Crisis Development Model
At this stage we see a change in behavior.
Anxiety
This term refers to your amount of personal space.
Proxemics
This term refers to the loudness and intensity of your speech.
Volume
The phase of the Verbal Escalation Continuum where a child shows a decrease in physical and emotional energy.
Tension Reduction
This is the chance of a bad consequence happening.
Risk
This response is when staff re-establishes communication with the youth.
Therapeutic Rapport
This term refers to your body language.
Kinesics
This term refers to the quality and pitch of your speech.
tone
This is the stage of the Crisis Development Model where the Verbal Escalation Continuum occurs.
Defensive
This is the chance that an event or behavior may occur.
Likelihood
An approach where staff decelerates an escalating behavior
Directive
We use this because it communicates respect, is non-threatening, and maintains safety.
Supportive Stance
This term refers to the rhythm and rate of your speech.
Cadence
The phase of the Verbal Escalation Continuum where the youth is verbally and/or nonverbally threatening staff.
Intimidation
This is the level of harm that may occur.
Severity
The intervention where staff uses disengagement and/or holding skills to manage risk behaviors.
Physical Intervention
This term refers to communication through touch.
Haptics
The vocal part of speech, excluding the actual words used
Paraverbal Communication
These are the two types of questions a child may give during the questioning phase of the Verbal Escalation Continuum.
Challenging
Information Seeking
These are the three reasons we respond as a team.
Safety
Professionalism
Litigation
This stage is when a child begins to lose rationality.
Defensive
This term refers to where you are in relation to others or your orientation to another.
Proximity
This is the ability to manage your own behaviors and attitude.
Rational Detachment
These are types of limit-setting patterns.
Interrupt & Redirect
When & Then
If & Then
This is the concept that the behaviors and attitudes of staff impact the behavior and attitudes of youth and vice versa.