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Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions with
Answers latest
Self-awareness Ans: The most important tool adults have
in therapeutic crisis interventions with children and
young people
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-driven incident monitoring and feedback
Setting condition Ans: Anything that makes challenging
behavior more or less likely to occur.
5 categories of setting conditions Ans: -Organizational
culture
-Environment
-Instruction
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-Personal (individual students)
-Relationship-based
Organizational culture Ans: e.g. control oriented, poor
communication
Enviroment Ans: e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much
visual stimulation
Instruction Ans: e.g. staffing, quality of instruction,
activities
Personal Ans: e.g. illness, medication, trauma history,
feeling unsafe
Relationship-based Ans: e.g. excessie controls, "us vs
them" culture, lack of caring community in place
Self-Regulation of emotions Ans: The ability to soothe
and calm oneself
Baseline Ans: In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors
recognized as "typical" for a particular young person
Stress Model of Crisis Ans: Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
Outbust Phase
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Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions with
Answers latest
Self-awareness Ans: The most important tool adults have
in therapeutic crisis interventions with children and
young people
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-driven incident monitoring and feedback
Setting condition Ans: Anything that makes challenging
behavior more or less likely to occur.
5 categories of setting conditions Ans: -Organizational
culture
-Environment
-Instruction
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-Personal (individual students)
-Relationship-based
Organizational culture Ans: e.g. control oriented, poor
communication
Enviroment Ans: e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much
visual stimulation
Instruction Ans: e.g. staffing, quality of instruction,
activities
Personal Ans: e.g. illness, medication, trauma history,
feeling unsafe
Relationship-based Ans: e.g. excessie controls, "us vs
them" culture, lack of caring community in place
Self-Regulation of emotions Ans: The ability to soothe
and calm oneself
Baseline Ans: In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors
recognized as "typical" for a particular young person
Stress Model of Crisis Ans: Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
Outbust Phase
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