TCI TRAINING LATEST ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK
The TCI system helps organizations... - ANSWER: 1. prevent crises
2. de-escalate potential crises
3. manage acute physical behavior
4. reduce potential and actual injury to children and staff
5. teach children adaptive coping skills
6. develop a learning organization
The goal of TCI is... - ANSWER: To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-
confrontational, trauma sensitive environments that are supported at all levels of
the organization
Child Outcomes associated with TCI - ANSWER: 1. trust and use adults to help
regulate emotions
2. demonstrated increased emotion regulation skills
3. use adaptive behaviors in response to stressful events
4. develop ability to learn through reflecting on experience
6 Domains of the TCI System - ANSWER: 1. leadership and program support
(leadership knows and implements TCI principles)
2. child and family inclusion (active participants in choice and voice)
3. clinical participation (ICSPs)
4. supervision and post-crisis response (support staff)
5. training and competency standards (refreshers and training)
6. documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback (review of incidents)
Therapeutic milieu - ANSWER: a safe, nurturing environment in which children can
heal and continually learn and practice important life skills
Spaces in the Therapeutic Milieu - ANSWER: 1. Ideological (culture and climate of the
organization)
2. Physical (physical environment)
3. Cultural (human diversity)
4. Social (relationships, activities, routines)
5. Emotional (pain-based behavior and emotional competence)
Cultural Space in the Milieu - ANSWER: 1. develops culturally competent staff
2. accepts and celebrates cultural differences
3. supports family connections and involvement
4. allows for culturally diverse staff-child interactions
Setting Condition - ANSWER: anything that makes a challenging behavior and
traumatic stress response more or less likely to occur
, A trauma-informed organization supports and facilitates trauma-informed care
through... - ANSWER: Policies, procedures, and practices that understands what
trauma is and how it impacts everyone within the system, recognizes behaviors and
patterns that represent past or present trauma, and responds in ways that avoid re-
traumatization
Characteristics of a developmental relationship - ANSWER: 1. attachment
2. reciprocity
3. progressive complexity (challenging them just enough to set them up for success
and help them progress)
4. balance of power
Foundations for intentional use of self - ANSWER: 1. self-awareness (know your own
values, beliefs, culture, view of trauma)
2. self-regulation (focus attention, awareness of physical and emotional state, ability
to manage own behavior, draw on memory and experience to adapt)
3. relationship skills and attunement (listen and respond to the child)
4. self-care (monitor levels of stress and health, reflective supervision)
The triune brain - ANSWER: 1. the thinking brain (neocortex, responsible for higher
functions such as reasoning, language, creativity, and abstract thought)
2. the emotional brain (limbic system, center for emotions and emotional behavior
and motivation; the amygdala, or sentry, is part of this and determines whether or
not things are threats)
2. the survival brain (brain stem, reptilian brain, responsible for surivival functions
such as breathing, heart rate, circulation, and other autonomic functions that do not
require conscious thought
Pain-based behaviors - ANSWER: behaviors that are the result of emotional and
psychological pain, such as:
1. inability to regulate emotions
2. overreaction to stimuli
3. impulsive outbursts
4. trauma re-enactment
5. defiance
6. inflexibility
7. running away through anger or fear
8. self-injury
9. withdrawal/isolation
Types of Perception - ANSWER: 1. Trauma driven perception
2. Rational perception
A crisis occurs when... - ANSWER: a child's fight, flight, or freeze response is activated
and they are unable to regulate their emotions and behaviors (a physiological
response to a real or perceived threat)
The TCI system helps organizations... - ANSWER: 1. prevent crises
2. de-escalate potential crises
3. manage acute physical behavior
4. reduce potential and actual injury to children and staff
5. teach children adaptive coping skills
6. develop a learning organization
The goal of TCI is... - ANSWER: To create safe, developmentally appropriate, non-
confrontational, trauma sensitive environments that are supported at all levels of
the organization
Child Outcomes associated with TCI - ANSWER: 1. trust and use adults to help
regulate emotions
2. demonstrated increased emotion regulation skills
3. use adaptive behaviors in response to stressful events
4. develop ability to learn through reflecting on experience
6 Domains of the TCI System - ANSWER: 1. leadership and program support
(leadership knows and implements TCI principles)
2. child and family inclusion (active participants in choice and voice)
3. clinical participation (ICSPs)
4. supervision and post-crisis response (support staff)
5. training and competency standards (refreshers and training)
6. documentation, incident monitoring, and feedback (review of incidents)
Therapeutic milieu - ANSWER: a safe, nurturing environment in which children can
heal and continually learn and practice important life skills
Spaces in the Therapeutic Milieu - ANSWER: 1. Ideological (culture and climate of the
organization)
2. Physical (physical environment)
3. Cultural (human diversity)
4. Social (relationships, activities, routines)
5. Emotional (pain-based behavior and emotional competence)
Cultural Space in the Milieu - ANSWER: 1. develops culturally competent staff
2. accepts and celebrates cultural differences
3. supports family connections and involvement
4. allows for culturally diverse staff-child interactions
Setting Condition - ANSWER: anything that makes a challenging behavior and
traumatic stress response more or less likely to occur
, A trauma-informed organization supports and facilitates trauma-informed care
through... - ANSWER: Policies, procedures, and practices that understands what
trauma is and how it impacts everyone within the system, recognizes behaviors and
patterns that represent past or present trauma, and responds in ways that avoid re-
traumatization
Characteristics of a developmental relationship - ANSWER: 1. attachment
2. reciprocity
3. progressive complexity (challenging them just enough to set them up for success
and help them progress)
4. balance of power
Foundations for intentional use of self - ANSWER: 1. self-awareness (know your own
values, beliefs, culture, view of trauma)
2. self-regulation (focus attention, awareness of physical and emotional state, ability
to manage own behavior, draw on memory and experience to adapt)
3. relationship skills and attunement (listen and respond to the child)
4. self-care (monitor levels of stress and health, reflective supervision)
The triune brain - ANSWER: 1. the thinking brain (neocortex, responsible for higher
functions such as reasoning, language, creativity, and abstract thought)
2. the emotional brain (limbic system, center for emotions and emotional behavior
and motivation; the amygdala, or sentry, is part of this and determines whether or
not things are threats)
2. the survival brain (brain stem, reptilian brain, responsible for surivival functions
such as breathing, heart rate, circulation, and other autonomic functions that do not
require conscious thought
Pain-based behaviors - ANSWER: behaviors that are the result of emotional and
psychological pain, such as:
1. inability to regulate emotions
2. overreaction to stimuli
3. impulsive outbursts
4. trauma re-enactment
5. defiance
6. inflexibility
7. running away through anger or fear
8. self-injury
9. withdrawal/isolation
Types of Perception - ANSWER: 1. Trauma driven perception
2. Rational perception
A crisis occurs when... - ANSWER: a child's fight, flight, or freeze response is activated
and they are unable to regulate their emotions and behaviors (a physiological
response to a real or perceived threat)
