Exploring Values (Core Competencies: 1.5; 2.5; 2.7; 4.6; 4.19)
Values are deeply held ideas, beliefs, principles, and morals that guide a person’s life and decisions about what is most important. Values are embedded in culture and community. To get to know someone deeply is to understand what the person believes is most important in life. In other words, this means exploring their values. Challenges for the certified peer specialist immediately emerge when a peer’s values about what is most important conflict with a certified peer specialist’s own values. • When a clash of values occurs, how can that impact peer support?
• How might we be able to navigate any clashes to deepen mutual understanding and connect with a peer?
• How might we be able to effectively support a peer who has different values or priorities than we do?
• A useful activity for exploring a peer’s values is the Personal Values Card Sort. https://sakai.ohsu.edu/access/content/group/Kathlynn_Tutorials/public/Value%20Ca rd%20Sort%20Exercise%20-%20Storyline%20output/story_html5.html
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