In therapeutic crisis interventions with children and young people, what is the most important tool
adults have? ✔️ Ourselves
5 Components/Domains of Successful TCI Implementation ✔️
1. Leadership & Administrative Support
2. Social Work & Clinical Services Participation
3. Supervision & Post-Crisis Response
4. Training & Competency Standards
5. Data-Driven Incident Monitoring & Feedback
Setting Condition ✔️ Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less likely to occur.
5 Categories of Setting Conditions ✔️
1. Organizational Culture (e.g., control-oriented, poor communication)
2. Environmental (e.g., hot, crowded, too noisy)
3. Instruction, Activity, Routine (e.g., staffing, quality of instruction)
4. Personal (e.g., illness, trauma, feeling unsafe)
5. Relationship-Based (e.g., lack of caring, "us versus them" culture)Self regulation of emotions
, Ability to control and manage emotion while maintaining focus and attention.
Baseline Behavior
Behavior recognized as "typical" for a particular student in the Stress Model of Crisis.
Phases of the Stress Model of Crisis and observed behaviors
1. Pre-crisis (baseline)
2. Triggering event - Agitation
3. Escalation Phase - Aggression
4. Outburst Crisis - Violence
5. Recovery
Two goals of crisis intervention (TCIS)
1. Support: environmentally and emotionally to reduce stress and risk
2. Teach: students better ways to cope with stress.
3 Possible Outcomes During Recovery Phase of the Stress Model of Crisis
1. Lower - Abuser (Makes the problem worse)
2. No Change - Fire fighter (Dean puts out fires)
3. Higher - Educateur (Teaches coping skills & strategies)
4 Questions We Ask Ourselves In a Crisis Situation (Self Awareness)
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?