Life Space Crisis Intervention (LSCI)
http://www.lsci.org/pros-parents/cognitive_map
LSCI is a nationwide training and certification program. The program's ultimate goal is to help children turn crisis situations into learning opportunities. LSCI takes the unfortunate situations that children experience and tries to find the positive in them. LSCI does not create problem situations for the purpose of teaching a lesson; however, the program will take as many opportunities as possible for learning. LSCI views problems or stressful events as times in which learning, growth, and change can occur. LSCI can be an essential strategy for when working with troubled students. This program can also build teacher-student relationships!
Often times, when a conflict occurs, children fall into the conflict cycle. This is a negative process which makes that child feel even worst about the situation.
The cycle:
Therefore, instead of having the student fall into the conflict cycle, LSCI can be implemented. There are 6 stages of LSCI which can be used to help a child learn from his or her crisis situation. Stage one is called crisis. This is where an adult will help drain a student's emotions by acknowledging how the child is feeling. The second stage is called timeline, and this is when the adult gets the child's point of view on the said event. The third stage is called central issues. During this stage, the student's interests are accounted for and the appropriate LSCI strategy is selected. The fourth stage is called insight and is when the student recognized and tries to change self-defeating behavior patterns. The fifth stage is called new skills. This stage focus on teaching the child new skills that are needed for a behavior change to take place. Finally, the last stage is called transfer of training. At this stage, the student is prepared to go back to the normal routine of his or her classroom and use his or her new skills.
There are six different LSCI strategies to help a student learn from his or her problem situation. These strategies are red flag, reality rub, symptom estrangement, massaging numb values, new tools salesmanship, and manipulation of body boundaries.
Overall, LSCI aims to find the positive in the negative. LSCI places students in the position to learn from bad situations and develop trust between teacher and student. The child in crisis should always be treated with respect, needs to trust the adult, become aware of self-defeating behavior, build social skills, and learn to accept responsibility for inappropriate actions. LSCI can be a very powerful program when used correctly and for the right reasons! The LSCI process can be used in any academic setting.
Often times, when a conflict occurs, children fall into the conflict cycle. This is a negative process which makes that child feel even worst about the situation.
The cycle:
- A stressful event occurs that reinforces a child's negative beliefs (i.e. "Nothing good ever happens to me!")
- Negative thoughts trigger feelings
- Negative thoughts lead to inappropriate behavior
- These behaviors stir adults' feelings
- Adults pick up and mirror child's behavior
- This increases child's stress and makes the conflict a bigger deal
- In the end, the child has no motivation to alter his beliefs or inappropriate behaviors because his self-fulfilling thoughts have been reinforced
Therefore, instead of having the student fall into the conflict cycle, LSCI can be implemented. There are 6 stages of LSCI which can be used to help a child learn from his or her crisis situation. Stage one is called crisis. This is where an adult will help drain a student's emotions by acknowledging how the child is feeling. The second stage is called timeline, and this is when the adult gets the child's point of view on the said event. The third stage is called central issues. During this stage, the student's interests are accounted for and the appropriate LSCI strategy is selected. The fourth stage is called insight and is when the student recognized and tries to change self-defeating behavior patterns. The fifth stage is called new skills. This stage focus on teaching the child new skills that are needed for a behavior change to take place. Finally, the last stage is called transfer of training. At this stage, the student is prepared to go back to the normal routine of his or her classroom and use his or her new skills.
There are six different LSCI strategies to help a student learn from his or her problem situation. These strategies are red flag, reality rub, symptom estrangement, massaging numb values, new tools salesmanship, and manipulation of body boundaries.
- Red Flag: In this strategy, you need to identify the source of the problem. The adult then helps the student recognize that he or she is inaaprioate with how he or she expresses anger.
- Reality Rub: Identify how the student contributes to the problem and may make it worse
- System Estrangement: Confront unacceptable behaviors by making the student who was bullying uncomfortable with his tendency to feel good about making others feel bad
- Massaging Numb Values: Build values to create self-control in a student who is impulsive or self-abusive. This is used for students who act out and then feel incredibly guilty afterwards
- New Tools Salesmanship: Teach new social skills to student. Do this with the right goals and attitude but demonstrate is with the wrong behavior.
- Manipulation of Body Boundaries: Expose student who is part of a false friendship or set up by others.
Overall, LSCI aims to find the positive in the negative. LSCI places students in the position to learn from bad situations and develop trust between teacher and student. The child in crisis should always be treated with respect, needs to trust the adult, become aware of self-defeating behavior, build social skills, and learn to accept responsibility for inappropriate actions. LSCI can be a very powerful program when used correctly and for the right reasons! The LSCI process can be used in any academic setting.
For more information of LSCI:
The following websites explain LSCI in further detail and provide information on training for the program.
http://www.lsci.org/
http://cecp.air.org/interact/authoronline/april98/1.htm
http://www.lsci.org/
http://cecp.air.org/interact/authoronline/april98/1.htm