TCI Flashcards
Effective TCI Implementation
5 domains
- Leadership and program support
- Clinical participation
- Supervision and post crisis response
- Training and competency standards
- Documentation and incident monitoring and feedback
Setting conditions
Anything that makes challenging behavior more or less likely to occur
Baseline behavior
Pre-crisis state
Normal state of functioning
Emotional competence
Being aware of personal goals, values, beliefs.
Understanding cultural and ethnic differences and each other’s worldview
Demonstrating self-regulation skills
Knowing personal triggers
When does a crisis occur?
When a young person’s inability to cope results in a change in behavior
What are the goals of crisis intervention?
To SUPPORT and TEACH.
To support environmentally and emotionally to reduce stress and risk.
To teach children better ways to cope with stress.
Recovery Phase
Higher (Educatuer)
No Change (Fire Fighter)
Lower (Abuser)
What are the four questions that we ask ourselves in a crisis situation?
What am I feeling right now?
What does this young person feel, need, or want?
How is the environment affecting the young person?
How do I best respond?
Assessing Behavior
All behavior has meaning
Behavior reflects needs
trauma affects how children behave
What does Pain-Based Behavior include?
Impulsive outbursts
Aggression
Running Away
Self-Injury
Defiance
Inability to regulate emotions
Trauma re-enactment
How to identify a young person’s needs
What is this individual child’s baseline behavior?
Is this normal for a young person of this age?
Does this behavior reflect the child or family’ worldview?
Is this a pain-based behavior related to past trauma?
What feeling is the child expressing?
Managing the Environment
Examine the physical setting for:
possible weapons
Stimulating lights or noise levels
Crowding
Chaotic, messy, disorganized messages
Managing the Environment
Are the Activities and Routines:
Causing frustration, boredom, anger?
Can children fully participate?
is there enough space and equipment?
Building on strengths or pointing out weaknesses?
Allowing individuals to agitate each other?
Managing the Environment
Agency policies and procedures should be:
Clearly written
Communicated
Understood
Applied
What are non-verbal techniques used in active listening?
Silence
Nods
Facial Expression
Eye Contact
Emotional Communication
Say what you expect.
What are encouraging and eliciting techniques?
Tone of Voice
Minimal Encouragements: “go on,” “uh-huh,” “I see”
Door Openers: “I’d like to hear more” “Tell me about that”
Closed questions
Open questions
Reflective Responses
“You feel comfortable when your friends talk about school.”