SCIP Exam – Comprehensive Practice Questions and Answers Study Guide for Certification
Preparation
SCIP stands for? - correct answer ✔✔strategies for crisis intervention and prevention
Why was SCIP developed? - correct answer ✔✔To decrease incidents of abuse, injuries, and
improve reaction of staff when responding to a crisis situation.
Behavior Support - correct answer ✔✔Defined by what the individual needs. Minimizes the use
of punishers. The individual is in control. The focus ia more on the teaching of functional skills
that will eliminate the need for negative behavior.
Behavior Control - correct answer ✔✔Staff is in control. The focus is to decrease the frequency
of undesired behavior through punishment or cost response.
Escape - correct answer ✔✔Problem behavior can be negatively reinforced by the escape or
avoiding a demand activity.
Attention - correct answer ✔✔Engaging in a problem behavior to get someone to pay attention
or spend time with them.
Tangible - correct answer ✔✔Want or access to an item, service, food, or activity.
Sensory - correct answer ✔✔Provides input into one or more of the sensory pathways; vision,
hearing, touch, smell or taste.
Internal antecedent - correct answer ✔✔Conditions within the body that contribute to
challenging behavior.
Preparation
SCIP stands for? - correct answer ✔✔strategies for crisis intervention and prevention
Why was SCIP developed? - correct answer ✔✔To decrease incidents of abuse, injuries, and
improve reaction of staff when responding to a crisis situation.
Behavior Support - correct answer ✔✔Defined by what the individual needs. Minimizes the use
of punishers. The individual is in control. The focus ia more on the teaching of functional skills
that will eliminate the need for negative behavior.
Behavior Control - correct answer ✔✔Staff is in control. The focus is to decrease the frequency
of undesired behavior through punishment or cost response.
Escape - correct answer ✔✔Problem behavior can be negatively reinforced by the escape or
avoiding a demand activity.
Attention - correct answer ✔✔Engaging in a problem behavior to get someone to pay attention
or spend time with them.
Tangible - correct answer ✔✔Want or access to an item, service, food, or activity.
Sensory - correct answer ✔✔Provides input into one or more of the sensory pathways; vision,
hearing, touch, smell or taste.
Internal antecedent - correct answer ✔✔Conditions within the body that contribute to
challenging behavior.
