Resident was sitting in the classroom beside his peer. Resident reported that his peer started to talk sexually, showed the resident his penis, briefly placed his hand on the resident’s clothed crotch area, and then “made” the resident touch his penis (which was outside his pants). Staff sitting in front of the residents turned around and saw the peer buttoning up his pants. Residents were separated. A meeting is scheduled with the peer’s team to discuss removal, referrals will be sent out to Acute facilities and the peer will not be sleeping in patient bedrooms. He is on additional observation that will be assessed every 24 hours. Re-education will occur with staff. A report was made to the Child Abuse Hotline and accepted for investigation.
Licensing Specialist: Jarred Parnell
Licensing Specialist conducted a visit at the facility to review video footage of the incident. Staff at the front of the classroom was seen going to the door to speak with someone, and during this time, the peer was seen reaching over to resident under the desk. It is unclear what he was doing with his hand under the desk. Peer can be seen looking around the room and then leans his head towards resident’s pelvic region. After the incident the staff person seated directly in front of the boys turned to see what was going on and then the boys were separated due to peer messing with his pants.
The facility is trying to find treatment more suited to the peer’s needs, as he has had other difficulties and behaviors unrelated to this incident which were not conducive to success at the facility. The peer currently sleeps in the hallway or NPR room with doctor’s orders until he is discharged from the facility. Re-education and training was conducted for staff concerning classroom supervision and expectations.
CACD investigation was unsubstantiated. Complaint UNFOUNDED by Licensing.