MEDI-CAL PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST 2025 EXAM (CURRENTLY
TESTING) WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A
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
3 risks of NOT using human experience language - Answer 1. Enhances
power differences
2. Limits personal choice
3. 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
2. Flight: Fleeing a threat
3. Freeze: Freezing and not doing anything in response to a threat
4. Flooding: Being flooded with emotions in response to a threat
5. Fawn: Cooperating or submitting to one's threat or captor
, 6. 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
2. Trustworthiness
3. Choice
4. Collaboration
5. 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
TESTING) WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A
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
3 risks of NOT using human experience language - Answer 1. Enhances
power differences
2. Limits personal choice
3. 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
2. Flight: Fleeing a threat
3. Freeze: Freezing and not doing anything in response to a threat
4. Flooding: Being flooded with emotions in response to a threat
5. Fawn: Cooperating or submitting to one's threat or captor
, 6. 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
2. Trustworthiness
3. Choice
4. Collaboration
5. 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
