The Therapeutic Crisis Intervention System - Residential Child Care ...

Results of Implementation and Evaluation Project
INTERVIEWS
Supervisors report:
• an increase in staff skills
• a consistent strategy for intervention
• higher level of practice standards
Workers report:
• more consistent incident reporting
• consistency in follow-up
Supervisors and workers reported
differing perceptions of whether a
debriefing session occurred and how
effective it was
• TCI was implemented in Units B, C,
D
• TCI was not implemented in Unit A
TESTS
Confidence: Tests indicate significantly
increased levels of confidence in:
• managing crisis
• working with co-workers to manage
crisis
• knowledge of agency policy and
procedures
• helping children learn to cope
Training: Knowledge tests indicate:
• a significant increase from pre- to
post-test in learning scores
• only a 5% drop in learning after 10
months
• after training, 87% of participants
plan to use the knowledge and skills
• after training, 93% reported they
were able to use the knowledge and
skills
INCIDENTS
Research Foundations of TCI
Documented reductions over the 18
month study in:
• fighting
• serious verbal threats
• physical assaults
• runaways
for the entire agency
Statistically significant reductions in
physical restraint reports in Unit B over
the 18 month period
Statistically significant increases in
physical restraint reports occurred in
Unit A (contrast group) over the 18
month period
Table 2.Results of Implmentation and Evaluation Project
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