TCIS - THERAPEUTIC CRISIS
INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOLS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What are developmental relationships characterized by? - ANS "BRAP" Balance of Power,
Relationships, Attachment and Progressive Complexity
What are the 6 domains essential to implement TCIS effectively? - ANS 1.
Leadership/Administration Support
2. Student and Family inclusion
3.Clinical and Social Work participation
4. Coaching and Post-Crisi-Response
5.Training and competency standards
6. Documentation and feedback
What are the goals of TCIS? - ANS To create a safe and non-confrontational, trauma sensitive
environment - supported at all levels of the school district
What is a setting condition? - ANS anything that makes a challenging behavior more or less
likely to happen
What is a trauma sensitive classroom? - ANS One where students feel safe, welcomed and
supported and staff are responsive to the impact of trauma on learning
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, What are the 5 spaces within a caring and responsive classroom community? - ANS "SPICE"
1. Social
2.Physcial
3.Idelogical
4. Cultural
5.Emotional
The 3 basic processing regions of the Triune Brain Model are..... - ANS 1. Thinking Brain
2. Emotional Brain
3. Survival Brain
What are pain based behaviors? - ANS behaviors that are the result of emotional and
physiological pain - the reaction does not fit the situation.
What are the nonverbal techniques? - ANS Silence
Facial expressions
Eye contact
Tone of voice
What is the reflective response? - ANS Connecting with the students FEELINGS
What is the empathic response? - ANS Connecting with the students EXPERIENCE
What are the 8 behavior support techniques? - ANS 1. Managing the environment
2.Prompting
3.Caring Gestures
4.Hurdle Help
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOLS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What are developmental relationships characterized by? - ANS "BRAP" Balance of Power,
Relationships, Attachment and Progressive Complexity
What are the 6 domains essential to implement TCIS effectively? - ANS 1.
Leadership/Administration Support
2. Student and Family inclusion
3.Clinical and Social Work participation
4. Coaching and Post-Crisi-Response
5.Training and competency standards
6. Documentation and feedback
What are the goals of TCIS? - ANS To create a safe and non-confrontational, trauma sensitive
environment - supported at all levels of the school district
What is a setting condition? - ANS anything that makes a challenging behavior more or less
likely to happen
What is a trauma sensitive classroom? - ANS One where students feel safe, welcomed and
supported and staff are responsive to the impact of trauma on learning
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What are the 5 spaces within a caring and responsive classroom community? - ANS "SPICE"
1. Social
2.Physcial
3.Idelogical
4. Cultural
5.Emotional
The 3 basic processing regions of the Triune Brain Model are..... - ANS 1. Thinking Brain
2. Emotional Brain
3. Survival Brain
What are pain based behaviors? - ANS behaviors that are the result of emotional and
physiological pain - the reaction does not fit the situation.
What are the nonverbal techniques? - ANS Silence
Facial expressions
Eye contact
Tone of voice
What is the reflective response? - ANS Connecting with the students FEELINGS
What is the empathic response? - ANS Connecting with the students EXPERIENCE
What are the 8 behavior support techniques? - ANS 1. Managing the environment
2.Prompting
3.Caring Gestures
4.Hurdle Help
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
