TCI - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Test

TCI - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Test Review

TCI - Correct Answers ✅purpose:

• trauma informed care/de-escalate
• having physical presence
• this technique works for ages 5 and up (no one younger

than 5)

• all feelings are valid, how you respond is what is important

developmental relationships are characterized by: - Correct

Answers ✅- attachment

- reciprocity (ex: throwing a ball back and forth)

- progressive complexity (ex: the medal system)

• balance of power

a trauma informed organization: - Correct Answers ✅-

supports and facilitates trauma-informed care through:

• policies
• procedures
• practice

a trauma informed organization ensures that staff: - Correct

Answers ✅- understand - understand what trauma is/how it impacts everyone within the system 1 / 3

TCI - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Test Review

• recognize - recognize behaviors and patterns that reflect

trauma (past or present)

• respond - respond in ways that avoid bringing up trauma

the TCI system assists organizations to: - Correct Answers

✅- prevent crisis from occurring

• de-escalate potential crises
• manage - acute physical behavior
• reduce - potential and actual injury to young people and

staff

• teach - young people adaptive coping skills
• develop - a learning organization

competencies - Correct Answers ✅1.) be able to prevent and/or de-escalate a potential crisis situation with a child/young person 2.) be able to safely and therapeutically manage a crisis situation 3.) be able to process with children - help improve their capacity to regulate their emotions and use positive coping strategies therapeutic milieu - Correct Answers ✅("the living") the combination of people, emotions, attitudes, and objects that create a sense of safety, respect, belonging, care and accountability 2 / 3

TCI - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Test Review spaces within therapeutic milieu - Correct Answers ✅(these are the things that we can control - the spaces)

• ideological - connection/programming
• physical - safe/clean environment
• cultural - diversity - accept/celebrate cultural differences
• social - attachments/relationships, develop skills
• emotional - safety/acceptance, effects of trauma

setting conditions - Correct Answers ✅anything that makes challenging behavior/traumatic stress responses more or less likely to occur foundations for intentional use of self - Correct Answers ✅- self awareness - knowing own attitudes, beliefs, values (ready/willing/able - 'neutrality)

• self regulation - focus attention, awareness of

physical/emotional state (regulate behaviors)

• relationship skills/attunement - listen/engage, "tune-in"

respond to child, be aware of own feelings (be present and aware)

• self care - monitor personal, levels of stress, healthy

lifestyle/reflexive supervision the triune brain - Correct Answers ✅- practiced process

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