Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Self-awareness -
correct answer ✅The most important tool adults have in
therapeutic crisis interventions with children and young people
5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation -
correct answer ✅-Leadership and administrative support
-Social work and clinical services participation
-Supervision and post crisis response
-Training and competency standards
-Data-driven incident monitoring and feedback
Setting condition -
correct answer ✅Anything that makes challenging behavior more
or less likely to occur.
,Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
5 categories of setting conditions -
correct answer ✅-Organizational culture
-Environment
-Instruction
-Personal (individual students)
-Relationship-based
Organizational culture -
correct answer ✅e.g. control oriented, poor communication
Enviroment -
correct answer ✅e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much visual
stimulation
Instruction -
correct answer ✅e.g. staffing, quality of instruction, activities
, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Personal -
correct answer ✅e.g. illness, medication, trauma history, feeling
unsafe
Relationship-based -
correct answer ✅e.g. excessie controls, "us vs them" culture, lack
of caring community in place
Self-Regulation of emotions -
correct answer ✅The ability to soothe and calm oneself
Baseline -
correct answer ✅In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors
recognized as "typical" for a particular young person
Stress Model of Crisis -
correct answer ✅Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Self-awareness -
correct answer ✅The most important tool adults have in
therapeutic crisis interventions with children and young people
5 components/domains of successful TCIS implementation -
correct answer ✅-Leadership and administrative support
-Social work and clinical services participation
-Supervision and post crisis response
-Training and competency standards
-Data-driven incident monitoring and feedback
Setting condition -
correct answer ✅Anything that makes challenging behavior more
or less likely to occur.
,Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
5 categories of setting conditions -
correct answer ✅-Organizational culture
-Environment
-Instruction
-Personal (individual students)
-Relationship-based
Organizational culture -
correct answer ✅e.g. control oriented, poor communication
Enviroment -
correct answer ✅e.g. hot, crowded, too noisy, too much visual
stimulation
Instruction -
correct answer ✅e.g. staffing, quality of instruction, activities
, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Personal -
correct answer ✅e.g. illness, medication, trauma history, feeling
unsafe
Relationship-based -
correct answer ✅e.g. excessie controls, "us vs them" culture, lack
of caring community in place
Self-Regulation of emotions -
correct answer ✅The ability to soothe and calm oneself
Baseline -
correct answer ✅In the Stress Model of Crisis, behaviors
recognized as "typical" for a particular young person
Stress Model of Crisis -
correct answer ✅Pre-crisis
Triggering Event
Escalation Phase
