What best describes a Peer Support Specialist? - ️️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 rec...
What best describes a Peer Support Specialist? - ✔ ✔ 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 relat ionship rapport with someone you are supporting by: - ✔ ✔ Being unaware of your power A benefit of sharing your recovery story is to: - ✔ ✔ Support change, and show recovery is possible Someone tells a Peer Support Specialist that they have a lot of situ ational stress that is not a result of their diagnosis. What action would the Peer Support Specialist take in supporting the consumer? - ✔ ✔ Assist the consumer in developing a wellness plan to address their concerns. A consumer would like to support a ne ighborhood 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? - ✔ ✔ Participate in the activity as requested by the consumer, if it is part of Peer's job. In optimal recovery planning... - ✔ ✔ 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 P eer Support Specialist take to support the consumer? - ✔ ✔ 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? - ✔ ✔ Ask the family who they talk to when they need help What is a strategy for validating the experiences of parents? - ✔ ✔ Actively listen as the parents share their experience How should the Family Peer Support Specialist connect parents to other paren ts with similar concerns? - ✔ ✔ Invite the parent to an educational event or support group so they can meet other parents An example of a recovery -oriented approach is... - ✔ ✔ Focusing on wellness, ability and choice What are the basic five stages in the recovery process? - ✔ ✔ Pre-contemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance What is helpful at the Pre -contemplation stage? - ✔ ✔ Express caring, concern and desire for the person to have their best lif e What is helpful at the Action stage? - ✔ ✔ 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) ? - ✔ ✔ 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? - ✔ ✔ Health, home, purp ose, and community What are some guiding principles of recovery as defined by SAMHSA? - ✔ ✔ Recovery emerges from hope, is person -driven, and occurs via many pathways Which of the following is NOT a core value of peer support services? - ✔ ✔ Disorder -focused
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