Behavior Support Techniques
This behavioral support technique is the least intrusive and easiest to modify.
Managing the environment
A child's "normal" state of functioning.
Baseline
You need to take your written TCI test this often.
Annually
This plan guides staff on effective strategies for preventing, de-escalating and intervening in potential crisis with individual children.
These include staying on your feet, using a balanced stance and are meant to be quick ways to release or move away from a potentially dangerous youth.
A youth must have demonstrated an ability to self regulate for this technique.
time away
Something has occurred to increase the child's arousal/stress level.
Triggering Event
The youth ends up on their stomach in the final position of this restraint.
Prone
Anything that makes challenging behavior or traumatic stress responses more or less likely to occur
Setting Condition
Do not use restraints on children under this age.
Using this intervention has the risk of further escalating the situation, and the request is made respectfully and calmly.
Directive statement
The child is becoming more and more upset or agitated and less able to manage their emotions.
Escalation
Within the therapeutic milieu we have 5 spaces. This space makes good use of space for personal and public space. It is clean, orderly and inviting.
Physical space
These are the three components of the triune brain model.
-Thinking
-Emotional
-Survival
The deprivation of oxygen to living cells.
Asphyxia
Expressing warm feelings of liking and caring for a child, such as, "You are important to me," or "I care about what happens to you."
Caring gesture
The child is in survival mode and may explode in a manner that could be dangerous to themselves, other children, and to us.
Outburst
The first question you ask yourself in a crisis situation.
What am I feeling now.
There are 4 elements of a potentially violent situation.
-the spark
-the target
-the weapon
-the level of stress or motivation
Predisposing risk factors for asphyxia (provide at least 2)
-influence of alcohol or drugs
-prolonged violent agitation
-underlying natural disease
-hot humid environment
-certain types of medication
-effects of severe trauma history
When a situation is or activity is stressful, moving to a less stimulating or more desirable activity can help children stay in control or their emotions and behavior.
Redirections and Distractions
This phase provides the opportunity to repair and help the child (and ourselves) learn and grow from the crisis experience. It has three possible outcomes.
Recovery phase: higher, no change, lower
These behaviors are a result of emotional and psychological pain.
Pain Based behaviors
The foundations for intentional use of self ( name 2 of the 4).
-Self-awareness
-Self regulation
-relationship skills and attunement
-self care
This states what is expected of the young person, is directed by the leader, is supportive of the young person, and it sets the tone for the recovery phase.
The Letting Go Process