SCIP-R Gradient
The use of proactive, active, and reactive interventions. The amount of support needed from staff for a person to regain control, the amount of restrictiveness of a person in a crisis.
What is the definition of the SCIP-R Gradient?
Listening to a person’s concerns in a non- judgmental way
What is Ventilation?
Try and convey a calm, in control mood by adopting a relaxed, non-threatening stance
What is Body Posture?
If aspects of the environment are dysfunctional and non-supportive, changing those aspects may reduce the likelihood of challenging behavior occurring.
What is Environmental Changes?
This is how long we should hold someone in a physical intervention.
What is 5 Minutes MAXIMUM or Until the Person is Calm?
Positive Reinforcement
What is Proactive
Controlling your tone of voice, speaking in short simple sentences
What is modeling?
Ignoring a behavior and not a person
What is Planned Ignoring?
Telling a person in a positive way the natural outcome of their behavior
What is Consequences to Behavior?
This is when we do a physical technique.
What is When the Person is Hurting Themselves, Others, or Destroying Property? (Any dangerous situation)
Verbal and Non-Verbal Calming Techniques
What is Active?
Moving a person to a quieter area
What is Facilitate relaxation?
Focusing the person on a more pleasurable activity
What is Provide access to preferred objects and environment?
Giving a person a wide range of choices and opportunities
What is Lifestyle Enhancement?
This is when we call a supervisor after a physical technique
What is Any Restrictive Technique or Emergency Use of a Technique (it's not in their plan or you are not certified in the technique)?
Teaching Substitute Skills/Teaching General Alternatives
What is Proactive
Acknowledge that a person is upset without judging the person or the reason why the person is angry
What is Understanding?
Positioning yourself and the person in the area to both ensure safety and relieve tension
What is Effective Use of Space?
Training a person a skill that has the same or similar outcome as a problem behavior
What is Teaching of Substitute Skills?
This is something we do immediately after the use of a physical technique
What is Check Medical Needs, Check Physical Needs, and Reassure Witnesses?
The amount of force you always start with
What is least? (None is an acceptable answer)
Reminding a person of the skills they already have to deal with a difficult situation. Do not teach a new skill.
What is Encourage alternate coping strategies?
Before we use a calming technique like Eye Contact, Touch, or Close Proximity, we must always do this (give the reason)
What is Know the Person?
Training a person in a variety of skills that will work in a variety of difficult situations
What is Teaching of General Alternatives?
This is what BANC stands for
What is Breathing, Ability to Move, Noise, and Color?