1Behavior support techniques (8) (My Pizza Comes Half Red Peppers Double Toppings)
- Managing the environment
- Prompting
- Caring gesture
- Hurdle help
- Redirection & distractions
- Proximity
- Directive statements
- Time away
2Emotional first aid
Keeping the child in the activity
3Strategies for emotional first ald
- Co-regulate emotions
- Maintain relationship / lines of communication
- Plan and anticipate
4Elements of a potentially violent situation
- Spark
- Target
- Weapon
- Level of stress/ motivation
5what to do during crisis co-regulation (nonverbal strategies)
- Take a deep breath and slowly exhale
- Give the child space and time
- Use silence
- If safe, step away from the child's sight
- Assume a neutral stance and concerned facial expression
6What to say (verbal strategies)
- Very little
- Speak calmly, assertively, respectfully
- Understanding responses --- affirm+ validate the child’s feelings, offer apologies
7List the steps to the LSI (IESCAPE)
- Identify a place and time to talk
- Explore child's POV
- Summarize feelings and content
- Connect trigger to feelings to behavior
- Alternative responses to feelings discussed
- Plan developed/practice
- Enter child back into the routine
8Four questions we ask ourselves in a crisis situation (WHAT WHAT HOW HOW)
- What am i feeling now?
- What does this child need, feel, expect, or want?
- How is the environment affecting the situation?
- How do I best respond?
9Recovery phase outcomes
High, no change, low
10Stress model of crisis
(B T E O R) baseline, triggering event, escalation, outburst, recovery
11List the 3 elements of the triune brain.
Thinking brain, emotional brain, and survival brain
12Pain based behavior (IIIDWORST)
- Inability to regulate emotions
- Inflexibility
- Impulsive outbursts
- Defiance
- Withdrawal
- Overreaction to situations
- Running away through anger or fear
- Self-injury
- Trauma reenactment
13Intentional use of self
Self awareness, self regulation, relationship skills and attunement, and self-care
14The therapeutic milieu and crisis prevention (SPICE)
- Social
- Physical
- Ideological
- Cultural
- Emotional
15Setting conditions
Anything that makes challenging behavior or traumatic stress responses more or less likely.