TCI

Question 1

What three things make up a trauma informed organization?

Answer 1

policies, procedures, practices

Question 2

Trauma informed organizations ensure that staff…

Answer 2

Understand what trauma is and how it impacts everyone, Recognize behaviors that reflect trauma, Respond in ways to avoid re-traumatization

Question 3

What is a therapeutic milieu made up of?

Answer 3

People, Emotions, Attitudes, and Objects

Question 4

What does a milieu create?

Answer 4

creates a sense of Care, Respect, Accountability, Belonging, and Safety

Question 5

What are the five spaces in a milieu?

Answer 5

Social, Physical, Ideological, Culture, Emotional

Question 6

What are setting conditions?

Answer 6

Any thing that makes challenging behavior or traumatic responses more or less likely to occur

Question 7

What does the cultural space do?

Answer 7

develop culturally competent staff, accepts and celebrate cultural differences, supports family connection and involvement, Allows for culturally diverse staff-child interactions

Question 8

Is it more important to feel safe or be safe?

Answer 8

feel safe

Question 9

What are the four foundations for intentional use of self?

Answer 9

Self-awareness, Self-regulation, Relationship skills and attunement, Self-care

Question 10

What are the three parts of the triune brain?

Answer 10

Survival, Emotional, Thinking

Question 11

Pain based behaviors

Answer 11

Defiance, Withdrawal, Self-injury, Overreaction, Impulsive outbursts

Question 12

What are the two goals of crisis intervention?

Answer 12

Support: immediate emotional and environmental support to reduce stress and risk and increase child’s sense of safety. Teach: help children learn and practice ways to regulate thei emotions and behaviors

Question 13

Five parts of a crisis

Answer 13

Baseline, Triggering event, Escalation, Outburst, Recovery

Question 14

Three recovery phase outcomes

Answer 14

Higher, No change, Lower

Question 15

What are the four questions we ask ourselves in a crisis?

Answer 15

What am i feeling now? What does the child feel, need, expect, or want? How is the environment affecting the situation? How do I best respond?

Question 16

What are the four encouraging tecniques?

Answer 16

Minimal encouragements, Door openers, Closed questions, Open questions

Question 17

Example of minimal encouragement

Answer 17

Uh Huh, Go On, I See

Question 18

Example of door openers

Answer 18

i’d like to hear more

Question 19

Example of closed questions

Answer 19

do you like your teacher?

Question 20

Example of open question

Answer 20

what happened next?

Question 21

What are the four nonverbal tecniques?

Answer 21

Silence, Tone of voice, Eye contact, Facial expression

Question 22

Behavior support techniques

Answer 22

Proximity, Time away, Managing the environment, Caring gesture, Directive statements

Question 23

Three goals of emotional first aid

Answer 23

Provide immediate support, Identify and resolve underlying concerns, Keep the child in the activity

Question 24

Three strategies for emotional first aid

Answer 24

Co-regulated emotions, maintain the relationships and lines of communication, plan and anticipate

Question 25

Four ways to avoid or end the power struggle

Answer 25

Listen and validate feelings, Managing the environment, Give choices, Drop or change the expectation

Question 26

What are the nonverbal messagings?

Answer 26

Eye contact, Body language, Personal space, Height and gender, Sensitivity to cultural issues

Question 27

Four elements of a potentially violent situation

Answer 27

Spark, Target, Weapon, Level of stress or motivation

Question 28

How to help myself

Answer 28

What to think, What to do nonverbal, What to say, What to do when it’s over

Question 29

What are the goals of the LSI

Answer 29

Provide a sense of emotional safety, Help clarify events, Repair and restore the relationship, Help the child learn to regulate emotions, Re-enter the child back into routine

Question 30

Steps to the LSI

Answer 30

Identify a place and time to talk, Explore child’s pov, Summarize feelings and content, Connect trigger to feelings and behavior, Alternative responses, Plan developed/practiced, Enter child back into the routine

Question 31

Options to handling physical violence

Answer 31

Eliminate one of the elements of a violent situation, use Releases and maintain a safe distance, employ physical Restraint techniques, Leave the situation and get assistance

Question 32

Physical restraint should only be used when

Answer 32

Agency policies and state regulations allow it, the crisis support plan prescribes it, our professional dynamic risk assessment indicates it

Question 33

Physical restraint is never used to

Answer 33

Demonstrate authority, Enforce compliance, Inflict pain or harm, Punish or discipline

Question 34

The letting go process

Answer 34

States what is Expected, is directed by the Leader, is Supportive, Sets the ton for the recovery phase