Crisis Prevention Intervention CPI
Anxiety - Answer-a noticeable increase or change in behavior
Challenge Position - Answer-a body position in which one individual is face-to-face, toe to toe, and eye
to eye in relation to another individual
Classroom Model - Answer-demonstrating physical interventions in order to show the application of
basic principals
Coping Model - Answer-a model that staff members can use to guide them through the process of
establishing Therapeutic Rapport with an individual after a crisis individual
Decision-Making Matrix - Answer-a tool that can help staff reach objective critical decisions about risks
Defensive Level - Answer-the beginning stage of loss of rationality. At this stage, an individual often
becomes belligerent and challenges authority. It is the second level in the Crisis Development Model
Directive Staff Attitude/Approach - Answer-an approach in which a staff member takes control of a
potentially escalating situation. It is the recommended staff attitude/approach to an individual at the
Defensive level.
, Disengagement - Answer-the use of a physical intervention to gain a release from any holding situation
while minimizing risk of pain or injury in situations in which the behavior has been assessed as a lower,
medium, or higher risk to self or others.
Empathic Listening - Answer-an active process to discern what a person is saying
Grab/hold - Answer-a situation in which another person maintains physical contact without consent and
there is the intentional or unintentional risk of harm to a part of one's body
Haptics - Answer-communication through touch; a form of nonverbal communication
Higher-Level Holding - Answer-physical intervention necessary to restrict a person's range of movement
in relation to high-risk behavior as determined by a behavioral risk assessment.
Integrated Experience - Answer-the concept that behaviors and attitudes of staff impact behaviors and
attitudes of those in their care and vice versa
kinesics - Answer-the nonverbal behavior that communicates messages to others via body position,
posture, and movement
likelihood - Answer-the chance that an event or behavior may occur
Limit Setting - Answer-a verbal intervention skill in which a person is offered choices and consequences.
Limits should be - Answer-clear, simple, reasonable, and enforceable
Anxiety - Answer-a noticeable increase or change in behavior
Challenge Position - Answer-a body position in which one individual is face-to-face, toe to toe, and eye
to eye in relation to another individual
Classroom Model - Answer-demonstrating physical interventions in order to show the application of
basic principals
Coping Model - Answer-a model that staff members can use to guide them through the process of
establishing Therapeutic Rapport with an individual after a crisis individual
Decision-Making Matrix - Answer-a tool that can help staff reach objective critical decisions about risks
Defensive Level - Answer-the beginning stage of loss of rationality. At this stage, an individual often
becomes belligerent and challenges authority. It is the second level in the Crisis Development Model
Directive Staff Attitude/Approach - Answer-an approach in which a staff member takes control of a
potentially escalating situation. It is the recommended staff attitude/approach to an individual at the
Defensive level.
, Disengagement - Answer-the use of a physical intervention to gain a release from any holding situation
while minimizing risk of pain or injury in situations in which the behavior has been assessed as a lower,
medium, or higher risk to self or others.
Empathic Listening - Answer-an active process to discern what a person is saying
Grab/hold - Answer-a situation in which another person maintains physical contact without consent and
there is the intentional or unintentional risk of harm to a part of one's body
Haptics - Answer-communication through touch; a form of nonverbal communication
Higher-Level Holding - Answer-physical intervention necessary to restrict a person's range of movement
in relation to high-risk behavior as determined by a behavioral risk assessment.
Integrated Experience - Answer-the concept that behaviors and attitudes of staff impact behaviors and
attitudes of those in their care and vice versa
kinesics - Answer-the nonverbal behavior that communicates messages to others via body position,
posture, and movement
likelihood - Answer-the chance that an event or behavior may occur
Limit Setting - Answer-a verbal intervention skill in which a person is offered choices and consequences.
Limits should be - Answer-clear, simple, reasonable, and enforceable
