Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Also known as the abbreviation TCI is a
crisis management
Crisis management is the process by which an organization deals with a disruptive and unexpected event that threatens to harm the organization or its stakeholders. The study of crisis management originated with large-scale industrial and envir ...
protocol developed by
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
for
residential child care facilities. The purpose of the TCI protocol is to provide a crisis prevention and intervention model for residential child care facilities which will assist them in:
*Preventing crises from occurring
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De-escalating potential crises
*Effectively managing acute crisis phases
*Reducing potential and actual injury to children and staff
*Learning constructive ways to handle stressful situations
*Developing a learning circle within the organization
The protocol was developed beginning in 1979 through funding from a grant by the
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) is a national center that was established within the Children's Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services, an agency of the Federal government of the United States. It was created by the ...
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A review by the ]Social Care Institute for Excellence
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE; pronounced 'sky') is a UK charity and improvement agency. SCIE shares knowledge about what works in practice across social care, social work and beyond, covering adults’, families’ and children ...
found however only two rigorous evaluations of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) have been conducted, and these presented mixed conclusions as to its effectiveness.
References
External links
Residential Child Care Project
in the Cornell University College of Human Ecology
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Spurwink Services
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