TCIS QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Self-awareness - Answers - The most important tool adults have in therapeutic crisis
interventions with children and young people
5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation - Answers - -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 - Answers - Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less
likely to occur.
5 categories of setting conditions - Answers - -Organizational culture
-Environment
-Instruction
-Personal (individual students)
-Relationship-based
Organizational culture - Answers - e.g. control oriented, poor communication
Enviroment - Answers - e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much visual stimulation
Instruction - Answers - e.g. staffing, quality of instruction, activities
Personal - Answers - e.g. illness, medication, trauma history, feeling unsafe
Relationship-based - Answers - e.g. excessie controls, "us vs them" culture, lack of
caring community in place
Self-Regulation of emotions - Answers - The ability to soothe and calm oneself
Baseline - Answers - In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for
a particular young person
, Stress Model of Crisis - Answers - Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
Outbust Phase
Recovery Phase
Pre-crisis (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Baseline
Triggering Event (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Agitation
Escalation phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Aggression
Outburst phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Violence
Recovery phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Recovery
2 goals of crisis intervention - Answers - Support & Teach
Support - Answers - environmentally and emotionally to reduce stress and risk
Teach - Answers - students better ways to cope with stress
3 possible outcomes during the Recovery phase - Answers - Higher (Educateur)
No Change (Fire Fighter)
Lower (Abuser)
Self-awareness: List 4 key questions that we should ask ourselves when confronted w/
a behavioral crisis situation - Answers - 1. What am I feeling now?
2. What does this student feel, need, or want?
3. How is the environment affecting the student?
4. How do I best respond?
How to BEST respond - Answers - Manage the environment to neutralize potential
triggers
Engage the student and provide emotional support
Excerise self-control over own feelings
In dealing w/ a potential crisis situation asking the question:
___________________________ can lead us to a discovery of what the child's goals
are or what purpose the aggression or challenging behavior serves for the young
person. - Answers - #2: What does this student feel, need, or want?
Self-awareness - Answers - The most important tool adults have in therapeutic crisis
interventions with children and young people
5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation - Answers - -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 - Answers - Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less
likely to occur.
5 categories of setting conditions - Answers - -Organizational culture
-Environment
-Instruction
-Personal (individual students)
-Relationship-based
Organizational culture - Answers - e.g. control oriented, poor communication
Enviroment - Answers - e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much visual stimulation
Instruction - Answers - e.g. staffing, quality of instruction, activities
Personal - Answers - e.g. illness, medication, trauma history, feeling unsafe
Relationship-based - Answers - e.g. excessie controls, "us vs them" culture, lack of
caring community in place
Self-Regulation of emotions - Answers - The ability to soothe and calm oneself
Baseline - Answers - In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for
a particular young person
, Stress Model of Crisis - Answers - Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
Outbust Phase
Recovery Phase
Pre-crisis (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Baseline
Triggering Event (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Agitation
Escalation phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Aggression
Outburst phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Violence
Recovery phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - Answers - Recovery
2 goals of crisis intervention - Answers - Support & Teach
Support - Answers - environmentally and emotionally to reduce stress and risk
Teach - Answers - students better ways to cope with stress
3 possible outcomes during the Recovery phase - Answers - Higher (Educateur)
No Change (Fire Fighter)
Lower (Abuser)
Self-awareness: List 4 key questions that we should ask ourselves when confronted w/
a behavioral crisis situation - Answers - 1. What am I feeling now?
2. What does this student feel, need, or want?
3. How is the environment affecting the student?
4. How do I best respond?
How to BEST respond - Answers - Manage the environment to neutralize potential
triggers
Engage the student and provide emotional support
Excerise self-control over own feelings
In dealing w/ a potential crisis situation asking the question:
___________________________ can lead us to a discovery of what the child's goals
are or what purpose the aggression or challenging behavior serves for the young
person. - Answers - #2: What does this student feel, need, or want?
