THERAPEUTIC CRISIS INTERVENTION FOR SCHOOLS (TCIS) EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026

THERAPEUTIC CRISIS INTERVENTION
FOR SCHOOLS (TCIS) EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026




Self-awareness - ANS The most important tool adults have in therapeutic crisis interventions
with children and young people


5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation - ANS -Leadership and
administrative support


-Social work and clinical services participation


-Supervision and post crisis response


-Training and competency standards


-Data-driven incident monitoring and feedback


Setting condition - ANS Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less likely to occur.


5 categories of setting conditions - ANS -Organizational culture

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, -Environment


-Instruction


-Personal (individual students)


-Relationship-based


Organizational culture - ANS e.g. control oriented, poor communication


Enviroment - ANS e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much visual stimulation


Instruction - ANS e.g. staffing, quality of instruction, activities


Personal - ANS e.g. illness, medication, trauma history, feeling unsafe


Relationship-based - ANS e.g. excessie controls, "us vs them" culture, lack of caring
community in place


Self-Regulation of emotions - ANS The ability to soothe and calm oneself


Baseline - ANS In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for a particular
young person


Stress Model of Crisis - ANS Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
Outbust Phase

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