Attachment
This ARC block focuses on supporting the emotional experience of the caregiver
What is caregiver affect management
Johnny is practicing deep breathing with his therapist using bubbles. He and his therapist are probably working on this ARC target.
What is Modulation
Name the three building blocks / ARC targets that make up the Competency domain
What are: Relational Connection, Executive Functions, Self and Identity
A provider begins and ends every session with a check-in and a regulation activity. He is paying attention to this foundational element of the framework.
What is Routines?
Examples of different kinds of people who would be considered a "caregiver" in ARC
What are [parents, teachers, grandparents, therapists, child welfare workers, mentors, direct care workers, family partners, and more]
When a youth care worker names / observes that a child is looking frustrated with a task, she is using ______ (caregiver skill) in support of _______ (child skill).
What is Attunement in support of Identification.
Executive functions are primarily held by this region of the brain.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex
Routines are used in service of these two primary goals. [Name one to get the points]
What are 1)Building felt safety and modulation; and 2)Building skill and mastery through repetition
Yogi Berra might have been referring to this ARC target when he said, “You can observe a lot just by watching.”
What is "Attunement"
Many constricted children struggle with talking about feelings or body sensations. Describe one way you might work to build Identification in a constricted child.
What is....[Work in displacement, Use adult modeling, Pay attention to attunement (reflection / labeling / normalizing / validating emotion), Use media or other displaced activities, Play feelings games, Pay attention to affect in play or observable behaviors, etc.]
This is one subskill we might target to support Relational Connection.
What are....[Any one of these]
•Exploring historical relationships and barriers to connection •Identifying the goal of connection •Identifying safe resources •Building structures that support and create opportunities for communication •Working on effective verbal and nonverbal communication skillsWe describe ARC as a ____ - level framework, in which each level is addressed / used in service of the level above it. (Fill in the blank. For bonus points, name the levels)
Four levels.
BONUS: Core Domains (like Attachment), Key Targets (like Attunement), Subskills (like Reflection and Mirroring), Intervention techniques (like dyadic check-ins)
When building an effective response to a child, you might use one of these two "go-to" strategies.
What are Meeting Needs and Supporting Regulation.
Understanding the links among thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and body sensations is this Identification subskill.
What is connection?
These four facets of self are identified as targets of Self and Identity work
What are Unique Self, Positive Self, Cohesive Self, and Future Self
You can have an amazing intervention, but in the absence of client _________, you have nothing. Therefore, all skills in ARC (and in treatment in general) rest on a foundation of this foundational concept. What is it?
What is Engagement (supported by relational connection / therapeutic safety)
A supervisor notices that her supervisee is upset, and tells her she needs to pull herself together. The supervisor's response is likely not going to be effective, because she is not using (ARC Target A) to support (ARC Target B). [name A and B]
What are Attunement and Caregiver Affect Management.
Contextualization involves helping a child link emotions to two types of factors. Name and give an example of each.
What are internal (i.e., hunger, tiredness, etc.) and external (i.e., facial expressions, loud voices, a grade on a test, etc.)
Give an example of an in-the-moment opportunity in which an adult might be able to support child / adolescent problem-solving.
What is...[child identifies not knowing what to do; child is confused about why a situation happened; child identifies not having a choice (past/present); child indicates plan to make a negative choice; etc.]
One of the most important concepts we talk about in ARC is _________; this concept is crucial for effective, formulation-driven treatment, and we try to cultivate it at all levels of the system (supervisor to clinician, clinician to caregiver, caregiver to child, child to self). What is it?
Hint: We often talk about it when discussing Attunement.
What is Curiosity / Curious Reflection