The Stress Model
The first phase of the Stress Model of Crisis, representing a student's day to day functioning.
What is Baseline?
The general term for anything that makes a challenging behavior more or less likely to occur.
What is a Setting Condition?
The foundational skill in de-escalation that allows a staff member to hear, acknowledge, and validate a student's feelings and needs.
What is Active Listening?
LSI is the acronym for this TCIS verbal strategy, used during the recovery phase.
What is the Life Space Interview?
The second phase of the Stress Model, where a specific event precipitates a change in the student's behavior.
What is the Triggering Event?
The de-escalation strategies used during the triggering event and escalation phase of the stress model of crisis are active listening, behavior support techniques, emotional first aid and this final one.
What is avoiding power struggles?
The first of the four questions an adult should ask themselves when confronted with a student in crisis.
What is "What am I feeling right now?"
IESCAPE
What is the acronym for the steps of the LSI?
This phase is characterized by a significant loss of control and typically includes physical aggression or violence.
What is the Outburst?
The goal of de-escalation strategies according to the TCIS Stress model of crisis.
What is to reduce stress and anxiety?
The non-verbal stance recommended during crisis co-regulation that communicates respect and non-aggression.
What is the protective stance?
One of the two primary goals of all TCIS interventions: Support and this.
What is Teach (or to teach students better ways to cope with stress)?
The three possible outcomes of the Recovery phase: Lower, No Change, and this ideal outcome.
What is the Higher recovery phase?
According to the Triune Brain model this part of the brain is responsible for higher functions such as reasoning.
What is the thinking brain?
"You have 10 minutes to finish up the assignment" is an example of this specific behavior support technique.
What is a Prompt?
The four elements of a potentially violent situation are the spark, the target, the weapon and this.
What is level of stress or motivation?
This happens when a student's fight, flight, or freeze response is activated and they are unable to regulate their emotions and behaviors.
What is a crisis?
When anger or fear triggers a traumatic stress response and a signal is sent straight to the survival brain.
What is the amygdala highjack?
What is drop or change the expectation?
The three main steps of the Crisis Co-regulation "Help me help myself" strategy that guide an adult's immediate response to a student's distress.
What are What to Think, What to Say, and What to Do?