TCI Study Exam Questions with
Complete Solutions7
What is the definition of a trauma informed organization? - ANSWERS-Supports and facilitate
trauma informed care through policies, procedures, and practises.
1) Staff to understand trauma and how it impacts all individuals.
2) staff are able to recognize when behaviour and patterns reflect past or current trauma
experiences.
3) staff know how to avoid re-traumatizion and interact in ways that convey safety, trust,
support, collaboration, and autonomy.
4) staff are sensitive to young peoples' unique perspectives and circumstances.
Developmental relationships are characterized by: - ANSWERS-Attachment, reciprocity,
progressive complexity, balance of power
What are the six domains of an effective TCI implementation? - ANSWERS-1) Child and family
inclusion
2) Clinical participation
3) Supervision and post crisis response
4) Training and competency standards
5) documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback
6) Leadership and program support
What is the goal of TCI? - ANSWERS-To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-
confrontational, trauma-sensitive environments that are supported at all levels of the
organization
, What are the spaces within the therapeutic milieu? - ANSWERS-S.P.I.C.E. (social, physical,
ideological, cultural, emotional)
What is a setting condition? - ANSWERS-Anything that makes challenging behaviour or
traumatic stress responses more or less likely to occur.
What are the foundations for an intentional use of self? - ANSWERS-Self-awareness, self
regulation, relationship skills, and attunement, and self-care
What are the implementations of this TCI system (6 domains)? - ANSWERS-1) child and family
inclusion
2) clinical participation
3) supervision and post crisis response
4) training and competency standards
5) documentation, incident, monitoring, and feedback
6) leadership and program support
What is the definition of a pain based behavior? - ANSWERS-Behaviours that are the result of
emotional and psychological pain.
What are some examples of pain based behaviors? - ANSWERS-Inability to regulate emotions,
overaction to situations, impulsive outburst, trauma, reenactment, defiance, and flexibility,
running away through anger, or fear, self injury, withdrawal, passive, over compliant.
What are the parts of the triune brain? - ANSWERS-The thinking brain (neocortex), emotional
brain (limbic system and amygdala/sentry, and survival brain (brain stem).
What are the goals of a crisis intervention? - ANSWERS-Support & Teach
Complete Solutions7
What is the definition of a trauma informed organization? - ANSWERS-Supports and facilitate
trauma informed care through policies, procedures, and practises.
1) Staff to understand trauma and how it impacts all individuals.
2) staff are able to recognize when behaviour and patterns reflect past or current trauma
experiences.
3) staff know how to avoid re-traumatizion and interact in ways that convey safety, trust,
support, collaboration, and autonomy.
4) staff are sensitive to young peoples' unique perspectives and circumstances.
Developmental relationships are characterized by: - ANSWERS-Attachment, reciprocity,
progressive complexity, balance of power
What are the six domains of an effective TCI implementation? - ANSWERS-1) Child and family
inclusion
2) Clinical participation
3) Supervision and post crisis response
4) Training and competency standards
5) documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback
6) Leadership and program support
What is the goal of TCI? - ANSWERS-To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-
confrontational, trauma-sensitive environments that are supported at all levels of the
organization
, What are the spaces within the therapeutic milieu? - ANSWERS-S.P.I.C.E. (social, physical,
ideological, cultural, emotional)
What is a setting condition? - ANSWERS-Anything that makes challenging behaviour or
traumatic stress responses more or less likely to occur.
What are the foundations for an intentional use of self? - ANSWERS-Self-awareness, self
regulation, relationship skills, and attunement, and self-care
What are the implementations of this TCI system (6 domains)? - ANSWERS-1) child and family
inclusion
2) clinical participation
3) supervision and post crisis response
4) training and competency standards
5) documentation, incident, monitoring, and feedback
6) leadership and program support
What is the definition of a pain based behavior? - ANSWERS-Behaviours that are the result of
emotional and psychological pain.
What are some examples of pain based behaviors? - ANSWERS-Inability to regulate emotions,
overaction to situations, impulsive outburst, trauma, reenactment, defiance, and flexibility,
running away through anger, or fear, self injury, withdrawal, passive, over compliant.
What are the parts of the triune brain? - ANSWERS-The thinking brain (neocortex), emotional
brain (limbic system and amygdala/sentry, and survival brain (brain stem).
What are the goals of a crisis intervention? - ANSWERS-Support & Teach
