THERAPEUTIC CRISIS INTERVENTION (TCI)
WRITTEN TEST PREP BANK — UPDATED 2026
Q&A
◉Trauma Informed Organization supports and facilitates trauma
informed care using the. Answer: 3 P's- policies, procedures,
practices
◉Leadership and program support. Answer: policies, procedures,
and guidelines that are clearly written and communicated, assist
staff in knowing what to do when confronted with potential crises.
All staff are trauma-informed and know how to prevent, de-escalate,
and contain a child's aggressive and pain-based behavior.
◉Child and family inclusion. Answer: Child and family inclusion
means that both the child and the family are active and meaningful
participants in making decisions regarding the child's care and
treatment.
◉Social Space. Answer: The interactions and relationships among
and between children and adults in the milieu, align with daily
activities, strongly influence children's development and sense of
safety, self-worth, and self-efficacy
, ◉Self-awareness. Answer: an understanding of how one's values,
beliefs, perceptions, and thoughts influence one's interactions with
children
◉Skills to regulate. Answer: ability to consciously focus attention,
awareness of one's own physical and emotional state, the ability to
manage one's own emotions and behaviors, and the ability to draw
on memory and experience to adapt effectively in the present
situation
◉Child's Behavior. Answer: feelings, needs, thoughts, memories
◉Rational Perception. Answer: potential danger emotional brain
thinking brain no danger or panic
◉Trauma Driven Perception. Answer: potential danger emotional
brain survival brain panic
◉Crisis occurs. Answer: when a child's flight, fight, or freeze
response is activated and they are unable to regulate their emotions
and behaviors
WRITTEN TEST PREP BANK — UPDATED 2026
Q&A
◉Trauma Informed Organization supports and facilitates trauma
informed care using the. Answer: 3 P's- policies, procedures,
practices
◉Leadership and program support. Answer: policies, procedures,
and guidelines that are clearly written and communicated, assist
staff in knowing what to do when confronted with potential crises.
All staff are trauma-informed and know how to prevent, de-escalate,
and contain a child's aggressive and pain-based behavior.
◉Child and family inclusion. Answer: Child and family inclusion
means that both the child and the family are active and meaningful
participants in making decisions regarding the child's care and
treatment.
◉Social Space. Answer: The interactions and relationships among
and between children and adults in the milieu, align with daily
activities, strongly influence children's development and sense of
safety, self-worth, and self-efficacy
, ◉Self-awareness. Answer: an understanding of how one's values,
beliefs, perceptions, and thoughts influence one's interactions with
children
◉Skills to regulate. Answer: ability to consciously focus attention,
awareness of one's own physical and emotional state, the ability to
manage one's own emotions and behaviors, and the ability to draw
on memory and experience to adapt effectively in the present
situation
◉Child's Behavior. Answer: feelings, needs, thoughts, memories
◉Rational Perception. Answer: potential danger emotional brain
thinking brain no danger or panic
◉Trauma Driven Perception. Answer: potential danger emotional
brain survival brain panic
◉Crisis occurs. Answer: when a child's flight, fight, or freeze
response is activated and they are unable to regulate their emotions
and behaviors
