Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Cornell Edition 7 | TCI Study Guide | 2026

Therapeutic,./Crisis,./Intervention,,./Cornell,./ed.,./7


A,./Trauma,./informed,./organization...,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
supports,./and,./facilitiates,./through,./policies,,./procedures,,./and,./practices



A,./Trauma,./informed,./organization,./ensures,./that,./staff,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔
✔
Understand,./what,./trauma,./is,./and,./how,./it,./impacts,./everyone,./within,./the,./s
ystem,,./recognize,./behaviors,./and,./patterns,./that,./reflect,./past,./or,./present,./tra
uma,,./and,./respond,./in,./ways,./that,./avoid,./re-traumatization.


Developmental,./relationships,./are,./characterized,./by,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔
✔ Attachment,,./reciprocity,,./progressive,./complexity,,./balance,./of,./power


_________,./increase,./or,./decrease,./the,./likelihood,./of,./challenging,./behavior,
./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔ setting,./conditions

, Spaces,./within,./the,./therapeutic,./milieu,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
S.P.I.C.E.,./(social,,./physical,,./ideological,,./cultural,,./emotional)


4,./foundations,./for,./the,./Intentional,./Use,./of,./Self,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Self,./awareness,,./Self,./regulation,,./Relationship,./skills,./+,./attunement,,./Sel
f-care



Triune,./Brain,./Model,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Thinking,./(front:,./higher,./functions,,./reasoning,,./language,,./abstract,./thou
ght)
Emotional,./(inside:,./amygdala,,./emotional,./behavior,,./threats)
Survival,./(top:,./heart,./rate,,./actions,./that,./don't,./require,./thought)


Pain,./Based,./Behaviors,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Self,./harm,,./impulsive,./outburst,,./not,./regulating,./emotions



1st,./Goal,./of,./Crisis,./Intervention,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Support:,./emotional,./+environmental,./support,./to,./reduce,./stress,./and,./risk,./
and,./increase,./sense,./of,./safety


2nd,./goal,./of,./crisis,./intervention,./-,./correct,./answer,./✔ ✔
Teach:,./learn,./and,./practice,./regulating,./emotions,./and,./behaviors