Childhood exposure to abuse, neglect, & household challenges that has a strong relationship with adult risk behavior
What is an ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences)?
Type of stress that is unpredictable, severe, prolonged, unbuffered. It leads to chronic stress & vulnerability and can have a long-lasting impact on the brain & body
What is Toxic Stress?
Measurable, Observable and Objective
What are defining criteria of behavior?
It must occur if the individual is perceived to be a risk to themselves or others such as self-harming verbalizations or actions, harming others or signs of trauma
Mental Health Assessment
The position of one leg forward, one leg behind, hands down but can be used to shield
What is leading/trailing position?
An event, series of events, or set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically or emotionally harmful or life threatening and that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s functioning and mental, physical, social, emotional, or spiritual well-being
What is Trauma?
The part of the brain responsible for conscious thought, decision-making, logic.
What is the thinking brain?
Desirable behaviors taught to occur in place of behaviors of concern
What are replacement behaviors?
This is a critical component to reducing trauma, rebuilding/strengthening relationships, and teaching & learning replacement & desired behaviors. It can occur with several different groups
What is debriefing?
They are finger roll, make a circle, 2 hand thumbs on top, 2 hand thumbs on bottom
What are wrist escapes?
Emotional, Sexual, Physical and Neglect
What are the types of abuse?
Factors that increase the likelihood of a particular behavior or coping strategy.
What is a setting event?
The source of behavior is stimulated from outside the program, with no staff presence and usually recent
What is a carry in behavior?
An event that caused harm or had the potential to cause harm
What is an incident?
Both hands compress hand to skull, finger peel and create space
What is a hair pull escape?
The minimum amount of intervention needed to ensure a safe outcome isknown
What is the Least Restrictive Alternative (LRE)?
Physical, Verbal, Relational/social, Damage to personal property and Cyber
What are the types of bullying?
Antecedent, (Thoughts/Feelings), Behavior, Consequence
What is the behavior cycle?
Who, what, where, when, why.
This looks like pushing body part into mouth, index finger knuckle against jaw hinge, rotating knuckle and removing body part
What is a bite escape?
Being open and learning about clients' beliefs and norms
Cultural Competence
This occurs when individuals repeatedly have their critical needs met by caregivers
What is trust, security and attachment?
They are attention, escape, tangible and automatic
What are the functions of behavior?
What is an incident report?
This looks like arms going up to deflect, turning hips and swinging back leg
What is pivot and parry?