MEDI-CAL PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST
CERTIFICATION 1 MODULE 8 RECOVERY TOOLS
QUIZ
Peer Support Specialists should encourage people to seek employment because it... -
Answer -Improves self-esteem
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Increases income
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Decreases isolation
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Decreases recidivism
Young adults who had been hospitalized believed they could no longer aspire to
working or school. One program found that this self-stigma could be reversed by
connecting them with... - Answer -Peers who also had diagnoses who were working or
going to school
Self-help support groups help people get jobs by... - Answer -Improving social skills
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Enlarging their social networks
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Developing workplace skills, such as public speaking
Group facilitators can encourage attendance by... - Answer -Encouraging members to
choose the focus of the group
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Thanking participants for their contributions
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Sharing leadership roles, such as providing readings or helping to set up the room
Peer support deters suicide by... - Answer -Increasing hope
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Alleviating stigma
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Repeated contacts for emotional support
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Offering role models for recovery
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Supporting goal-setting
Asking someone if they are suicidal... - Answer -Does not make suicide more likely
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Can give them time to rethink their decision
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CERTIFICATION 1 MODULE 8 RECOVERY TOOLS
QUIZ
Peer Support Specialists should encourage people to seek employment because it... -
Answer -Improves self-esteem
+
Increases income
+
Decreases isolation
+
Decreases recidivism
Young adults who had been hospitalized believed they could no longer aspire to
working or school. One program found that this self-stigma could be reversed by
connecting them with... - Answer -Peers who also had diagnoses who were working or
going to school
Self-help support groups help people get jobs by... - Answer -Improving social skills
+
Enlarging their social networks
+
Developing workplace skills, such as public speaking
Group facilitators can encourage attendance by... - Answer -Encouraging members to
choose the focus of the group
+
Thanking participants for their contributions
+
Sharing leadership roles, such as providing readings or helping to set up the room
Peer support deters suicide by... - Answer -Increasing hope
+
Alleviating stigma
+
Repeated contacts for emotional support
+
Offering role models for recovery
+
Supporting goal-setting
Asking someone if they are suicidal... - Answer -Does not make suicide more likely
+
Can give them time to rethink their decision
+
