Risk Assessment Flashcards

TCI distinguishes between reactive and proactive risk assessment approaches. The MAIN advantage of proactive risk assessment is:

Answer: It identifies and addresses elevated risk before a crisis occurs

Proactive risk assessment prevents crises by identifying and addressing elevated risk before it results in an incident.

A young person's recent loss of a family member is best classified in TCI risk assessment as:

Answer: A dynamic risk factor requiring a temporary increase in supportive monitoring

Recent bereavement is a dynamic risk factor - a situational change that temporarily elevates emotional vulnerability and crisis risk.

According to TCI, the role of direct care staff in risk assessment is:

Answer: Active - direct care staff are frontline risk assessors who continuously observe and respond

TCI trains direct care staff as active, frontline risk assessors who continuously observe behavioral cues and implement proactive responses.

In TCI, risk threshold refers to:

Answer: The level at which a young person's risk indicators become sufficient to warrant a proactive intervention

Risk threshold is the point at which observed risk indicators are significant enough to warrant a deliberate change in caregiving strategy.

When a young person has previously responded to a particular trigger with significant escalation, TCI risk assessment would:

Answer: Use this historical pattern as a predictive tool to prepare proactive strategies when the trigger is anticipated

Historical patterns of escalation in response to specific triggers are valuable predictive information used to plan proactive interventions.

TCI teaches caregivers to assess lethality when a young person makes a statement about harming themselves. Lethality assessment involves evaluating:

Answer: The seriousness of intent, the specificity of a plan, and access to lethal means

Lethality assessment evaluates the seriousness of intent, specificity of plan, and access to means - the three most critical dimensions of imminent self-harm risk.