Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
The TCI system was developed at Cornell University, New York. The purpose of the TCI system
is to provide a crisis prevention and intervention model for organisations that will assist
in:
- Preventing crises from occurring.
- De-escalating potential crises.
- Effectively managing acute crises.
- Reducing potential and actual injury to young people and staff.
- Learning constructive ways to handle stressful situations.
- Developing a learning circle within the organisation.
Positive Behaviour Management: preventing and managing challenging behaviour
Positive Behaviour Management involves having a range of approaches and strategies to help
prevent, de-escalate and process incidents of challenging behaviour
- Self awareness.
- Interventions and Approaches.
- Nonverbal Techniques
and Nonverbal Behaviours.
- Communication Techniques.
- Active Listening.
- Positive Behaviour Management Techniques.
- Options in Handling a Potentially Violent Situation.
- The Follow Up.
- Handling Physical Violence.
- Individualized Approaches & Plans.
Dealing with Violence in the schoolyard
A Whole School pro-active preventative approach identifying types of violence, possible
causes, analysis of incidents and devising preventative and management techniques for
dealing with violence between pupils in the schoolyard.
Punishment & Consequences
Reflection and discussion on the value of sanctions and consequences and their use. The
implementation of school policies and Code of Conduct .
Collaborative Approach to problem solving
An approach for understanding and working with easily frustrated and inflexible children.
Whole school approaches and systems
This programme helps to examine systems and approaches to positive behaviour management from
a whole school perspective including:
- school ethos and environment
- behaviour policy and expectations
- rewards and sanctions
- classroom management
- responses to bullying
- support networks for staff, pupils and parents
Setting SMART targets : assessing, observing, recording and monitoring behaviour
This programme focuses on the process of setting positive and achievable targets for pupils
with SEBD based on assessment and recording. Involving the pupil in the management of their
own behaviour and moving from co-regulation to self regulation.
Promoting self esteem
This programme will examine the relationship between self-esteem, learning and behaviour. and
focus on how children and young people can be supported to develop a more confident and
realistic sense of themselves in relation to others.
Dealing with Anger and Aggression in a school setting
This programme provides a range of approaches and strategies to help prevent, de-escalate and
process incidents of challenging behaviour
- how to identify and clarify feelings
- how to connect feelings with behaviours
- how to rehearse ways of behaving and managing feelings in new ways
- how maintain relationships
- how to deal effectively with conflict
Dealing with "Difficult" Parents
How to manage conflict with Parents:
- Establishing an inviting atmosphere
- Actively listening
- Communicating and managing conflict
- Closing the meeting
Stress Management
Considering different types of stress, symptoms and coping strategies. Self care and self
help
mechanisms.