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CRISIS PREVENTION INTERVENTION CPI
EXAM 100 QUESTIOND AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST 2025-2026
VERSION |ALREADY A GRADED |NEW AND
REVISED
Anxiety - ANSWER- a noticeable increase or change in behavior
Challenge Position - ANSWER- a body position in which one individual
is face-to-face, toe to toe, and eye to eye in relation to another individual
Classroom Model - ANSWER- demonstrating physical interventions in
order to show the application of basic principals
Coping Model - ANSWER- a model that staff members can use to guide
them through the process of establishing Therapeutic Rapport with an
individual after a crisis individual
Decision-Making Matrix - ANSWER- a tool that can help staff reach
objective critical decisions about risks
Defensive Level - ANSWER- the beginning stage of loss of rationality.
At this stage, an individual often becomes belligerent and challenges
authority. It is the second level in the Crisis Development Model
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Directive Staff Attitude/Approach - ANSWER- an approach in which a
staff member takes control of a potentially escalating situation. It is the
recommended staff attitude/approach to an individual at the Defensive
level.
Disengagement - ANSWER- the use of a physical intervention to gain a
release from any holding situation while minimizing risk of pain or
injury in situations in which the behavior has been assessed as a lower,
medium, or higher risk to self or others.
Empathic Listening - ANSWER- an active process to discern what a
person is saying
Grab/hold - ANSWER- a situation in which another person maintains
physical contact without consent and there is the intentional or
unintentional risk of harm to a part of one's body
Haptics - ANSWER- communication through touch; a form of nonverbal
communication
Higher-Level Holding - ANSWER- physical intervention necessary to
restrict a person's range of movement in relation to high-risk behavior as
determined by a behavioral risk assessment.
Integrated Experience - ANSWER- the concept that behaviors and
attitudes of staff impact behaviors and attitudes of those in their care and
vice versa
CRISIS PREVENTION INTERVENTION CPI
EXAM 100 QUESTIOND AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS LATEST 2025-2026
VERSION |ALREADY A GRADED |NEW AND
REVISED
Anxiety - ANSWER- a noticeable increase or change in behavior
Challenge Position - ANSWER- a body position in which one individual
is face-to-face, toe to toe, and eye to eye in relation to another individual
Classroom Model - ANSWER- demonstrating physical interventions in
order to show the application of basic principals
Coping Model - ANSWER- a model that staff members can use to guide
them through the process of establishing Therapeutic Rapport with an
individual after a crisis individual
Decision-Making Matrix - ANSWER- a tool that can help staff reach
objective critical decisions about risks
Defensive Level - ANSWER- the beginning stage of loss of rationality.
At this stage, an individual often becomes belligerent and challenges
authority. It is the second level in the Crisis Development Model
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Directive Staff Attitude/Approach - ANSWER- an approach in which a
staff member takes control of a potentially escalating situation. It is the
recommended staff attitude/approach to an individual at the Defensive
level.
Disengagement - ANSWER- the use of a physical intervention to gain a
release from any holding situation while minimizing risk of pain or
injury in situations in which the behavior has been assessed as a lower,
medium, or higher risk to self or others.
Empathic Listening - ANSWER- an active process to discern what a
person is saying
Grab/hold - ANSWER- a situation in which another person maintains
physical contact without consent and there is the intentional or
unintentional risk of harm to a part of one's body
Haptics - ANSWER- communication through touch; a form of nonverbal
communication
Higher-Level Holding - ANSWER- physical intervention necessary to
restrict a person's range of movement in relation to high-risk behavior as
determined by a behavioral risk assessment.
Integrated Experience - ANSWER- the concept that behaviors and
attitudes of staff impact behaviors and attitudes of those in their care and
vice versa
