TCI Edition 7 EXAM Questions AND Correct Answers
4 Questions - ✔✔- What am i feeling now? How do I want the child to
experience me in this moment?
- What does the child feel, need, expect or want? How is the child experiencing
me?
- How is the environment affecting the situation?
- How do I best respond? How can I use my relationship to comfort the child?
A Crisis Occurs When..... - ✔✔A child's fight, flights or freeze response is
activated and they are unable to regulate their emotions and behaviors.
Adults can be a source of strength for children by (Emotional First Aid): - ✔✔-
Seeing the situation from the child's point of view (empathic response)
- Lending enough support (emotional and environmental) to help bring the
situation within the child's ability to manage
- Celebrating the child's efforts and success
Assessing Behavior - ✔✔- All behavior has meaning
- Behavior reflects emotions and needs
- Trauma affects children's ability to manage feelings and behaviors
Avoid the Weapon by: - ✔✔- Discreetly removing objects
- maneuvering away from weapons
- staying a safe distance away
, Behavior Support Techniques - ✔✔Manage environment, prompting, caring
gesture, hurdle help, redirection and distraction, proximity, directive
statements, time away
Benefits of Active Listening - ✔✔- Helps children express their thoughts and
feelings
- Reduces defensiveness and opposition
- Promotes change
- Communicates we understand and have a desire to help
- Helps children learn to self-soothe as we model ways to respond (co-
regulation)
Helps children "talk it out rather than act it out"
Crisis Co-Regulation WHAT TO DO (NONVERBAL STRATS) - ✔✔- Take a deep
breath and slowly exhale
- give the child space and time
- use silence
- if safe, step away from the child's sight
- assume a neutral stance and concerned facial expression
Crisis Co-Regulation WHAT TO SAY (VERBAL STRATS) - ✔✔- Very Little
- speak calmly, assertively, respectfully
- understanding responses
- remember the importance of tone of voice
4 Questions - ✔✔- What am i feeling now? How do I want the child to
experience me in this moment?
- What does the child feel, need, expect or want? How is the child experiencing
me?
- How is the environment affecting the situation?
- How do I best respond? How can I use my relationship to comfort the child?
A Crisis Occurs When..... - ✔✔A child's fight, flights or freeze response is
activated and they are unable to regulate their emotions and behaviors.
Adults can be a source of strength for children by (Emotional First Aid): - ✔✔-
Seeing the situation from the child's point of view (empathic response)
- Lending enough support (emotional and environmental) to help bring the
situation within the child's ability to manage
- Celebrating the child's efforts and success
Assessing Behavior - ✔✔- All behavior has meaning
- Behavior reflects emotions and needs
- Trauma affects children's ability to manage feelings and behaviors
Avoid the Weapon by: - ✔✔- Discreetly removing objects
- maneuvering away from weapons
- staying a safe distance away
, Behavior Support Techniques - ✔✔Manage environment, prompting, caring
gesture, hurdle help, redirection and distraction, proximity, directive
statements, time away
Benefits of Active Listening - ✔✔- Helps children express their thoughts and
feelings
- Reduces defensiveness and opposition
- Promotes change
- Communicates we understand and have a desire to help
- Helps children learn to self-soothe as we model ways to respond (co-
regulation)
Helps children "talk it out rather than act it out"
Crisis Co-Regulation WHAT TO DO (NONVERBAL STRATS) - ✔✔- Take a deep
breath and slowly exhale
- give the child space and time
- use silence
- if safe, step away from the child's sight
- assume a neutral stance and concerned facial expression
Crisis Co-Regulation WHAT TO SAY (VERBAL STRATS) - ✔✔- Very Little
- speak calmly, assertively, respectfully
- understanding responses
- remember the importance of tone of voice
