Certified Peer Support Specialists December 2023 –
Q&A
2 Parts of Human Experience Language Correct Ans - 1. Person first
2. Every day, non-clinical
A sentence is not 'human experience language' unless Correct Ans -
It is person first and uses everyday non-clinical language
3 risks of NOT using human experience language Correct Ans - 1.
Enhances power differences
2. Limits personal choice
3. Leads to the same way of thinking
Restate the sentence using Human Experience Language:
Tasha is a paranoid schizophrenic who is de-compensating rapidly
Correct Ans - Tasha is currently struggling and I want to find a way to
support her.
Golden Question (trauma) Correct Ans - What happened to you?
Instead of asking what's wrong with you Correct Ans - What
happened to you?
trauma informed practice Correct Ans - Creating environment that
works on the assumption everyone has experienced trauma at some point
in their life.
Not about avoiding discomfort but creating an environment where it is safe
to feel those feelings
Fight/flight/freeze/fawn/flood/fatigue changes.... Correct Ans - the
body's systems and people can lose the ability to communicate properly.
6 Trauma responses Correct Ans - 1. Fight: Fighting a threat
2. Flight: Fleeing a threat
3. Freeze: Freezing and not doing anything in response to a threat
, 4. Flooding: Being flooded with emotions in response to a threat
5. Fawn: Cooperating or submitting to one's threat or captor
6. Fatigue: Feeling tired and/or sleeping in response to a threat
Best environments will create healing environments and... Correct Ans
- and minimize the risk of putting someone in
fight/flight/freeze/fawn/flood/fatigue, develop tools and supports
Best environments work on the assumption.... Correct Ans - how
someone interacts with the world is an adaptation to cope with trauma
5 things to consider when creating trauma informed environment
Correct Ans - 1. Safety
2. Trustworthiness
3. Choice
4. Collaboration
5. Empowerment
Differences between maintenance system and recovery based system
(know at least 3) Correct Ans - Treatment focused on maintenance
vs treatment focused on recovery
Judged by compliance vs honoring self-determination
Low expectations vs high expectations
Illness-based vs strengths-based
Dependence vs interdependence
Goal is stabilization vs goal is community integration
Provider driven vs person driven
Risk adverse vs dignity of risk
Medical perspectives only vs a number of ways to understand distress
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