Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic Training Questions with Certified Solutions

Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic Training Questions with Certified Solutions Hope is the belief that one has both the _________ and the __________ to engage in the recovery process. ABILITY and the OPPORTUNITY (Session 1) What do you believe are the 3 greatest barriers to a person's recovery and why? 1) The symptoms and side-effects of medication or triggers of a behavioral health disorder 2) Negative beliefs that others have about a person with a behavioral health disorder 3) Negative beliefs that the person diagnosed with a behavioral health disorder has about themselves. (Session 1) What is the difference between a treatment goal and a recovery goal? Treatment Goal - Clinical and usually set by a treatment team. Recovery Goal - Non-clinical and self-directed (Session 1) What are the five ways people often relate to the disabling power of a behavioral health disorder called "five stages in the recovery process?" Impact of Illness - Overwhelmed Life is Limited - Given In Change is Possible - Questioning Commitment to Change - Challenging Action to Change - Moving Beyond (Session 2) What is the danger in the Impact of Illness stage? Identity (Session 3) What is the danger in the Life is Limited stage? Possibility (Session 3) What is the danger in the Change is Possible stage? Risk (Session 3) What is the danger in the Commitment to Change stage? Support (Session 3) What is the danger in the Actions for Change stage? Responsibility (Session 3) What are the five stages of change? Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance (Session 4) Do all people go through all the stages of change? No (Session 4) When a peer does not use person-first language, is it important to correct them? No, we are only supposed to model recovery language (reflect back) (Session 5)