PAR Exam Study Guide DJJ Questions with Correct Answers!!

Describe how staff can prepare for safe & successful interactions with youth - PREPARING for safe and successful interactions with youth begins with the Start Smart Skills, which when practiced with confidence can go a long way in fostering professional relationships with youth: Maintain the Right Attitude. Make the Right Actions. Identify components of DJJ's operations that require safe and successful interactions with youth. - DJJ has developed numerous components of its operations pursuant to statute, rule, manual, and policy to ensure the success of staff: e.g., background screening, code of conduct, incident reporting, confidentiality requirement, etc. Describe the general characteristics of youth that affect the way they behave. - Cognitively, socially, and emotionally. Describe trauma - The personal experience of violence and victimization including sexual abuse, physical abuse, severe neglect, loss, domestic violence, and/or the witnessing of violence, terrorism, or disasters. Describe the stress response's effect on youth behavior. - A natural reaction to events that may be difficult, demanding, or threatening. ; "fight, flight, or freeze" response. 6. Describe the relationship between unmet needs and youth behavior. - When there are unmet needs in people's lives, they cannot fully develop cognitively, socially, and emotionally which in turn affects the way they behave. What is a Trigger? - A trigger is an event that sets of a memory. T or F: 93% of communication is non-verbal and 7% verbal. - True What are the 5 hierarchy of Needs according to Maslow? - Physiology - Things required to live (food, water, air) Safety - Shelter. protection Love & Belonging - Self explanatory Esteem - To feel good about oneself Self actualization - To test limits Define Verbal De-escalation - Tactics that are non-physical skills used to prevent a potentially dangerous situation from escalating into a physical confrontation or injury. Identify the elements of the Crisis Development Model. - Warning Phase: potential for conflict is increasing. Escalation Phase: he potential for conflict is now very high. Crisis Phase: conflict erupts De-escalation Phase: The staff intervenes and de-escalates the conflict using verbal and physical techniques (only if danger exists) Post Incident Conversation: Potential for conflict low again; talk about what happened. Proxemics - The amount of personal space people feel is necessary to set between themselves and others. Steps to confronting youth's behavior - 1. Identify the unacceptable behavior in clear, behavioral terms. Say exactly what the youth is doing that is unacceptable. Describe the unacceptable behavior if necessary. 2. Firmly state the specific instructions. Tell the youth exactly what you want them to do right now. Try to make your statement short, simple, specific, and very clear. 3. Remain calm and focused on the issue. Avoid emotional reactions to the youth's inevitable defensive response. If you "take the bait" and get caught up in an emotional spiral, you'll never get through to the youth successfully. Remember, the youth has a strong need to save face. 4. Lower your own volume, keep your tone of voice unemotional, and monitor your body language. Identify the five types of resistance of youth according to the Protective Action Response Escalation Matrix. - • Verbal Resistance: refuses to comply with verbal directives; however, there is no clear and identifiable risk to safety, supervision, or security. • Passive Resistance: Youth physically refuses to comply or respond to verbal directives.