Schools Actual Exam /TCIS-Therapeutic
Crisis Intervention For Schools Exam
Preparation/TCIS-Therapeutic Crisis
Intervention For Schools Practice Exam
With Questions And Correct Answers
Self-awareness - answer-The most important tool adults have in therapeutic crisis interventions with
children and young people
5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation - answer--Leadership and administrative
support
-Social work and clinical services participation
-Supervision and post crisis response
-Training and competency standards
-Data-driven incident monitoring and feedback
Setting condition - answer-Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less likely to occur.
5 categories of setting conditions - answer--Organizational culture
-Environment
-Instruction
, -Personal (individual students)
-Relationship-based
Organizational culture - answer-e.g. control oriented, poor communication
Enviroment - answer-e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much visual stimulation
Instruction - answer-e.g. staffing, quality of instruction, activities
Personal - answer-e.g. illness, medication, trauma history, feeling unsafe
Relationship-based - answer-e.g. excessie controls, "us vs them" culture, lack of caring community in
place
Self-Regulation of emotions - answer-The ability to soothe and calm oneself
Baseline - answer-In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for a particular young
person
Stress Model of Crisis - answer-Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
Outbust Phase
Recovery Phase
Pre-crisis (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - answer-Baseline
Triggering Event (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - answer-Agitation
Escalation phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - answer-Aggression
Outburst phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - answer-Violence
Recovery phase (corresponding level of stress or behavior) - answer-Recovery
2 goals of crisis intervention - answer-Support & Teach
Support - answer-environmentally and emotionally to reduce stress and risk
Teach - answer-students better ways to cope with stress