Professional Crisis Management – Flashcards
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List the criteria for implementing transportation procedure:
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Continuous aggression, continuous self-injury, continuous high magnitude disruptions
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Name the four primary strategies and interventions in PCM
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Crisis prevention strategies, crisis de-escalation strategies, crisis intervention procedures, post-crisis strategies
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What does PCMA stand for?
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Professional Crisis Management Association
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When implementing the BARR procedure, how should the Practitioner position the palms of the individual?
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Prone- palms facing up Supine- palms should be down
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When are transportation procedures not appropriate to use?
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When behaviors aren't continuous or are at a low intensity
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What should be done when someone is cooperating and laying still on the mat?
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Fading out
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Practitioner Level
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authorized to use all nonphysical interventions, personal safety, and transportation procedures
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What are the four guiding principles of the PCM system?
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Respect for human dignity and freedom from pain, freedom of choice, least restrictive alternative, continuous feedback
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What do the letters in BARR stand for?
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Brief Assisted Required Relaxation
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What are the criteria for HORIZONTAL immobilization?
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Imminent breakdown of transportation or breakdown of transportation, availability of safety equipment, and all participants implementing the procedures are certified level 2 practitioners or certified teachers
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What equipment is necessary for implementing HORIZONTAL immobilization?
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a soft mat
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Certified Practitioner 2 PS
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authorized to use all nonphysical interventions, personal safety, transportation procedures, vertical immobilization, prone immobilization, and supine immobilization
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What does the peeling technique involve?
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Using the thumbs and hands to push, pull, or gently remove whatever hand or foot is being used to hold onto the person or object
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Definition of scanning
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brief observation of a treatment group or classroom every 20 seconds
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Definition of tracking
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observation of one person every 20 seconds
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What are the four types of praise?
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Quiet, Individual, Group, Pivot
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Certified Practitioner 1
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authorized to use all nonphysical interventions, personal safety, transportation procedures, and vertical immobilizations
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Why does PCM place an emphasis on prevention strategies?
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Pre-crisis and crisis is minimized, and more intensive procedures are therefor unnecessary
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At what stage of the crisis continuum do you use prevention strategies?
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Level 1/ Stable Functioning
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What are survival skills?
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Pre-requisite behaviors necessary for performance of a variety of more complex, adaptive skills
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How do you re-introduce social praise and positive reinforcement post-crisis?
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Slowly
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What is shaping?
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Repeated reinforcements of small improvements or steps toward a new or different behavior
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Definition of Crisis?
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CASH: Continuous aggression, continuous self-injury, continuous high magnitude disruption
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"Great job, Bob!" is an example of what type of praise?
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Individual
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What is quiet praise?
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not speaking to someone, but physically acknowledging their good work, like a pat on the back, a nod, or a smile
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What is pivot praise?
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Complimenting another person to show an individual how they should be acting (make them want to get a compliment)
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What is group praise/callout?
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telling a group how great they've done
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What are certified PCM practitioners able to do?
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use PCM strategies and procedures
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What are the steps for being re-certified?
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Complete a seven hour re-cert course before the certification expires
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List the steps in a one person transportation procedure, going from most to least restrictive
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1. One arm wrap 2. Sunday Stroll 3. Wrist to tricep 4. Back 5. Independent Walk
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What is the most intrusive two-person transportation procedure for children?
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Double Wrist to Tricep
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What does "pressing transportation" mean?
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using a procedure slightly passed the comfortable level of the practitioner
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How do you react when encountering verbal assault?
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being non-reactive
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As a certified practitioner of PCM, what are you able to do?
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Implement PCM procedures only
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Why are setting characteristics and behavior important?
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simple manipulations in setting characteristics can lead to stable behaviors or dramatic reduction in crisis
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What is the most intrusive two-person transportation procedure for an adult?
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Double Sunday Stroll
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What is continuous aggression?
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Repeated demonstration of behaviors that are potentially injurious to others (ex: continuous hitting, kicking, head butting, or any use of the body or an object
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Define transportation breakdown
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nearly escaping, injury him/herself, or injury to the transporting staff
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What should be used alongside PCM?
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Regular treatment programming
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What should be done when safety equipment is not available and you need to horizontally immobilize an individual?
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Press transportation, let go, move back, monitor
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What are the 3 setting characteristics that can be used to assist in shaping behavior?
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Person, Place, Proximity
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As transportation becomes more stable, does safety increase or decrease for the individual and staff transporting the individual?
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Safety increases
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Two person transportation most to least restrictive
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Double Sunday Stroll, Wrist to Tricep, Back, Independent Walk
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If you are a Certified Practitioner 2 P, what can you do?
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authorized to use all nonphysical interventions, personal safety, transportation procedures, vertical immobilizations, and prone immobilizations
