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REFOCUS Newsletter

"REFOCUS" is the RCCP's occasional newsletter. It is a vehicle for communicating information about current issues and events that emerge from work in crisis management and residential child and youth care. Listed below are the main feature articles in each edition of the newsletter. Remember that "TCI Bookshelf", “Serious Fun and Games,” “Ask Eugene,” Professional Certification Announcements, and Frequently Asked Questions are regular REFOCUS features not listed here.

Information from the field provides important feedback for the RCCP. You can send questions, articles, and comments and ideas to us at: REFOCUS c/o The Residential Child Care Project, Family Life Development Center, Cornell University, Beebe Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 Tel: (607) 254-5210/Fax: (607) 255-4837/Email: eas20@cornell.edu

Please click on the button below to download a copy of REFOCUS. These documents are in PDF format. You will need to have Adobe Reader loaded on your computer to open these files. If you do not have a copy of Adobe Reader, you may download a free copy at www.adobe.com.

REFOCUS Volume 14 (2009)
Exerpt from TCI 6: Trauma and Co-Regulation Skills
TCI Update: TCI Curriculum Revisions, Edition 6
RCCP Receives Grant From The Duke Endowment To Advance Innovation In Child Welfare Services
Serious Fun Corner
Using TCI's Family Care Provider Training (TCIF) To Break Down Language Barriers Between Residential Treatment and Life at Home
Ask Eugene
Professional Certification Announcements
From the Instructor's Booth
Frequently Asked Questions
TCI Bookshelf
2009 Training Calendar

REFOCUS Volume 13 (2008)
Origins of Group Care
Use, Abuse, and Death by PowerPoint
Using A Prone/Supine Perception and Literature Review To Forward the Conversation Regarding All Restraints
For Our Safety: Examining High-Risk Interventions for Children and Young People
TCI Physical Techniques Frequently Asked Questions: A Matter of Principles

REFOCUS Volume 12 (2007)
What Contributes to the Success or Failure of TCI Course Participants? Some Alternative Explanations
"I HATE Being Tested!"
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Curriculum Wins National Award
Are Supine Restraints Safer than Prone Restraints?
Reaching for the Light: High-Risk interventions in Human Services Children And Residential Experiences (CARE): Creating Conditions for Change Excerpt from the CARE Curriculum

REFOCUS Volume 11 (2006)
Reports from the Second International TCI Conference:
• Conference Highlights
• Staff Gender Issues in Child Physical Restraint
• Reflections on a Conference Workshop
RCCP Initiates Injury Database
New Professional Certification Guidelines
New Physical Guidelines for TCI Training
Reducing Restraint: Suggestions From Current Practice

REFOCUS Volume 10 (2005)
Do We Still Need to Stretch?
Join Us in DUBLIN! TCI Second International Conference Research Symposium
To Highlight High-Risk Interventions
Frequently Asked Questions About the BILD Accreditation Process in the UK
Ten Top Tips to Train TCI

REFOCUS Volume 09 (2004)
A System—Wide Approach to Reducing Incidents of Restraint
Liabilities Involved in the Use of Physical Restraint
Individual Crisis Management Plan Workshop
South Carolina TCI Implementation Project
New Rules for Professional Certification

REFOCUS Volume 08 (2003)
Anger: Troublesome Emotion or Therapeutic Challenge?
Leadership and Administrative Support: Well-Resourced Programs
Grandfather Period for Obtaining Revised TCI Curriculum and Certification Nears Conclusion

REFOCUS Volume 07 (2002)
TCI Revision: Frequently Asked Questions
Professional Certification
Single Person Restraint
Model Policy on the Use of Physical Interventions
Individual Crisis Management Plans (ICPM) Workshop
A Special Remembrance: Dr. Alan Keith-Lucas
Direct TCI Training Protocol
Implementation Project: Case Study

REFOCUS Volume 06 (2000/2001)
Report From the Conference TCI: An International Perspective June 18-21, 2000 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Does TCI Provide an Internationally Accepted Standard of Childcare?
Keynote: From Bootcamp to Monastery
The TCI Credentialing Process
From the Instructor's Booth
Learning from Tragedy: Results of the Residential Care Facility Survey
Conference Endnote Highlights

 

Therapeutic Crisis Intervention System: Information Bulletin

This 40-page booklet explains the research foundations of TCI and describes how the TCI system gives organizations a framework for implementing a crisis prevention and management system that reduces the need to rely on high risk interventions. To download a .pdf version of this bulletin, please click on the button below.

Therapeutic Crisis Intervention System: Information Bulletin