Peer Support Principles
Choosing to do something instead of being required to do something
What is voluntary?
"What are your dreams?" is an example of this skill
What is an open-ended question?
Therapy, hospitalization, medications, etc.
What are clinical pathways?
A written tool that an RSPS and a person served can use for dialogue, connection, exploration, and planning related to a person’s dreams and goals
What is a recovery plan?
Emotional, Physical, Spiritual, Occupational, Intellectual, Financial, Social, Environmental
What are the Eight Dimensions of Wellness?
A person's ability to make choices in their own life
What is self-determination?
"It was courageous of you to try out a new support group" is an example of this skills
What is validation?
(This is also an example of an affirmation, which is a skill in Motivational Interviewing)
AA, NA, SMART Recovery, etc.
What are mutual aid groups?
A recovery plan is driven by this person
What is the person served?
This is the "shared power model"
What is "Power with" cultivates "power within," which can lead to "power to?"
When the connection between two people is the priority
What is relationship-focused?
This skill happens when a peer specialist describes the main points back to a person after they share a lot
What is reflection (specifically, summarizing)?
(Summarizing is also a skill used in Motivational Interviewing)
A dedicated place for young people in recovery to receive an education, work towards a diploma, and focus on their recovery
What is a recovery high school?
The internal and external resources which a person can access in support of their recovery process
What is recovery capital?
This is the first step in recovery planning!
Three components of boundaries
What are Naming, Voicing, and Reinforcing?
Being directed by the needs, wants, and goals of the person served
What is person-centered?
Change this question from a closed to open-ended question: "Do you get along with your family?"
What is "what is your relationship with your family like?"
The most common form of recovery
What is natural recovery?
Name two of the four types of recovery capital
What are Social, Physical, Human, Cultural?
ROSC is short for...
What is a Recovery-Oriented System of Care?
The right to make your own choices, even if there is a chance of failure or harm to yourself
These are the FIVE peer-based communication skills mentioned in this training and the Core training
What are Holding Space, Asking Questions, Reflection, Validation, and Informed Consent?
These are peer-operated organizations that provide a variety of services that may include outreach, mutual aid, social services, employment training, etc.
What are Recovery Community Organizations (RCOs)?
What has worked for you in the past? What are some hobbies you enjoyed doing as a kid or as a teenager? What hopes or dreams did you have in the past that you would like to revisit? What are some things in your life that you hope you can do and change in the future?
What are questions that can assist in recovery planning?
The 7 roles in RAMPART
What is "Resource navigator, Advocate, Motivator, Partner, Ally and confidante, Role model, and Trust builder?"