Like action plan, interventions should be written in specific terms, identifying: Evaluating Progress and Making Revisions as Needed Making Transitions There are several points when transitions will occur and planning for these is important. Some of these include: If the person is to remain connected to the service system, a new planning process may need …
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Alignment with PSR Canada’s 2025 Competencies
Recovery Colleges directly support the 2025 Canadian PSR Practice Competencies, particularly in: Domain B Professional Skills and B4 Assures competence through life-long learning and on- going professional development Domain C: Providing Recovery Oriented services and C4 Assessing needs and resources of the individual in context by emphasizing choice, responsibility and empowering self-determination Domain D: Promoting Social Participation …
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Recovery Colleges in British Columbia
These initiatives reflect both international models and grassroots adaptations, often blending supported education, peer support, and PSR.
Recovery Colleges
Recovery Colleges are education-based initiatives that support mental health recovery through co-produced, strengths-based learning environments. They adopt an adult education model, not a clinical one—offering voluntary courses on topics such as wellness, identity, coping, and life skills. People with lived experience co-design and co-facilitate these courses alongside professionals, promoting equality, empowerment, and self-directed learning. Rooted in recovery-oriented practice, Recovery Colleges help participants explore …
Assessment
Assessing symptomatology, pathology, and determining a diagnosis are often what come to mind when we think of assessment. While this information may be important in some settings, it may not be useful for educational and vocational planning.
What is Supported Education?
Supported education provides services and supports to assist transitioning to school/college and successfully achieve one’s education goals. This includes completing secondary and/ or entering or re-entering post-secondary school, and vocational training programs. Comments/testimonials from two students (names changed for confidentiality) about the importance of support and help with dealing with anxiety and depression that affected …
Having a Purpose is Essential for Recovery
Review Module 1 and links for information on establishing trust and building rapport Review Module 2 and links for information on helping people with health and wellness Review Module 3 Please review info on goal setting and the PSR Process Underlying Principles
Welcome to the Learning Portal (M4)
Module 4 — Learning Goals 1. Understand the importance of supported education in the area of psychosocial rehabilitation, including what is supported education 2. Link supported education with Canadian PSR Practice Competencies 3. Describe at least three reasons why an assessment that focuses on a person’s strengths is important 4. Provide five examples of questions …
Detailed Assessment Questions with Explanatory Notes
Note – a creative way to explore these questions is to write the questions on a card and have the person read and think about them. This avoids the question and answer drill that can be off-putting and can lead to more thoughtful responses: A strengths based assessment will explore the whole of peoples’ lives …
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Structured Strengths & Functional Skills Assessments
Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). HoNOS-12 is a questionnaire measuring the state of health of adults with mental disorders, composed of 12 items, related to clinical and psychosocial problems, covering four areas (subscales) of mental health: behavioural problems (H1-3), impairment (H4-5), symptomatic problems (H6-8) and social problems (H9-12). The social subscale comprises four …
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