TCI - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Test Review
Anything that makes challenging behav-
What is a setting condition?
ior more or less likely to occur.
True or False
An example of a setting condition that TRUE
makes challenging behavior more or less
likely to happen is organizational culture.
What does ICMP stand for? Individual Crisis Management Plan
The goals of crisis intervention are to
Support & Teach
and .
1. Baseline
2. Triggering Event
Stress Model of Crisis 3. Escalation Phase
4. Outburst Crisis
5. Recovery
1. What am I feeling now?
2. What does this child feel, need, or
What are the four questions that we ask
want?
ourselves before intervening in a poten-
3. How is the environment affecting the
tial crisis?
child?
4. How do I best respond?
1. Managing the environment
2. Prompting
3. Caring gesture
Behavior Support Techniques (need to 4. Hurdle help
know 4) 5. Redirection and distractions
6. Proximity
7. Directive statements
8. Time away
1. Co-regulation (provide immediate help
What are the three goals of emotional and support to reduce emotional intensi-
first aid? ty)
2. Resolve the immediate crisis
**Be able to write these out 3. Re-enter the child back into the pro-
gram
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1. Drain off emotions
Strategies for Emotional First Aid 2. Clarify events
3. Maintain the relationship and lines of
**Need to know terms and be able to communication
write them out 4. Remind the child of expectations and
mediate the situation if necessary
1. Stressful situation/incident
2. Young person's feelings
Conflict Cycle
3. Young person's behavior
4. Adult's response
1. Listen and validate the child's feelings
2. Manage the environment
3. Give the young person choices and the
Avoid the conflict cycle by: time to decide what to do next.
4. Redirect the young person to another
**Know at least four of these and be able positive activity
to write them out! 5. Appeal to the young person's self in-
terest
6. Drop or change the expectation
7. Use positive self-talk
Reactive Aggression
-emotions are dominant
-loss of control and emotional flooding
-eg. impulsive, angry, loud, highly
aroused emotions
Reactive vs. Proactive Aggression
Proactive Aggression
-cognitions are dominant
-goal oriented
-eg. impassive, staring, smiling/smirking,
firm, calm
1. Trigger
What are the four elements of a poten- 2. Target
tially violent situation? 3. Level of Stress
4. Weapon
True or False
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Anything that makes challenging behav-
What is a setting condition?
ior more or less likely to occur.
True or False
An example of a setting condition that TRUE
makes challenging behavior more or less
likely to happen is organizational culture.
What does ICMP stand for? Individual Crisis Management Plan
The goals of crisis intervention are to
Support & Teach
and .
1. Baseline
2. Triggering Event
Stress Model of Crisis 3. Escalation Phase
4. Outburst Crisis
5. Recovery
1. What am I feeling now?
2. What does this child feel, need, or
What are the four questions that we ask
want?
ourselves before intervening in a poten-
3. How is the environment affecting the
tial crisis?
child?
4. How do I best respond?
1. Managing the environment
2. Prompting
3. Caring gesture
Behavior Support Techniques (need to 4. Hurdle help
know 4) 5. Redirection and distractions
6. Proximity
7. Directive statements
8. Time away
1. Co-regulation (provide immediate help
What are the three goals of emotional and support to reduce emotional intensi-
first aid? ty)
2. Resolve the immediate crisis
**Be able to write these out 3. Re-enter the child back into the pro-
gram
1/6
, TCI - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Test Review
1. Drain off emotions
Strategies for Emotional First Aid 2. Clarify events
3. Maintain the relationship and lines of
**Need to know terms and be able to communication
write them out 4. Remind the child of expectations and
mediate the situation if necessary
1. Stressful situation/incident
2. Young person's feelings
Conflict Cycle
3. Young person's behavior
4. Adult's response
1. Listen and validate the child's feelings
2. Manage the environment
3. Give the young person choices and the
Avoid the conflict cycle by: time to decide what to do next.
4. Redirect the young person to another
**Know at least four of these and be able positive activity
to write them out! 5. Appeal to the young person's self in-
terest
6. Drop or change the expectation
7. Use positive self-talk
Reactive Aggression
-emotions are dominant
-loss of control and emotional flooding
-eg. impulsive, angry, loud, highly
aroused emotions
Reactive vs. Proactive Aggression
Proactive Aggression
-cognitions are dominant
-goal oriented
-eg. impassive, staring, smiling/smirking,
firm, calm
1. Trigger
What are the four elements of a poten- 2. Target
tially violent situation? 3. Level of Stress
4. Weapon
True or False
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