Peer Experience Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (PECRPS) Training Flashcards

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the core concepts, legal frameworks, and clinical skills from the PECRPS Training manual.

Certified Recovery Peer Specialist (CRPS)

An individual who has achieved significant progress in their own recovery, completes approved training, and uses their lived experience to provide support, encouragement, and guidance to others.

Recovery (SAMHSA definition)

A process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.

Self-Determination

An individual’s right to make choices for themselves; a foundation of peer recovery support services.

Precontemplation

The stage of change where an individual is not considering change and may be unaware of or ignoring problems.

Contemplation

The stage of change where an individual has a growing awareness of a problem but is 'on the fence' about making a change.

Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)

Symptoms experienced during the first 2 years of recovery from addiction related to brain recalibration, including sleep disturbances, memory problems, and stress sensitivity.

Rapport

The basis of meaningful, close, and harmonious relationships; a sense of connection when meeting someone you share values and priorities with.

Active Listening

A skill involving fully concentrating on what is being said (hearing, seeing, and non-verbal messages) with the intent to understand rather than to reply.

Emotional Intelligence (EI)

The practice of recognizing and understanding your emotions and the emotions of others and using that awareness to bring out the best in yourself and others.

Empathy

The ability to recognize, understand, and share the thoughts and feelings of another person by seeing things from their perspective.

Neuroplasticity

The brain’s ability to change because of life experiences, physiology, and intention; often expressed as 'neurons that fire together wire together.'

Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

A mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder resulting in serious functional impairment which substantially interferes with or limits one or more major life activities.

Excitatory neurotransmitters

Chemicals that 'excite' the neuron and cause it to 'fire off the message' to the next cell, such as glutamate, epinephrine, and norepinephrine.

Inhibitory neurotransmitters

Chemicals that block or prevent the chemical message from being passed along further, such as GABA and serotonin.

Cultural Humility

The ability to maintain an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented and open to what individuals have determined is their personal expression of heritage and culture.

Implicit Bias

Attitudes toward people or stereotypes associated with them without our conscious knowledge.

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)

Stressful events occurring before age 18, including abuse, neglect, serious illness, and household dysfunction, which correlate with later health and behavioral problems.

Resilience

Adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress.

42 C.F.R. Part 2

Stringent federal confidentiality regulations governing substance use disorder treatment programs to protect client privacy and encourage individuals to seek help.

Baker Act (FS 394)

A Florida law that enables emergency mental health services and temporary detention for people impaired by mental illness who are unable to determine their need for treatment.

Marchman Act (FS 397)

A Florida law created to help individuals who have lost the power of self-control over their substance use and have become a danger to themselves or others.

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

A collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication designed to empower people to change by drawing out their own meaning, importance, and capacity for change.

Ambivalence

The state of going back and forth around making a change or feeling two different ways at the same time.

OARS

The four core skills of Motivational Interviewing: Open questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries.

Recovery Capital

The breadth and depth of internal and external resources that can be drawn upon to initiate and sustain recovery.

Human Recovery Capital

Internal resources such as values, knowledge, educational/vocational skills, problem-solving capacities, self-efficacy, and a sense of purpose.

SMART Goals

Acronym for writing goals that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-based.

Managing Entities (MEs)

Regional systems of care agencies in Florida that contract with the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to tailor behavioral health services to specific regions.

S.O.L.E.R.

An active listening framework for facilitators: Sitting squarely, Open posture, Lean forward, Eye contact, and Relaxed body language.

CALM A.C.T.S.™ Framework

A crisis response model: Center yourself, Acknowledge & Attune, Listen & Learn, Measure safety, Anchor the moment, Connect to support, Transition forward, and Strengthen & Support.

Emotional CPR (eCPR)

A hope-based public health approach to support others experiencing an emotional crisis, consisting of Connecting, Empowering, and Revitalizing.

Secondary Trauma

The emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another.

Moral Injury

Distressing psychological and spiritual aftermath occurring in response to acting or witnessing behaviors that go against an individual's values and beliefs.

W.A.I.T.

A storytelling acronym designed to remind peer specialists to ask 'Why Am I Talking?' before sharing their personal narrative.

ADAPT Model

An evidence-based model of problem-solving: Attitude, Define, Alternatives, Predict, and Try Out.

Health Equity

Achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain their full health potential regardless of social position or circumstances.

Dual Continua Model of Mental Health

A model showing that Mental Health (well-being) and Mental Illness Symptoms are two separate but connected experiences.

Personal Medicine

Self-initiated, non-pharmaceutical activities and strategies that help decrease distress and increase wellness.

Flourishing

A state in which all aspects of a person’s life are good, spanning happiness, health, meaning, character, and social relationships.

DORP

An acronym for peer support documentation: Describe, Observation, Response, and Plan.