TCIS TRAINING EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What is a trauma informed school? - ANS A trauma-informed school recognizes student
trauma and responds in ways that create safety and support through its procedures, policies
and practices.
What are the 6 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation? - ANS 1. Student
and family inclusion
2. Clinical and Social work particiation
3. Leadership and administrative supports
4. Documentation, Incident monitoring, Data driven, Decision making, feedback
5. Training and competency standards
6. Coaching and post crisis support
(the flower)
The processes and pathways that lead to organizational changes and improved student
outcomes is know as
(the flow chart with arrows) - ANS theory of change
A setting condition is defined as - ANS Anything that makes challenging behavior or traumatic
stress more or less likely to occur.
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, What in the environment can make things worse? How can i change it to make it better?
Attachment, reciprocity, progressive complexity and balance of power are characteristics of:
developmental relationship - ANS developmental relationships
Name 5 spaces that make up a trauma - sensitive classroom or sschool - ANS 1. ideological -
expectation for how staff handle crisis
2. physical - disorganized space
3. cultural -
4. social - relationships and interactions and how various environmental factors can influence.
5. emotional thinking
The 3 basic processing regions of the Tribune Brain model are - ANS 1. The thinking brain
2. The emotional brain
3. The survival brain
Label the top and bottom of the iceberg, representing what we see and do not see in students -
ANS top - student behavior
bottom - thoughts, feelings, memories
Pain based behaviors include - ANS inability to regulate emotions, overreaction, impulsive,
outbursts, trauma re-enactment, defiance, inflexibility, running away through anger or fear, self-
injury, withdrawl
Stress model of crisis - ANS Baseline, triggering event, escalation, outburst, recovery
What are the 3 possible outcomes during the recovery phase of the stress model of crisis -
ANS higher (needs coaching to get to baseline quicker), no change (no convo, no reflection),
lower (worse)
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ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2025/2026
What is a trauma informed school? - ANS A trauma-informed school recognizes student
trauma and responds in ways that create safety and support through its procedures, policies
and practices.
What are the 6 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation? - ANS 1. Student
and family inclusion
2. Clinical and Social work particiation
3. Leadership and administrative supports
4. Documentation, Incident monitoring, Data driven, Decision making, feedback
5. Training and competency standards
6. Coaching and post crisis support
(the flower)
The processes and pathways that lead to organizational changes and improved student
outcomes is know as
(the flow chart with arrows) - ANS theory of change
A setting condition is defined as - ANS Anything that makes challenging behavior or traumatic
stress more or less likely to occur.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What in the environment can make things worse? How can i change it to make it better?
Attachment, reciprocity, progressive complexity and balance of power are characteristics of:
developmental relationship - ANS developmental relationships
Name 5 spaces that make up a trauma - sensitive classroom or sschool - ANS 1. ideological -
expectation for how staff handle crisis
2. physical - disorganized space
3. cultural -
4. social - relationships and interactions and how various environmental factors can influence.
5. emotional thinking
The 3 basic processing regions of the Tribune Brain model are - ANS 1. The thinking brain
2. The emotional brain
3. The survival brain
Label the top and bottom of the iceberg, representing what we see and do not see in students -
ANS top - student behavior
bottom - thoughts, feelings, memories
Pain based behaviors include - ANS inability to regulate emotions, overreaction, impulsive,
outbursts, trauma re-enactment, defiance, inflexibility, running away through anger or fear, self-
injury, withdrawl
Stress model of crisis - ANS Baseline, triggering event, escalation, outburst, recovery
What are the 3 possible outcomes during the recovery phase of the stress model of crisis -
ANS higher (needs coaching to get to baseline quicker), no change (no convo, no reflection),
lower (worse)
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