 'human experience language' unless - Answer It is person first and uses everyday non-
clinical language
risks of NOT using human experience language - Answer 1. Enhances power differences
Limits personal choice
Leads to the same way of thinking
Restate the sentence using Human Experience Language:
Tasha is a paranoid schizophrenic who is de-compensating rapidly - Answer Tasha is currently
struggling and I want to find a way to support her.
Golden Question (trauma) - Answer What happened to you?
Instead of asking what's wrong with you - Answer What happened to you?
trauma informed practice - Answer Creating environment that works on the assumption everyone has
experienced trauma at some point in their life.
Not about avoiding discomfort but creating an environment where it is safe to feel those feelings
Fight/flight/freeze/fawn/flood/fatigue changes.... - Answer the body's systems and people can lose the
ability to communicate properly.
6 Trauma responses - Answer 1. Fight: Fighting a threat
Flight: Fleeing a threat
Freeze: Freezing and not doing anything in response to a threat
Flooding: Being flooded with emotions in response to a threat
Fawn: Cooperating or submitting to one's threat or captor
Fatigue: Feeling tired and/or sleeping in response to a threat
Best environments will create healing environments and... - Answer and minimize the risk of putting
someone in fight/flight/freeze/fawn/flood/fatigue, develop tools and supports
Best environments work on the assumption.... - Answer how someone interacts with the world is an
adaptation to cope with trauma
5 things to consider when creating trauma informed environment - Answer 1. Safety
Trustworthiness
Choice
Collaboration
, Empowerment
Differences between maintenance system and recovery-based system (know at least 3) - Answer
Treatment focused on maintenance vs treatment focused on recovery
Judged by compliance vs honoring self-determination
Low expectations vs high expectations
Illness-based vs strengths-based
Dependence vs interdependence
Goal is stabilization vs goal is community integration
Provider driven vs person driven
Risk adverse vs dignity of risk
Medical perspectives only vs a number of ways to understand distress
What happened to your vs what is wrong with you? - Answer What happened to you takes into account
the environment and works on the assumption everyone experiences trauma.
What is wrong with you implies a person is broken or unfix-able
3 Core Competencies - Answer 1. Peer support
Being in but not of the system
Change agent
What is peer support - Answer People who have experienced emotional distress or trauma give each
other encouragement hope, understanding, and shared resources in a mutual way.
3 Things People May Be Recovering From (3 Ds) - Answer 1. Disease
2. Disability
3. Disempowerment
In but not of the system - Answer Working within a system but not becoming a part of it
Mutuality - Answer Build connection by leveling the playing field, both people can learn from each
other, no one is the fixer and no one is broken
Language police are harmful because (2 answers) - Answer 1. Creates Conflict
2. Limits understanding/dialogue
