CPSS Wellness Planning & Goal Setting 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A peer specialist is helping someone complete the 'What I'm Like When I'm Well' section of WRAP. What is the main benefit of this exercise?
- It documents baseline symptoms for clinical comparison
- It helps the person identify and reconnect with their healthy, well self (Correct answer)
- It creates a legal record of the person's mental status
- It outlines what medications are effective
Correct answer: It helps the person identify and reconnect with their healthy, well self
Describing what one is like when well creates a positive reference point that guides daily self-care and helps recognize when wellness is changing.
Question 2: Which of the Eight Dimensions of Wellness encompasses a person's financial stability and meaningful occupation?
- Social
- Environmental
- Occupational (Correct answer)
- Intellectual
Correct answer: Occupational
The Occupational dimension of wellness includes work, education, volunteering, and other meaningful activities that provide purpose and financial stability.
Question 3: When helping someone set a goal related to employment, a peer specialist should FIRST:
- Research available job openings in the area
- Explore what type of work is meaningful and motivating to the person (Correct answer)
- Assess the person's clinical readiness for employment
- Contact supported employment services on the person's behalf
Correct answer: Explore what type of work is meaningful and motivating to the person
Exploring what is meaningful and motivating to the person ensures employment goals are self-directed and aligned with their values.
Question 4: A person's wellness plan includes the goal of rebuilding family relationships. Which peer specialist action is MOST appropriate?
- Facilitate a family meeting to begin addressing relational issues immediately
- Help the person identify specific steps and supports needed to work toward this goal (Correct answer)
- Advise the person to wait until they are further along in recovery
- Refer the family to a separate counseling program
Correct answer: Help the person identify specific steps and supports needed to work toward this goal
The peer specialist helps the person identify concrete steps toward their goal while respecting the person's pace and self-direction.
Question 5: What distinguishes a wellness goal from a treatment goal in a peer support context?
- Wellness goals are set by clinicians; treatment goals are set by the individual
- Wellness goals are self-defined and holistic; treatment goals are clinically focused on symptoms (Correct answer)
- Wellness goals must be approved by insurance; treatment goals do not
- Wellness goals are informal and unwritten; treatment goals are documented
Correct answer: Wellness goals are self-defined and holistic; treatment goals are clinically focused on symptoms
Wellness goals are self-directed, holistic, and encompass all areas of life, while treatment goals are clinically prescribed and symptom-focused.
Question 6: A person expresses that they have no hope of achieving their goals. How should a peer specialist respond using recovery principles?
- Acknowledge the feeling and gently offer examples of recovery being possible (Correct answer)
- Reassure the person that with the right medications, recovery is guaranteed
- Suggest the person speak with a therapist before continuing goal planning
- Redirect the person to focus on immediate coping skills instead
Correct answer: Acknowledge the feeling and gently offer examples of recovery being possible
Acknowledging feelings and offering genuine hope—often grounded in the peer specialist's own experience—is a core recovery-oriented response.
Question 7: Which of the following BEST supports long-term wellness goal achievement?
- Frequent check-ins with a psychiatrist to monitor progress
- Regular self-monitoring and adjustment of the wellness plan by the person (Correct answer)
- Consistent attendance at a day treatment program
- Monthly goal reviews conducted by the peer specialist
Correct answer: Regular self-monitoring and adjustment of the wellness plan by the person
Long-term wellness is best supported when the individual regularly monitors their own progress and adjusts their plan, building self-efficacy and ownership.
CPSS Wellness Planning & Goal Setting 4
A peer specialist is helping someone complete the 'What I'm Like When I'm Well' section of WRAP.
What is the main benefit of this exercise?