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CERTIFIED RECOVERY PEER SPECIALIST
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CERTIFIED RECOVERY PEER SPECIALISTSAMHSA specifies 4 major dimensions that support a life in recovery. - answer- Health, home, purpose, & community
Peer recovery support - answer- Recovery support is the process of giving and receiving non-clinical assistance to help aid the the process of recovery and is provided by individuals with lived experience & also has completed formal training and provides one on one strengths-based support to peers in recovery.
Roles of peer recovery specialists - answer- An ally and confidant, a motivator and cheerleader, a role model and mentor, a truth teller, a problem solver, resource broker, and an advocate.
Limitations of a peer recovery specialists role - answer- Does not offer counseling services, does not act as a case manager, does not offer medical or medication advice, does not act as a sponsor in a 12 step program for the peers they are working with us, does not give religious advice or promote a particular religion.
Core values of peer support - answer- Hopeful, open-minded, empathetic, respectful, honest and direct, and facilitate change.
Core values of peer support - answer- Voluntary, mutual and reciprocal, equally shared power, strengths focused, transparent, and person driven.
Empathy - answer- Identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives.
Empathize - answer- talk less & listen more
Person centered, non-judge mental, & empowering language - answer- My experiences,
what's happened to me, people I work with, I'm here to learn with you, risking new thinking and behavior, and change patterns.
Effective listening - answer- Focus attention on speaker, avoid distractions, sit appropriately close to speaker, acknowledge emotional state, set aside prejudices & opinions, be other directed & focus on person communicating, following understand speaker as if I was in their shoes, be aware, listen with my ears but also with my eyes and other senses, don't interrupt, be involved and engaged.
Barriers to effective listening - answer- Assuming unknown know what the other person is thinking, listening selectively, jumping to conclusions, letting my mind wander, working on a response or solution while peer is still talking, changing the subject before the peer is done, & automatically agreeing before understanding completely. motivational interviewing - answer- Gives a framework for having conversations to bring out a persons own internal motivation and thoughts about changing hey specific health behavior.
motivational interviewing - answer- To guide the person to recognizing & solving their own challenges with changing a behavior.
Principals of motivational interviewing - answer- Changes up to the person, express empathy and acceptance, hope the person recognize discrepancies between goals and current behavior, avoid confrontation, support peers believe in their abilities to succeed in accomplishing a task and encourage optimism.
motivational interviewing - answer- Non-judgmental process designed to help build the peers self efficacy. It involves working with the peer to develop a step by step change plan.
Peer recovery specialists recovery story - answer- My recovery story not my illness story. Shows I have been there, promotes empathy, focuses on Strank's and overcoming barriers, shares what works, focuses on wellness, full of hope, and is a transformative narrative. It's living proof that people do get well. It builds a bond & creates and atmosphere of mutuality & trust.
self-efficacy - answer- a peers confidence that they can solve problems and make changes successfully on their own. Based on the belief that they themselves are in control.
Culture - answer- A system of shared values, traditions, norms, customs, art, history, folklore, and institutions of a group of people. It's shaped how people see the world and structure their community and family life.
Cultural identity - answer- Groups a peer feels like they belong to. It may be defined by ethnic racial gender or sexual orientation identity groups, kinship networks, geographic regions, religious affiliations, jobs and professions, physical ability or disability,, life experiences and social & economical classes.
Connection between culture & recovery - answer- Different ideas of what constitutes illness or impairment, health, traditions of healing, Different ways of seeking am receiving help, different visions of a good life, and different spiritual traditions.
Health - answer- Managing ones disease(s) as well as living as well as living in a physically & emotionally healthy way.
Home - answer- A stable & safe place to live.
Community - answer- Relationships & social networks that provide support, friendship, love , and hope.
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