Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Refocus / Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
in therapeutic crisis intervention with children and young people,
what is the most important tool adults have? -
correct answer ✅ourselves
What are the 5 components / domains of successful TCIS
implementation? -
correct answer ✅Leadership & Administrative support
Social work & Clinical Services participation
Supervision & Post crisis response
Training & Competency standards
Data -driven incident monitoring & feedback
A setting condition is defined as -
correct answer ✅Anything that makes challenging behavior more
or less likely to occur
List 5 categories of setting conditions -
correct answer ✅Organizational culture (control oriented, poor
communication)
Environment (too hot, crowded, noisy, visual stimulant
, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Refocus / Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Instruction activities & routines (staffing, quality of instruction)
Personal (illness, medication, trauma, history, feeling unsafe)
Relationship-based (excessive controls, us vs them)
describe Self-Regulation of emotions -
correct answer ✅is the ability to manage ones own emotions,
especially during a crisis
In the stress model of crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for a
particular young person is coined as -
correct answer ✅Baseline behavior
In the stress model of crisis, list each phase (in order) and the
corresponding level of stress of behaviors that can be observed -
correct answer ✅Pre-crisis - Baseline behavior
Trigger event - Agitation
Escalation phase - Aggression
Outburst crisis - Violence
Recovery - Baseline behavior
Schools (TCIS) Refocus / Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
in therapeutic crisis intervention with children and young people,
what is the most important tool adults have? -
correct answer ✅ourselves
What are the 5 components / domains of successful TCIS
implementation? -
correct answer ✅Leadership & Administrative support
Social work & Clinical Services participation
Supervision & Post crisis response
Training & Competency standards
Data -driven incident monitoring & feedback
A setting condition is defined as -
correct answer ✅Anything that makes challenging behavior more
or less likely to occur
List 5 categories of setting conditions -
correct answer ✅Organizational culture (control oriented, poor
communication)
Environment (too hot, crowded, noisy, visual stimulant
, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for
Schools (TCIS) Refocus / Review
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Instruction activities & routines (staffing, quality of instruction)
Personal (illness, medication, trauma, history, feeling unsafe)
Relationship-based (excessive controls, us vs them)
describe Self-Regulation of emotions -
correct answer ✅is the ability to manage ones own emotions,
especially during a crisis
In the stress model of crisis, behaviors recognized as "typical" for a
particular young person is coined as -
correct answer ✅Baseline behavior
In the stress model of crisis, list each phase (in order) and the
corresponding level of stress of behaviors that can be observed -
correct answer ✅Pre-crisis - Baseline behavior
Trigger event - Agitation
Escalation phase - Aggression
Outburst crisis - Violence
Recovery - Baseline behavior
