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Wellness and Recovery Support Flashcards

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  1. What is the primary goal of a wellness recovery action plan (WRAP)?

    Answer: To help individuals identify personal wellness tools and create crisis plans

    WRAP is a self-designed plan that helps individuals identify personal wellness tools, early warning signs, and steps for crisis prevention and response.

  2. Environmental wellness in recovery refers to:

    Answer: Creating living and social environments that support health and well-being

    Environmental wellness involves creating and maintaining safe, supportive, and stimulating living and social environments that promote recovery.

  3. Which statement BEST reflects a trauma-informed approach to wellness support?

    Answer: Understanding trauma's impact helps provide safety, trust, and empowerment in support

    Trauma-informed care recognizes how trauma affects behavior and health, and promotes safety, trustworthiness, and empowerment in all interactions.

  4. A client says they feel worthless and hopeless during recovery. Which response by a CRSS is MOST appropriate?

    Answer: Listen empathetically, validate feelings, and assess for safety concerns

    Empathetic listening, validation, and safety assessment are appropriate first steps when a client expresses hopelessness.

  5. Intellectual wellness in the context of recovery support is BEST described as:

    Answer: Engaging in creative and mentally stimulating activities that expand knowledge

    Intellectual wellness involves engaging in activities that stimulate the mind, foster creativity, and expand knowledge as part of a balanced life.

  6. Which tool helps a client track daily wellness activities and identify patterns that support or hinder their recovery?

    Answer: Daily Maintenance Plan (from WRAP)

    The Daily Maintenance Plan, a component of WRAP, helps individuals track wellness activities and identify what keeps them feeling well.

  7. Which behavior BEST exemplifies a peer specialist modeling wellness for a client?

    Answer: Describing their own ongoing recovery practices and self-care strategies

    Peer specialists use their lived experience, including personal wellness practices, as a tool to inspire and guide clients in their own recovery.

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