TCI Recertification/CCHMC Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Two goal of crisis intervention -
correct answer ✅support and teach
5 spaces of therapeutic milieu -
correct answer ✅physical: makes good use of space for
personal/public (letting child decorate room)
emotional: takes trauma into consideration, development of
coregulation/self-regulation skills
ideological: supports developmentally appropriate practice,
(involves parents, kids in decisions)
cultural: culturally competent staff (diversity in staff)
social: values attachment and individual relationships, (groups for
kids)
How is a setting condition defined -
correct answer ✅anything that makes a challenging behavior or
traumatic stress response more or less likely to happen
4 ways TCI teaches intentional use of self -
correct answer ✅self awareness
self care
self regulation
, TCI Recertification/CCHMC Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
relationship skills/attunement
4 questions in order -
correct answer ✅1. What am I feeling?
2. What does the child feel, need, expect, want?
3. How is the environment affecting this situation?
4. How do I best respond?
Stress Model -
correct answer ✅1. Baseline
2. Triggering (agitation)
3. Escalation (aggression)
4. Outburst (violence)
5. Recovery
Difference between reflective/empathetic responses -
correct answer ✅Reflective: connects child with a feeling, "You
look angry"
Empathetic: connects child with an experience, "This is really hard
for you, isn't it?"
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Two goal of crisis intervention -
correct answer ✅support and teach
5 spaces of therapeutic milieu -
correct answer ✅physical: makes good use of space for
personal/public (letting child decorate room)
emotional: takes trauma into consideration, development of
coregulation/self-regulation skills
ideological: supports developmentally appropriate practice,
(involves parents, kids in decisions)
cultural: culturally competent staff (diversity in staff)
social: values attachment and individual relationships, (groups for
kids)
How is a setting condition defined -
correct answer ✅anything that makes a challenging behavior or
traumatic stress response more or less likely to happen
4 ways TCI teaches intentional use of self -
correct answer ✅self awareness
self care
self regulation
, TCI Recertification/CCHMC Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
relationship skills/attunement
4 questions in order -
correct answer ✅1. What am I feeling?
2. What does the child feel, need, expect, want?
3. How is the environment affecting this situation?
4. How do I best respond?
Stress Model -
correct answer ✅1. Baseline
2. Triggering (agitation)
3. Escalation (aggression)
4. Outburst (violence)
5. Recovery
Difference between reflective/empathetic responses -
correct answer ✅Reflective: connects child with a feeling, "You
look angry"
Empathetic: connects child with an experience, "This is really hard
for you, isn't it?"
