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Massachusetts Certified Peer Specialist (CPS)
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1. The _____________ Principle speaks to the value of "do no harm." While SOME
people will not be harmed by using non-human experience language, others
WILL be harmed; therefore, by using human experience language, it is unlikely
that anyone will be harmed.: benevolence
2. What are the three CPS Core Competencies?
1.)
2.)
3.): Peer support, in but not of the system, Change agent
3. Human experience language is not about rules, it is about _________: values
4. Some risks of not using human experience language include:
- Creating or enhancing __________ differences
- Perpetuating p_________ & d___________
- limiting self-______________: power, prejudice, discrimination, determination
5. * What are the two parts of Human Experience language?
1.) ___________ language
2.) ____________ language: person first, everyday non-clinical
6. When a CPS utilizes ________________ language, they act as a change agent by
setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater than and come
before any label or judgement.: human experience
7. When a CPS utilizes human experience language, they act as a _________ agent
by setting an uncompromising example that all people are greater than and
come before any l_________or j___________: change, label, judgement
8. ____________ is the shared values, behaviors, traditions, customs, symbols,
history, and ways of thinking/living of a group of people: culture
9. We don't see things as ______ are. We see them as _____ are.: they, we
10. * The three critical elements to exploring cross-cultural partnerships are:
1.) learning about _________
2.) learning about _________
3.) learning about ________: yourself, cultures, individuals
11. When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, learning about ourselves indi-
cates learning about our b________ and p_________: biases, privilege



, Massachusetts Certified Peer Specialist (CPS)
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12. When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning
about ourselves may include:
- What b______ do I carry?
- What p______ have I benefited from?
- How can these things impact the way that I r________ to certain issues?
- How might the parts of my identity that I view to be important i________with
the beliefs/cultures of others?: biases, privilege, respond, intersect
13. When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning
about cultures may include:
- What c_______ or l_______ barriers might arise when interacting with different
groups?
- What d__________ have people from this culture commonly experienced and
what impact might this have had on them?
- What else can I do to l_______ about this culture?: communication, language, discrimination,
learn
14. When exploring cross-cultural partnerships, questions to ask when learning
about an individual may include:
-How am I avoiding making a___________ about what I think I know?
-What am I doing to learn about this person's b_______?
- What am I doing to learn how this person r_________ to their culture?: assumptions,
beliefs, relate
15. For each of the key elements of cross-cultural partnering, identify at least
two questions you might ask yourself?: Self: what biases do I have? What privileges do I benefit
from? How have these biases and privileges affected me world-view?
Culture: What discrimination have people of this culture commonly experienced? What language might exist? What am
I doing to learn more about this culture?
Individual: How does this person relate to their culture? How am I avoiding assumptions about what I think I know?
What am I doing to learn about this person's beliefs?
16. Give at least 2 examples of the types of discrimination that people might
have faced in the mental health system based on their race, sexual orientation,
or gender identity: - people of certain races may have been stereotyped by mental health professionals due

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