TCIS CERTIFICATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
In therapeutic crisis interventions with children and young people, what is the most important
tool adults have - ANS Ourselves
What are the 5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation? - ANS Leadership
and Administrative support, social work and clinical services participation, supervision and post
crisis response, training and competency standards, data and driven incident monitoring and
feedback.
A setting condition is defined as - ANS anything that makes challenging behavior more or less
likely to occur.
List 5 categories of setting conditions - ANS Organizational Culture ( positive)
Environment (calming place)
Instruction, activities and routines
Personal/Individual student (treat each students as individual)
Relationships and caring community development.
Describe Self-Regulation of emotions: - ANS To be aware of your own emotions and abilities
to manage them ourselves.
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, In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for a particular young person is
coined as - ANS Baseline (behavior, a student's inability to cope)
In the Stress Model of Crisis, list each phase and the corresponding level of stress or behavior
that can be observed. - ANS - Precrisis
- Triggering event
- Escalation phase-
- Outburst crisis
- recovery
(agitation, aggression, violence) increasing
What are the 3 possible outcomes during the Recovery phase of the Stress Model of Crisis? -
ANS Higher (Educator/Educateur) Student learn from experience.
No change (Fire fighter)
Lower (Student walk away and no lesson learned)
Whatever are the two goals of crisis intervention: - ANS Support - reduce stress and risk
Teach - teach student to cope
Self-awareness is a key element in a crisis situation. In order, list the 4 key questions that we
should ask ourselves when confronted with a behavioral crisis situation? - ANS What am I
feeling now?
What does the student feel, need or want?
How is the environment affecting the student?
How do I best respond?
In dealing with a potential crisis situation asking the following question
_________________________ can lead to to a discovery of what the child's goals are or what
purpose the aggression or challenging behavior serves for the young person. - ANS What the
student need, feel or want.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
In therapeutic crisis interventions with children and young people, what is the most important
tool adults have - ANS Ourselves
What are the 5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation? - ANS Leadership
and Administrative support, social work and clinical services participation, supervision and post
crisis response, training and competency standards, data and driven incident monitoring and
feedback.
A setting condition is defined as - ANS anything that makes challenging behavior more or less
likely to occur.
List 5 categories of setting conditions - ANS Organizational Culture ( positive)
Environment (calming place)
Instruction, activities and routines
Personal/Individual student (treat each students as individual)
Relationships and caring community development.
Describe Self-Regulation of emotions: - ANS To be aware of your own emotions and abilities
to manage them ourselves.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for a particular young person is
coined as - ANS Baseline (behavior, a student's inability to cope)
In the Stress Model of Crisis, list each phase and the corresponding level of stress or behavior
that can be observed. - ANS - Precrisis
- Triggering event
- Escalation phase-
- Outburst crisis
- recovery
(agitation, aggression, violence) increasing
What are the 3 possible outcomes during the Recovery phase of the Stress Model of Crisis? -
ANS Higher (Educator/Educateur) Student learn from experience.
No change (Fire fighter)
Lower (Student walk away and no lesson learned)
Whatever are the two goals of crisis intervention: - ANS Support - reduce stress and risk
Teach - teach student to cope
Self-awareness is a key element in a crisis situation. In order, list the 4 key questions that we
should ask ourselves when confronted with a behavioral crisis situation? - ANS What am I
feeling now?
What does the student feel, need or want?
How is the environment affecting the student?
How do I best respond?
In dealing with a potential crisis situation asking the following question
_________________________ can lead to to a discovery of what the child's goals are or what
purpose the aggression or challenging behavior serves for the young person. - ANS What the
student need, feel or want.
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
