How do you support that behavior? Technique!
A statement such as "We will be taking an exam at the end of the day" or questions such as "What is the expectation surrounding participation at TCI?" are both examples of this technique.
What is prompting?
There are five spaces (SPICES?) that make up this
What is the Therapuetic milieu
~Blank~ can actually cause physical change to the brain, essentially rewiring it
What is trauma?
Knowing our attitudes, values, beliefs, and ideas means we are practicing...
What is self-awareness?
When a child's flight, fight or freeze response is activated and they are unable to regulate emotions and behaviors.
What is a crisis?
Hurdle help, redirection and distraction and time away (when permitted) are examples of this collection of interventions.
What are behavior support techniques?
In the acronym SPICE, what does the S stand for?
What is the Social Space?
The human brain responds as much as if not more to this form of communication when speaking.
What is non-verbal communication?
In order to provide support and help a child co-regulate, we must first be able to practice this skill.
What is self-regulation?
Impulsive outbursts, defiance, running away and self-injury are all examples of this type of behavior
What are pain-based behaviors?
A pat on the shoulder and stating "You are important to me" are an example of this technique.
What is a caring gesture?
Often, adults find themselves caught in a power struggle with a child because they are caught up in this emotion (which can have both a physical and emotional state.)
What is anger?
What are relationship skills/attunement?
This type of organization uses its knowledge of Trauma to guide its policies, practices and procedures
What is a trauma informed organization?
When you as a staff member, take up a position near an escalated child in hopes that your presence will help them deescalate, you are practicing this technique.
What is proximity?
Within milieu spaces, you will find these things that "make challenging behaviors more of less likely to occur
What are setting conditions?
A history of trauma often leads to children being caught in this type of perception, where the brain engages the survival brain instead of the thinking brain.
What is trauma driven preception?
Exercise, reading a book or going on a hike can be examples of this easy to discuss, difficult to execute skill.
What is self-care?
What am I feeling right now? and How do I best respond are two examples of...
What are the four questions?
This particular support technique requires further consideration, including whether the child has a trusting relationship with the adult, and is capable of meeting the expectation and has demonstrated that capability at their current level of escalation.
What is a directive statement?
This tricky to explain space is sort of the "meeting of the minds" space we perspectives, philosophies, etc. come together
What is the ideological space?
Also known as the neocortex, this part of the triune brain is responsible for higher functions such as reasoning, language and creativity.
What is the thinking brain?
The four skills discussed above come together to make us, the staff member, the tool when we practice...
What is intentional use of self?
This type of relationship is characterized by attachment, reciprocity, progressive complexity and a balance of power
What is a developmental relationship?