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Course categoryTelehealth Essentials
Adoption Readiness (0.5 Contact Hours)
Course categoryTelehealth Essentials
1.02 Explain what qualifies someone to serve as a peer
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.03 Describe the roles performed by peer specialists
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.04 Describe the limits of the peer specialist role
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.05 Identify the benefits of peer support services
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.06 Describe things that peer specialists can do to be effective as part of a team
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.07 Explain the difference between bias and stigma
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.08 Explain the role of the peer specialist in reducing stigma
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.09 Historical Context of Peer Support
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.10 Old and new philosophies of substance use and mental health disorders
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.11 Social Contexts of Peer Support
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.12 Environments Where Peer Specialists Practice
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.13 Workplace Considerations for Peer Specialists
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.14 Peer Specialists as Part of a Team
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
1.15 The Impact of Bias and Stigma
Course category1. Context of Peer Support
2.01 Define recovery and give examples of common pathways to recovery
Course category2. Dimensions of Peer Recovery
2.04 List three categories of recovery capital and give examples of each
Course category2. Dimensions of Peer Recovery
2.02 List four dimensions that support a life in recovery
Course category2. Dimensions of Peer Recovery
2.03 Designate specific actions a peer specialist can use to support the Guiding Principles for Recovery
Course category2. Dimensions of Peer Recovery
2.05 Describe the process and stages of recovery
Course category2. Dimensions of Peer Recovery
2.06 Define the foundational building blocks of recovery
Course category2. Dimensions of Peer Recovery
3.01 Describe the indicators of a healthy, supportive relationship.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.02 Demonstrate the fundamental communication skills needed in peer support relationships.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.03 Describe the elements of rapport building.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.04 Identify at least four important listening skills.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.05 Explain at least five key areas for establishing effective peer support relationships.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.06 Describe the various ways peer support services are being delivered through the use of technology-based strategies.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.07 List three pros and cons of using technology-based methods for delivering peer support services.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.08 Explain at least four guidelines for the peer specialists who are sharing their recovery story with persons they serve.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.09 Explain the rationale for having a positive, recovery-focused story.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.10 Describe five ways Motivational Interviewing principles can be integrated into peer support practice.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.11 Describe the four core principles and four core processes of Motivational Interviewing (MI).
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.12 Define "ambivalence" in the MI context.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.13 List the steps involved in terminating the service relationship.
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.14 Types of relationships (professional, service, friend, peer)
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.15 Person-centered language
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.18 Person-centered services, client’s rights
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.19 Establishing boundaries
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.20 Telling your personal recovery story (how, why, limitations)
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.21 Cultural issues in establishing relationships and interpersonal communication
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
3.22 Conflict and “fit” for relationships
Course category3. Establishing the Peer Relationship
4.01 Distinguish between "deficit" versus "strength-based" approaches
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.02 Describe the core processes of person-centered planning
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.03 Explain the importance of attending to relapse triggers and warning signs
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.04 Identify at least six of the eight dimensions of wellness
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.05 Describe at least three ways peer support specialists can promote wellness among those they support
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.06 Discuss aspects of their roles in recovery/wellness planning and monitoring
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.07 Recovery definition, principles, key concepts, current initiatives fostering recovery practices
4.07 Recovery definition, principles, key concepts, current initiatives fostering recovery practices
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.08 Wellness vs Illness philosophy
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.09 Typical trajectories for continuum of care (for both SA and Mh)
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.12 Resilience (what is it, how to foster it)
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.13 Triggers and relapse issues
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.14 Co-occurring Disorders
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.15 Trauma/trauma-informed care
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.16 Wellness/recovery planning skills (aspects of wellness, holistic focus, using systems of formal and natural support, tools)
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.18 Coaching techniques, MI tools such as scaling rulers and decisional balance
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.19 Using observation skills/recognizing signs of distress and meeting the peer “where they are at”
4.19 Using observation skills/recognizing signs of distress and meeting the peer “where they are at”
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.20 Use of mutual self-aid groups
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
4.21 Crisis prevention and intervention
