Which topics are essential for ongoing training of a PSS?

• A. Trauma-informed care, cultural humility, ethics, confidentiality, crisis intervention, and recovery-oriented practices.
• B. Cooking skills, time management, public speaking.
• C. Vehicle maintenance, home repair.
• D. None.

Answer: (A)

The essential ongoing training topics for a PSS focus on how to support clients safely, respectfully, and effectively in real-world settings. Trauma-informed care helps you recognize how past experiences shape current behavior and ensures interactions promote safety and empowerment. Cultural humility keeps you open to learning from diverse backgrounds and avoids assuming you know what each person needs. Ethics and confidentiality establish and maintain professional boundaries and trust. Crisis intervention equips you to de-escalate and connect people to appropriate help in urgent moments. Recovery-oriented practices align your support with individuals’ goals, strengths, and right to choose their own recovery path. The other options cover skills that aren’t specific to this professional role or mandated training, so they don’t meet the ongoing training needs of a PSS.