Behavioral Risk Assessment & Intervention Flashcards
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When assessing behavioral risk using the CPI model, which factor is considered a PRIMARY environmental contributor to escalating behavior?
Answer: Staff-to-client ratios and physical setting
CPI emphasizes that environmental factors such as staff-to-client ratios and physical setting directly influence behavioral escalation.
A client who is in the 'Defensive' phase of the CPI Crisis Development Model is BEST described as:
Answer: Beginning to lose rational control and becoming belligerent
The Defensive phase is characterized by the beginning loss of rational control, often presenting as belligerence or non-compliance.
Which CPI principle underlies the idea that staff behavior directly influences a person in crisis?
Answer: The integrated experience
The 'Integrated Experience' concept in CPI holds that staff attitudes and behaviors directly affect the person in crisis and vice versa.
During a risk assessment, a staff member notices a client pacing rapidly and clenching their fists. According to CPI, these are BEST classified as:
Answer: Nonverbal behavioral cues of escalation
Pacing and fist-clenching are nonverbal cues that indicate a person is escalating and moving beyond the anxiety phase.
A 'precipitating factor' in the CPI behavioral risk framework refers to:
Answer: An event or condition that triggers a change in behavior
Precipitating factors are internal or external events that trigger behavioral changes and must be identified to intervene effectively.
Which approach is MOST aligned with CPI's least-restrictive intervention principle when a client shows early anxiety?
Answer: Using a calm voice and offering supportive empathic statements
CPI's least-restrictive principle directs staff to begin with supportive verbal interventions such as empathic statements when anxiety is first observed.
According to CPI, the staff role that corresponds to the 'Anxiety' level of the Crisis Development Model is:
Answer: Therapeutic Rapport
When a person is at the Anxiety level, the corresponding staff role is to provide Therapeutic Rapport to address the emotional need.