Course category4. Recovery and Wellness Planning
5.02 Identify primary tasks of mentoring
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.03 Describe the three levels of mentoring
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.05 Identify the strengths that support resilience
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.06 Identify the categories of practical living skills
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.07 Identify the four components of Emotional Intelligence
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.08 Describe three stages of social development for adults
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.09 Describe the principles of adult learning
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.10 List and describe the three most common learning styles
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.14 Name four roles of a group facilitator
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.15 Identify two problems that may occur in group settings and suggest techniques for addressing the problems
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.18 Identifying the Teachable Moment
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.19 Lived Experience as a Teaching Tool
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.20 Teaching Self-Advocacy
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.21 Instructional Techniques (Learning Styles, Adult Learning, Practice)
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.22 Group Facilitation Skills
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.23 Culturally Appropriate Teaching
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.24 Understanding Additional Resources
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
5.25 Recognizing Personal Limitations
Course category5. Mentoring and Skill Development
6.02 Compare and contrast peer advocacy and self-advocacy
Course category6. Advocacy
6.03 Describe the roles of peer specialists in the three advocacy arenas
Course category6. Advocacy
6.04 List the steps in developing an advocacy plan
Course category6. Advocacy
6.05 Detail how to shape advocacy actions through strategy
Course category6. Advocacy
6.07 Explain the difference between resource linkage and referral
Course category6. Advocacy
6.08 List the four dimensions of resource linkage
Course category6. Advocacy
6.10 Describe the factors that combine to affect personal influence.
Course category6. Advocacy
6.11 Explain how effective communication skills relate to advocacy
Course category6. Advocacy
6.27 Affirming Multiple Pathways to Wellness and Recovery
Course category6. Advocacy
7.01 Define ethics
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.02 Distinguish between values, morals and ethics
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.03 Identify the order of progression of ethical standards
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.04 Describe the importance of ethical standards
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.05 List three important practice guidelines for peer support specialists
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.06 Define confidentiality and identify the federal law that governs confidentiality for substance abuse clients
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.07 Cite two limitations to a client's right to confidentiality
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.08 Define universal precautions and describe why they are important
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.09 Explain the concept of cultural competence and describe why it is important
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.10 List the components of a SOAP progress note
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.11 Name three professional responsibilities for peer support specialists
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.12 Ensuring safety of person receiving services
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.13 Personal safety and universal precautions
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.14 Laws that govern the peer relationship and services
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.15 “Duty to warn” areas and issues
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.16 Ethical and other standards that govern the peer relationship and services
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.17 Defining Boundaries in Peer Support
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.18 Boundaries: Key Issues and Responsibilities
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.19 Boundaries: Consequences and Response to Boundary Violations
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.20 Remaining within one’s scope of practice
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.21 Documentation
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.22 Use of supervision
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.23 Understanding the chain of command and notification requirements
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility

7.24 Ongoing education/professional development
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
7.25 Monitor/evaluate progress with persons served and their satisfaction
Course category7. Professional and Ethical Responsibility
8.01 Understanding Whole Health, Wellness, and Holistic Healthcare
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.02 Integrating Peer Support in Healthcare Settings
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.03 Multiple Professionals in an Individual Care Team
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.04 Describe a variety of traditional and non-traditional healthcare services
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.05 Teaching Healthcare Members the Foundations of Recovery and Goals
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.06 Increasing Resilience in Adversity
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.07 Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and Individual Well-Being
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.08 Prevention & Early Intervention Strategies: Navigating Risk Factors
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.09 Tailoring Peer Services with Therapeutic and Clinical Treatment Modalities
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.10 Paying for Healthcare Services: Choosing Methods
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.11 Healthcare Benefits for Individuals Living with Debilitating Behavioral Health Conditions
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
8.12 Understanding Clinical Situations and Terminology to Effectively Communicate with Professionals
8.12 Understanding Clinical Situations and Terminology to Effectively Communicate with Professionals
Course category8. Foundations of Healthcare Systems
CRPS Training Final Certificate
Course category9. CRPS Training Final Certificate




