TCIS STUDY GUIDE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Setting Condition - ANS Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less likely to occur.
Examples of Setting Conditions - ANS * Organizational Culture
* Environment
* Instruction, activities, routines
* Personal (illness, meds, trauma, feeling unsafe)
* Relationship-based (excessive control, us vs.
them)
Trauma - ANS Incidents or occurrences that can affect how children think, feel and behave.
Some possible affects of trauma - ANS * Problems with self-regulation
* Aggression with impulsive outbursts
* Inability to tolerate uncertainty and ambiguity
* Trauma re-enactments or flashbacks
Pain-based behaviors - ANS * Impulsive outbursts
* Aggression
* Running away
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, * Self-injury
* Defiance
* Inability to regulate emotions
* Trauma re-enactment
How to respond to Pain-based behaviors - ANS * Listen to the student talk about their
feelings
* Watch for triggers or signs of re-enactments or
flashbacks
* Give the student choices and a sense of control
* Conflicts through discussion with negotiation
Emotional Competence - ANS * Being aware of personal goals, values and beliefs
* Understanding cultural and ethnic differences
with each other's worldview
* Demonstrating self-regulation skills
* Knowing personal triggers
Crisis - ANS Any occurrence when a student's inability to cope results in a change in behavior.
Goals of Crisis Intervention - ANS * Support
* Teach
Stress Model of Crisis - ANS * Pre-crisis > Baseline Behavior (students
typical functioning behavior)
* Triggering Event > Agitation
* Escalation > Aggression
* Outburst > Violence
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AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
Setting Condition - ANS Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less likely to occur.
Examples of Setting Conditions - ANS * Organizational Culture
* Environment
* Instruction, activities, routines
* Personal (illness, meds, trauma, feeling unsafe)
* Relationship-based (excessive control, us vs.
them)
Trauma - ANS Incidents or occurrences that can affect how children think, feel and behave.
Some possible affects of trauma - ANS * Problems with self-regulation
* Aggression with impulsive outbursts
* Inability to tolerate uncertainty and ambiguity
* Trauma re-enactments or flashbacks
Pain-based behaviors - ANS * Impulsive outbursts
* Aggression
* Running away
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, * Self-injury
* Defiance
* Inability to regulate emotions
* Trauma re-enactment
How to respond to Pain-based behaviors - ANS * Listen to the student talk about their
feelings
* Watch for triggers or signs of re-enactments or
flashbacks
* Give the student choices and a sense of control
* Conflicts through discussion with negotiation
Emotional Competence - ANS * Being aware of personal goals, values and beliefs
* Understanding cultural and ethnic differences
with each other's worldview
* Demonstrating self-regulation skills
* Knowing personal triggers
Crisis - ANS Any occurrence when a student's inability to cope results in a change in behavior.
Goals of Crisis Intervention - ANS * Support
* Teach
Stress Model of Crisis - ANS * Pre-crisis > Baseline Behavior (students
typical functioning behavior)
* Triggering Event > Agitation
* Escalation > Aggression
* Outburst > Violence
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