TCI (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention) Training Study Guide

setting condition - anything that makes a challenging behavior more or less likely to happen -organizational -environmental -Program related -Personal -Relationship based a young person's inability to cope results in change in behavior - a crisis occurs when.... SUPPORT environmentally and emotionally to reduce stress and risk - first goal of crisis intervention TEACH children better ways to cope with stress - 2nd goal of crisis intervention baseline triggering event escalation phase outburst recovery - stress model of crisis baseline, agitation, aggression, violence - stress model of crisis behaviors/staff intervention higher order no change lower order - types of recovery phase higher order - recovery phase where we are educators, we teach how to cope (educator) no change - recovery phase where we are fire fighters, we resolve immediate situation but there is no long-term change (fire fighter). lower - recovery phase where we are abusers, the person is less able to manage/cope and there is more distrust toward others (abuser) what am i feeling now? what does this young person feel, need, or want? how is the environment affecting the young person? how do i best respond? - four questions we ask ourselves in a crisis intervention impulsive outbursts aggression running away self-injury defiance inability to regulate emotions