The Escalation Cycle Phases
"Process" Phases
Trauma Informed
Stress And The Brain
Interventions
100

The highest point of the escalation

Peak phase

100

Helps you identify the best possible intervention

Assesment

100

The three categories of trauma that were discussed

Acute trauma

Complex trauma

Developmental trauma

100

The higher the escalation, the _____ a persons cognition

more impaired/worse/compromised

100

Paraphrasing and mirroring are examples of this interventions

Active Listening/Acknowledgement

200
The phase before a person becomes triggered

Calm/baseline phase

200

Limit setting is an example of this

Containment

200

Name the "3 E's"

Event

Experience

Effects

200

Three possible responses to stress include

Fight

Flight

Freeze

200

"It's OK to be upset, its not OK to hit others," is an example of this intervention

Limit Setting

300

In this phase, the individual is almost back at baseline

Recovery phase

300

Done after the crisis, you look at what worked and didn't

Debriefing

300

The notion that trauma is passed down in families and cultures is know as what

Inter generational or historical trauma

300

This happens to the heart rate under stress

Increased

300

Assess, Recognize, Re-Calibrate is and example of this intervention

Self Regulation

400

The phase right after the peak

De-escalation phase

400

You might us I-ESCAPE in during this step

Rebuilding

400
A single traumatic even that threatens a person's life is what category of trauma

Acute trauma

400

Under stress, this part of the brain takes over

"downstairs brain" or survival brain areas

400

A plan that identifies triggers, signs of escalation, and coping strategies, are an example of this

Safety Plan
500

This moves a person away from their baseline

Triggering phase

500

The foundational part of the entire process

Self Regulation

500

Complex trauma that occurs within the context of the care giving relationship is called what

Developmental trauma

500

This hormone plays a key role in preparing the body for fight or flight

Adrenaline

500

Nick rubbing his finger tips together to self regulate is an example

Grounding