TCI WRITTEN TEST UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The goal of TCI is...
Answer: To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-
confrontational, trauma sensitive environments that are
supported at all levels of the organization
◉ Child Outcomes associated with TCI
Answer: 1. trust and use adults to help regulate emotions
2. demonstrated increased emotion regulation skills
3. use adaptive behaviors in response to stressful events
4. develop ability to learn through reflecting on experience
◉ 6 Domains of the TCI System
Answer: 1. leadership and program support (leadership knows
and implements TCI principles)
2. child and family inclusion (active participants in choice and
voice)
3. clinical participation (ICSPs)
4. supervision and post-crisis response (support staff)
5. training and competency standards (refreshers and training)
,6. documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback (review of
incidents)
◉ Therapeutic milieu
Answer: a safe, nurturing environment in which children can heal
and continually learn and practice important life skills
◉ Spaces in the Therapeutic Milieu
Answer: 1. Ideological (culture and climate of the organization)
2. Physical (physical environment)
3. Cultural (human diversity)
4. Social (relationships, activities, routines)
5. Emotional (pain-based behavior and emotional competence)
◉ Cultural Space in the Milieu
Answer: 1. develops culturally competent staff
2. accepts and celebrates cultural differences
3. supports family connections and involvement
4. allows for culturally diverse staff-child interactions
◉ Setting Condition
Answer: anything that makes a challenging behavior and
traumatic stress response more or less likely to occur
, ◉ A trauma-informed organization supports and facilitates
trauma-informed care through...
Answer: Policies, procedures, and practices that understands
what trauma is and how it impacts everyone within the system,
recognizes behaviors and patterns that represent past or present
trauma, and responds in ways that avoid re-traumatization
◉ Characteristics of a developmental relationship
Answer: 1. attachment
2. reciprocity
3. progressive complexity (challenging them just enough to set
them up for success and help them progress)
4. balance of power
◉ Foundations for intentional use of self
Answer: 1. self-awareness (know your own values, beliefs, culture,
view of trauma)
2. self-regulation (focus attention, awareness of physical and
emotional state, ability to manage own behavior, draw on memory
and experience to adapt)
3. relationship skills and attunement (listen and respond to the
child)
4. self-care (monitor levels of stress and health, reflective
supervision)
◉ The triune brain
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The goal of TCI is...
Answer: To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-
confrontational, trauma sensitive environments that are
supported at all levels of the organization
◉ Child Outcomes associated with TCI
Answer: 1. trust and use adults to help regulate emotions
2. demonstrated increased emotion regulation skills
3. use adaptive behaviors in response to stressful events
4. develop ability to learn through reflecting on experience
◉ 6 Domains of the TCI System
Answer: 1. leadership and program support (leadership knows
and implements TCI principles)
2. child and family inclusion (active participants in choice and
voice)
3. clinical participation (ICSPs)
4. supervision and post-crisis response (support staff)
5. training and competency standards (refreshers and training)
,6. documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback (review of
incidents)
◉ Therapeutic milieu
Answer: a safe, nurturing environment in which children can heal
and continually learn and practice important life skills
◉ Spaces in the Therapeutic Milieu
Answer: 1. Ideological (culture and climate of the organization)
2. Physical (physical environment)
3. Cultural (human diversity)
4. Social (relationships, activities, routines)
5. Emotional (pain-based behavior and emotional competence)
◉ Cultural Space in the Milieu
Answer: 1. develops culturally competent staff
2. accepts and celebrates cultural differences
3. supports family connections and involvement
4. allows for culturally diverse staff-child interactions
◉ Setting Condition
Answer: anything that makes a challenging behavior and
traumatic stress response more or less likely to occur
, ◉ A trauma-informed organization supports and facilitates
trauma-informed care through...
Answer: Policies, procedures, and practices that understands
what trauma is and how it impacts everyone within the system,
recognizes behaviors and patterns that represent past or present
trauma, and responds in ways that avoid re-traumatization
◉ Characteristics of a developmental relationship
Answer: 1. attachment
2. reciprocity
3. progressive complexity (challenging them just enough to set
them up for success and help them progress)
4. balance of power
◉ Foundations for intentional use of self
Answer: 1. self-awareness (know your own values, beliefs, culture,
view of trauma)
2. self-regulation (focus attention, awareness of physical and
emotional state, ability to manage own behavior, draw on memory
and experience to adapt)
3. relationship skills and attunement (listen and respond to the
child)
4. self-care (monitor levels of stress and health, reflective
supervision)
◉ The triune brain
