TCI TRAINING LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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The TCI system helps organizations... - (answer) 1. prevent crises
2. de-escalate potential crises
3. manage acute physical behavior
4. reduce potential and actual injury to children and staff
5. teach children adaptive coping skills
6. develop a learning organization
The goal of TCI is... - (answer) To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-confrontational,
trauma sensitive environments that are supported at all levels of the organization
Child Outcomes associated with TCI - (answer) 1. trust and use adults to help regulate emotions
2. demonstrated increased emotion regulation skills
3. use adaptive behaviors in response to stressful events
4. develop ability to learn through reflecting on experience
6 Domains of the TCI System - (answer) 1. leadership and program support (leadership knows and
implements TCI principles)
2. child and family inclusion (active participants in choice and voice)
3. clinical participation (ICSPs)
4. supervision and post-crisis response (support staff)
5. training and competency standards (refreshers and training)
6. documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback (review of incidents)
Therapeutic milieu - (answer) a safe, nurturing environment in which children can heal and continually
learn and practice important life skills
Spaces in the Therapeutic Milieu - (answer) 1. Ideological (culture and climate of the organization)
2. Physical (physical environment)
3. Cultural (human diversity)
, TCI TRAINING LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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4. Social (relationships, activities, routines)
5. Emotional (pain-based behavior and emotional competence)
Cultural Space in the Milieu - (answer) 1. develops culturally competent staff
2. accepts and celebrates cultural differences
3. supports family connections and involvement
4. allows for culturally diverse staff-child interactions
Setting Condition - (answer) anything that makes a challenging behavior and traumatic stress response
more or less likely to occur
A trauma-informed organization supports and facilitates trauma-informed care through... - (answer)
Policies, procedures, and practices that understands what trauma is and how it impacts everyone within
the system, recognizes behaviors and patterns that represent past or present trauma, and responds in
ways that avoid re-traumatization
Characteristics of a developmental relationship - (answer) 1. attachment
2. reciprocity
3. progressive complexity (challenging them just enough to set them up for success and help them
progress)
4. balance of power
Foundations for intentional use of self - (answer) 1. self-awareness (know your own values, beliefs,
culture, view of trauma)
2. self-regulation (focus attention, awareness of physical and emotional state, ability to manage own
behavior, draw on memory and experience to adapt)
3. relationship skills and attunement (listen and respond to the child)
4. self-care (monitor levels of stress and health, reflective supervision)
The triune brain - (answer) 1. the thinking brain (neocortex, responsible for higher functions such as
reasoning, language, creativity, and abstract thought)
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The TCI system helps organizations... - (answer) 1. prevent crises
2. de-escalate potential crises
3. manage acute physical behavior
4. reduce potential and actual injury to children and staff
5. teach children adaptive coping skills
6. develop a learning organization
The goal of TCI is... - (answer) To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-confrontational,
trauma sensitive environments that are supported at all levels of the organization
Child Outcomes associated with TCI - (answer) 1. trust and use adults to help regulate emotions
2. demonstrated increased emotion regulation skills
3. use adaptive behaviors in response to stressful events
4. develop ability to learn through reflecting on experience
6 Domains of the TCI System - (answer) 1. leadership and program support (leadership knows and
implements TCI principles)
2. child and family inclusion (active participants in choice and voice)
3. clinical participation (ICSPs)
4. supervision and post-crisis response (support staff)
5. training and competency standards (refreshers and training)
6. documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback (review of incidents)
Therapeutic milieu - (answer) a safe, nurturing environment in which children can heal and continually
learn and practice important life skills
Spaces in the Therapeutic Milieu - (answer) 1. Ideological (culture and climate of the organization)
2. Physical (physical environment)
3. Cultural (human diversity)
, TCI TRAINING LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
4. Social (relationships, activities, routines)
5. Emotional (pain-based behavior and emotional competence)
Cultural Space in the Milieu - (answer) 1. develops culturally competent staff
2. accepts and celebrates cultural differences
3. supports family connections and involvement
4. allows for culturally diverse staff-child interactions
Setting Condition - (answer) anything that makes a challenging behavior and traumatic stress response
more or less likely to occur
A trauma-informed organization supports and facilitates trauma-informed care through... - (answer)
Policies, procedures, and practices that understands what trauma is and how it impacts everyone within
the system, recognizes behaviors and patterns that represent past or present trauma, and responds in
ways that avoid re-traumatization
Characteristics of a developmental relationship - (answer) 1. attachment
2. reciprocity
3. progressive complexity (challenging them just enough to set them up for success and help them
progress)
4. balance of power
Foundations for intentional use of self - (answer) 1. self-awareness (know your own values, beliefs,
culture, view of trauma)
2. self-regulation (focus attention, awareness of physical and emotional state, ability to manage own
behavior, draw on memory and experience to adapt)
3. relationship skills and attunement (listen and respond to the child)
4. self-care (monitor levels of stress and health, reflective supervision)
The triune brain - (answer) 1. the thinking brain (neocortex, responsible for higher functions such as
reasoning, language, creativity, and abstract thought)
