CPSS Wellness Planning & Goal Setting 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A peer specialist is helping someone revise a wellness goal that the person has repeatedly not met. What is the most supportive approach?
- Encourage the person to try harder and stay committed
- Collaboratively explore barriers and adjust the goal to be more realistic (Correct answer)
- Suggest the person take a break from goal setting
- Report the lack of progress to the clinical supervisor
Correct answer: Collaboratively explore barriers and adjust the goal to be more realistic
When goals are not being met, exploring barriers and adjusting them collaboratively supports the person's autonomy and builds on lived experience.
Question 2: Which of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness addresses a person's sense of meaning, purpose, and values?
- Physical
- Emotional
- Spiritual (Correct answer)
- Intellectual
Correct answer: Spiritual
The Spiritual dimension of wellness encompasses a person's sense of purpose, meaning, values, and connection to something greater than themselves.
Question 3: A peer specialist is supporting someone who sets a goal but quickly becomes discouraged. Which evidence-based strategy is most helpful?
- Remind the person that others have succeeded with similar goals
- Help break the goal into smaller, manageable steps to build momentum (Correct answer)
- Suggest the person wait until they feel more motivated
- Reduce contact to allow the person space to self-motivate
Correct answer: Help break the goal into smaller, manageable steps to build momentum
Breaking goals into smaller steps creates early successes that build confidence and sustain motivation over time.
Question 4: What is the primary purpose of identifying personal strengths in wellness planning?
- To determine what the person is capable of doing independently
- To build a foundation of assets the person can use to achieve their goals (Correct answer)
- To document skills for employment applications
- To compare the person's progress to clinical benchmarks
Correct answer: To build a foundation of assets the person can use to achieve their goals
Identifying personal strengths shifts focus from deficits to assets, empowering the person to use existing resources in pursuit of their goals.
Question 5: In wellness and recovery planning, what does 'person-centered' mean?
- The plan is designed by a licensed clinician with the person's input
- The plan reflects the individual's unique values, preferences, and life goals (Correct answer)
- The plan follows standardized protocols for the person's diagnosis
- The plan centers on reducing psychiatric symptoms
Correct answer: The plan reflects the individual's unique values, preferences, and life goals
Person-centered planning means the plan is built around what matters most to the individual, honoring their unique values, preferences, and aspirations.
Question 6: Which action by a peer specialist BEST demonstrates respect for a person's autonomy during goal setting?
- Selecting goals that are most likely to lead to clinical improvement
- Accepting the person's chosen goals even if the peer specialist disagrees with them (Correct answer)
- Encouraging the person to adopt goals similar to the peer specialist's recovery path
- Prioritizing goals that align with the treatment team's recommendations
Correct answer: Accepting the person's chosen goals even if the peer specialist disagrees with them
Respecting autonomy means honoring the person's right to choose their own goals, even when those differ from what the peer specialist would choose.
Question 7: A wellness plan should be treated as which of the following?
- A fixed document that remains unchanged once completed
- A living document that is regularly reviewed and updated (Correct answer)
- A confidential clinical record only accessible to treatment providers
- A legal contract between the person and their care team
Correct answer: A living document that is regularly reviewed and updated
A wellness plan is a living document that should be revisited and revised as the person's circumstances, goals, and needs change over time.
CPSS Wellness Planning & Goal Setting 3
A peer specialist is helping someone revise a wellness goal that the person has repeatedly not met.
What is the most supportive approach?