Life Space Crisis Intervention
Stages of LSCI
Life Space Crisis Intervention, or LSCI, is an alternative to the traditional reactive strategies to dealing with troubled students who present a pattern of self-defeating behaviors. Traditional reactive strategies revolve around the use of coercion and punishment to elicit desired behavior from students, but LSCI is different. LSCI focuses on understanding the reason behind the negative behavior as well as the conflict cycle that occurs. In LSCI, crisis situations and problem behaviors are viewed as opportunities for learning, growth, insight, and change. This strategy is a process, made up of six stages. These six stages are as follows: 1. Drain Off or Crisis Management 2. Creation of a Timeline 3. Identify the Central Issue 4. Insight is Given 5. Teach New Skills 6. Transfer of Training.
In the first stage, drain off, the teacher reacts to the behavior in a way that helps the student to de-escalate, or "drain off" the intense feelings that accompany the behavior. In the second stage, creation of a timeline, the teacher works with the student to determine the events and feelings that led up to the behavior, as well as the students perception of the behavior. In the third stage, the teacher determines whether or not the crisis represents one of the LSCI patterns of self defeating behavior. In the fourth stage, insight, the student is asked to give insight on the situation. In the fifth stage, teach new skills, the teacher teaches the student new social skills that will help him or her to overcome the pattern of self-defeating behavior. In the sixth and final stage, transfer of training, the teacher conferences with the student in order to help the student use his or her new skills when he or she reenters the general education classroom.
In the first stage, drain off, the teacher reacts to the behavior in a way that helps the student to de-escalate, or "drain off" the intense feelings that accompany the behavior. In the second stage, creation of a timeline, the teacher works with the student to determine the events and feelings that led up to the behavior, as well as the students perception of the behavior. In the third stage, the teacher determines whether or not the crisis represents one of the LSCI patterns of self defeating behavior. In the fourth stage, insight, the student is asked to give insight on the situation. In the fifth stage, teach new skills, the teacher teaches the student new social skills that will help him or her to overcome the pattern of self-defeating behavior. In the sixth and final stage, transfer of training, the teacher conferences with the student in order to help the student use his or her new skills when he or she reenters the general education classroom.
Implementing LSCI requires special training, through courses offered by the LSCI institute. A portion of the course can be taken online, but the institute requires that some of the training take place in person. This training does come with a cost.
If you would like to learn more about LSCI, please feel free to visit the websites below:
http://www.lsci.org/
http://www.kidspeace.org/uploadedFiles/LSCI_Reprint05.pdf
If you would like to learn more about LSCI, please feel free to visit the websites below:
http://www.lsci.org/
http://www.kidspeace.org/uploadedFiles/LSCI_Reprint05.pdf