CRC Mentoring & Education 2 ā Questions and Answers
Question 1: A recovery coach is mentoring a client who keeps missing scheduled check-ins. Which response best models a mentoring approach?
- Terminate the coaching relationship immediately
- Explore the client's barriers to attendance collaboratively (Correct answer)
- Reduce session frequency without discussion
- Report the absences to the client's family
Correct answer: Explore the client's barriers to attendance collaboratively
Collaborative exploration of barriers respects client autonomy and maintains the therapeutic alliance.
Question 2: Which educational method is most effective when teaching a newly recovering person about relapse warning signs?
- Lecture-only format with no interaction
- Written handouts with no verbal explanation
- Interactive discussion using personal examples from the client's experience (Correct answer)
- Online modules completed independently without coach follow-up
Correct answer: Interactive discussion using personal examples from the client's experience
Interactive, personalized discussion increases engagement and retention of psychoeducational content.
Question 3: When mentoring a peer in early recovery, a coach should primarily draw on which of the following?
- Clinical diagnostic skills
- Lived recovery experience and empathic listening (Correct answer)
- Prescription authority
- Formal psychotherapy training
Correct answer: Lived recovery experience and empathic listening
Recovery coaches leverage lived experience and empathy rather than clinical authority.
Question 4: A client asks their recovery coach to teach them about medication-assisted treatment (MAT). The coach's best response is to:
- Advise the client to avoid MAT based on personal beliefs
- Provide accurate, unbiased information and refer to a prescribing clinician for decisions (Correct answer)
- Prescribe MAT options directly
- Refuse to discuss MAT entirely
Correct answer: Provide accurate, unbiased information and refer to a prescribing clinician for decisions
Coaches provide education and referral, not clinical prescriptions or personal bias.
Question 5: In a group mentoring setting, a recovery coach notices one participant dominating the conversation. The most appropriate action is to:
- Ask the dominant participant to leave the group
- Ignore the behavior to avoid conflict
- Use facilitation techniques to invite quieter members to share (Correct answer)
- Allow the dynamic to continue because it shows leadership
Correct answer: Use facilitation techniques to invite quieter members to share
Effective group facilitation ensures all voices are heard and participation is balanced.
Question 6: Which principle best describes the role of a recovery coach as an educator?
- Directing the client toward a single correct recovery pathway
- Providing information that empowers the client to make informed choices (Correct answer)
- Withholding information to prevent overwhelm
- Correcting misinformation by lecturing extensively
Correct answer: Providing information that empowers the client to make informed choices
Coaching education is empowerment-based, supporting informed decision-making rather than directing outcomes.
Question 7: A recovery coach wants to assess whether their educational intervention was effective. The best method is to:
- Assume success if the client shows up to the next session
- Ask the client to restate key concepts in their own words (Correct answer)
- Provide a formal written exam
- Compare the client to other clients in recovery
Correct answer: Ask the client to restate key concepts in their own words
The teach-back methodāasking clients to restate informationāconfirms comprehension and retention.
CRC Mentoring & Education 2
A recovery coach is mentoring a client who keeps missing scheduled check-ins.
Which response best models a mentoring approach?