Mentoring & Education Flashcards
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A recovery coach notices that a mentee has internalized shame about their past substance use. The educational priority should be to:
Answer: Provide information on the disease model of addiction to reduce stigma and shame
Psychoeducation about the disease model of addiction helps clients reframe shame and reduce self-stigma.
Which of the following best defines the mentor's role in a recovery coaching relationship?
Answer: Providing guidance, sharing experience, and fostering client independence
A mentor guides and supports while fostering self-sufficiency, not dependency or clinical oversight.
A recovery coach working with justice-involved clients needs to educate them about reintegration resources. The most important consideration is:
Answer: Tailoring information to the client's specific legal status, location, and needs
Individualized, context-specific information is most useful and empowering for justice-involved clients.
In motivational interviewing-informed mentoring, a coach should respond to client ambivalence by:
Answer: Exploring both sides of the client's ambivalence with curiosity and without judgment
Rolling with ambivalence and exploring it non-judgmentally is a core MI principle that reduces resistance.
A recovery coach is preparing an educational session on recognizing overdose signs. Which content element is most critical to include?
Answer: Step-by-step response instructions including naloxone administration and calling 911
Life-saving overdose response, including naloxone use and 911 contact, is the most critical element of overdose education.
Which statement best reflects ethical self-disclosure in a mentoring relationship?
Answer: Sharing selective personal experiences purposefully when it benefits the client's growth
Ethical self-disclosure is purposeful and client-focused, not indiscriminate or withheld entirely.
A recovery coach is asked to mentor a client from a cultural background very different from their own. The first step should be to:
Answer: Engage in cultural humility, seek to understand the client's background, and adapt the approach accordingly
Cultural humility and willingness to adapt are essential competencies for effective cross-cultural mentoring.