Medi-CalPeer Support Specialist -
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What best describes a Peer Support Specialist? - Answer✅✅A person who has
personally experienced and is in recovery from mental health or substance use
issues, or who is the family member or parent of someone with mental health or
substance use issues, and has formal training to support others in recovery.
You REDUCE relationship rapport with someone you are supporting by: -
Answer✅✅Being unaware of your power
A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to: - Answer✅✅Support change, and
show recovery is possible
Someone tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot of situational stress that
is not a result of their diagnosis. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take
in supporting the consumer? - Answer✅✅Assist the consumer in developing a
wellness plan to address their concerns.
A consumer would like to support a neighborhood rally but has anxiety about
attending. They believe their anxiety would not be an issue if they are accompanied
, by their Peer Support Specialist. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take?
- Answer✅✅Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if it is part of
Peer's job.
In optimal recovery planning... - Answer✅✅People discover and write down their
goals and dreams.
A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist they want to make friends but does not
know how. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take to support the
consumer? - Answer✅✅Refer them to the self-help support groups which best fit
their needs.
How would a Family Peer Support Specialist begin to assist a family in identifying
informal supports to plan for wellness? - Answer✅✅Ask the family who they talk to
when they need help
What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents? - Answer✅✅Actively
listen as the parents share their experience
How should the Family Peer Support Specialist connect parents to other parents
with similar concerns? - Answer✅✅Invite the parent to an educational event or
support group so they can meet other parents
An example of a recovery-oriented approach is... - Answer✅✅Focusing on wellness,
ability and choice
What are the basic five stages in the recovery process? - Answer✅✅Pre-
contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
What is helpful at the Pre-contemplation stage? - Answer✅✅Express caring,
concern and desire for the person to have their best life
What is helpful at the Action stage? - Answer✅✅Help them carry out their plan,
provide praise and reinforcement, and continue to be a source of moral support.
What is recovery, according to the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)? - 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.
What are the four dimensions that support recovery, according to SAMHSA? -
Answer✅✅Health, home, purpose, and community
What are some guiding principles of recovery as defined by SAMHSA? -
Answer✅✅Recovery emerges from hope, is person-driven, and occurs via many
pathways
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What best describes a Peer Support Specialist? - Answer✅✅A person who has
personally experienced and is in recovery from mental health or substance use
issues, or who is the family member or parent of someone with mental health or
substance use issues, and has formal training to support others in recovery.
You REDUCE relationship rapport with someone you are supporting by: -
Answer✅✅Being unaware of your power
A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to: - Answer✅✅Support change, and
show recovery is possible
Someone tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot of situational stress that
is not a result of their diagnosis. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take
in supporting the consumer? - Answer✅✅Assist the consumer in developing a
wellness plan to address their concerns.
A consumer would like to support a neighborhood rally but has anxiety about
attending. They believe their anxiety would not be an issue if they are accompanied
, by their Peer Support Specialist. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take?
- Answer✅✅Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if it is part of
Peer's job.
In optimal recovery planning... - Answer✅✅People discover and write down their
goals and dreams.
A consumer tells a Peer Support Specialist they want to make friends but does not
know how. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take to support the
consumer? - Answer✅✅Refer them to the self-help support groups which best fit
their needs.
How would a Family Peer Support Specialist begin to assist a family in identifying
informal supports to plan for wellness? - Answer✅✅Ask the family who they talk to
when they need help
What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents? - Answer✅✅Actively
listen as the parents share their experience
How should the Family Peer Support Specialist connect parents to other parents
with similar concerns? - Answer✅✅Invite the parent to an educational event or
support group so they can meet other parents
An example of a recovery-oriented approach is... - Answer✅✅Focusing on wellness,
ability and choice
What are the basic five stages in the recovery process? - Answer✅✅Pre-
contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance
What is helpful at the Pre-contemplation stage? - Answer✅✅Express caring,
concern and desire for the person to have their best life
What is helpful at the Action stage? - Answer✅✅Help them carry out their plan,
provide praise and reinforcement, and continue to be a source of moral support.
What is recovery, according to the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA)? - 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.
What are the four dimensions that support recovery, according to SAMHSA? -
Answer✅✅Health, home, purpose, and community
What are some guiding principles of recovery as defined by SAMHSA? -
Answer✅✅Recovery emerges from hope, is person-driven, and occurs via many
pathways
