Review of Peer Support
This movement that developed in the early 1970s is the place where mental health peer support began.
What is the "Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient (C/S/X) movement?"
This is the definition of a snippet.
What is a small piece of your story, usually a shared experience, that you share to connect with someone?
This is the definition of person-first language.
What is person-first language means putting the person in the center of the story supporting the idea that an individual is a whole person, separate from whatever label may follow?
These are the 5 values of peer support.
What is Honesty, Authenticity, Mutuality, Open-Mindedness, & Respect?
These are some qualities of a change agent.
What is:
• Self-aware
• Willing to listen
• Willing to speak up
• Aware of others and accepting of differences
• Inclusive
• Flexible
• Resilient
Etc!
This is the timeframe of the start of the peer support movement.
What is the 1780's?
These can be the the objectives of a snippet.
What is connect with someone, inspire hope, demonstrate self-help tools, introduce a new idea/perspective, explore what helps or hinders recovery?
Human experience language is a combination of these two elements.
What is person-first language + common everyday words filtered through our values?
These are the four important concepts in addition to the five MHPS values.
What is Self-Determination, Trauma-Informed Approach, Hope, & Resiliency?
Fueling dissatisfaction happens in this stage of the recovery process.
What is life is limited?
These are the four core tasks of peer support.
What is connecting, supporting, exploring, and planning?
This is how you frame a snippet.
What is:
“There was a time in my life when . . . (SHARE LIVED EXPERIENCE)
“...then I discovered that …” (TRANSITION)
“... and today I …” (TODAY & INSPIRE HOPE)
This is what human experience language is shaped by.
What is the 5 MHPS core values?
This is who can be harmed if you do something unethical.
What is people using services, self, other peer supporters, the peer program/organization, the field, the community?
This is what the acronym PICBBA stands for.
What is problem, impact, cost, benefit, brainstorm, action?
These are three early pioneers in the peer support movement.
What is (any three of these):
Jean Baptiste Pussin
Dorothea Dix
John Thomas Perceval
Elizabeth Packard
Cilfford Beers
Bill W. & Dr. Bob
Lois Wilson
Ed Roberts
Howie the Harp
Judi Chamberlin
David Oaks
Sally Zinman
Isaiah Uliss
Dan Fisher
Pat Deegan
Mary Ellen Copeland
Jean Campbell
Rae Unzicker
Ed Knight
Cookie Gant
Mark Davis
Wambui Bahati
These are the three values of snippets.
What is authenticity, mutuality, and respect?
This is what they mean by "in but not of the system" in the context of language.
What is you are responsible for using person-first human-experience language?
These are the four parts of the ethical decisionmaking triangle.
What is "peer voice and choice, personal, professional, and organizational?"
These are the five stages in the recovery process.
What is:
1. Impact of diagnosis
2. Life is Limited
3. Change is Possible
4. Commitment to change
5. Action for Change
These 5 skills make up peer-based communication.
What is listening/holding space, asking questions, validation, reflection, and informed consent?
This is what to avoid when sharing a snippet.
What is being long-winded &/or one-upmanship?
This is how you can reframe the word "manipulative" using the 5 MHPS values as a filter.
What is determined, persuasive, resourceful, strategic, influential, etc?
This is the primary responsibility of certified peer specialists, according to our ethical guidelines.
What is honor self-determination for all?
These are the six qualities that make self-help, self-help.
What is:
1. Self-initiated
2. Self-paced
3. Chosen for personally defined reasons
4. Apart from treatment
5. Separate from the service plan
6. Can be started or stopped at any time