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Two goals of crisis intervention
1. support - environmentally and emotionally to reduce stress
and risk
2. Teach - students better ways to cope with stress
5 stages of the Stress Model of Crisis
1. Baseline- precrisis state
2.Triggering event
3. Escalation phase
4. Outburst crisis
5. Recovery (learning)
, 4 Critical questions we ask ourselves when facing a potential
crisis
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?
Examples of Pain Based Behaviors - DARTS (II)
Defiance
Aggression
Running Away
Trauma-reenactment
Self injury
Impulsive Outbursts
Inability to regulate emotions
Goals of emotional first aid
1. Provide immediate help and support to reduce emotional
intensity (co-regulation)
2. Resolve the immediate crisis
3. Keep the student in the activity
Strategies to use in Emotional First Aid (DCMR)
Drain off emotions