THE TCIS SYSTEM EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
A trauma informed school - ANS supports and facilitates trauma informed experiences
through
- policies
- procedures
- practices
developmental relationships are characterized by (4 things) - ANS attachment
reciprocity
progressive complexity
balance of power
effective tcis implementation includes - ANS leadership + administrative support
student + family inclusion
clinical + social worker participation
coaching + post-crisis response
training + competency standards
documentation
the goal of tcis - ANS to create safe, non-confrontational, trauma-sensitive environments
supported at all levels of the school district that enable students to grow, develop, and learn
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, a trauma informed sensitive classroom - ANS one where all students feel safe, welcomed,
supported and the staff are responsive to the impact of trauma on learning
spaces within a caring and responsive classroom communities (spice ;) - ANS S- social
P- physical
I- ideological
C- cultural
E- emotional
setting conditions - ANS any thing that makes challenging behavior or traumatic stress
responses more or less likely to occur
ideological space - ANS communicates a cohesive school philosophy of caring
supports developmentally appropriate practice
creates a learning organization
encourages relationship building activities
foundations for intentional use of self - ANS self-awareness (our attitudes/values/beliefs)
self-regulation (physical and emotional state)
relationship skills and attunement (relationships)
self-care (maintaining self)
the triune brain - ANS the thinking brain
the emotional brain
the survival brain
the thinking brain - ANS neocortex
higher functioning such reasoning, language, creativity, and abstract thought
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
A trauma informed school - ANS supports and facilitates trauma informed experiences
through
- policies
- procedures
- practices
developmental relationships are characterized by (4 things) - ANS attachment
reciprocity
progressive complexity
balance of power
effective tcis implementation includes - ANS leadership + administrative support
student + family inclusion
clinical + social worker participation
coaching + post-crisis response
training + competency standards
documentation
the goal of tcis - ANS to create safe, non-confrontational, trauma-sensitive environments
supported at all levels of the school district that enable students to grow, develop, and learn
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, a trauma informed sensitive classroom - ANS one where all students feel safe, welcomed,
supported and the staff are responsive to the impact of trauma on learning
spaces within a caring and responsive classroom communities (spice ;) - ANS S- social
P- physical
I- ideological
C- cultural
E- emotional
setting conditions - ANS any thing that makes challenging behavior or traumatic stress
responses more or less likely to occur
ideological space - ANS communicates a cohesive school philosophy of caring
supports developmentally appropriate practice
creates a learning organization
encourages relationship building activities
foundations for intentional use of self - ANS self-awareness (our attitudes/values/beliefs)
self-regulation (physical and emotional state)
relationship skills and attunement (relationships)
self-care (maintaining self)
the triune brain - ANS the thinking brain
the emotional brain
the survival brain
the thinking brain - ANS neocortex
higher functioning such reasoning, language, creativity, and abstract thought
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
