Missouri Certified Peer Specialist Basic Training
Questions and Answers 100% Correct | 2024-2025
Hope is the belief that one has both the _________ and the __________ to
engage in the recovery process. - ANSWER ABILITY and the OPPORTUNITY
(Session 1)
What do you believe are the 3 greatest barriers to a person's recovery and why? -
ANSWER 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? -
ANSWER 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?" - ANSWER 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? - ANSWER Identity
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Life is Limited stage? - ANSWER Possibility
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Change is Possible stage? - ANSWER Risk
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Commitment to Change stage? - ANSWER Support
(Session 3)
What is the danger in the Actions for Change stage? - ANSWER Responsibility
(Session 3)
What are the five stages of change? - ANSWER Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
(Session 4)
, Do all people go through all the stages of change? - ANSWER No
(Session 4)
When a peer does not use person-first language, is it important to correct them? -
ANSWER No, we are only supposed to model recovery language (reflect back)
(Session 5)
What is unconditional positive regard? - ANSWER - valuing a person because
they are a human being rather than judging them on other factors
- accepting and respecting others as they are without judgment or evaluation
(Session 5)
What are the 4 major dimensions that support a life in recovery? - ANSWER
Health; Home; Purpose; Community
(Session 7)
What are 3 ways you will use the Guiding Principles of Recovery when providing
Peer Support? - ANSWER Recovery emerges from hope
Recovery is person-driven
Recovery occurs via many pathways
(Session 7)
Definition of Recovery - ANSWER a process of change through which
individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to
reach their full potential
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