Disability Rights Arkansas

Centers for Youth and Families Monticello

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Location: Monticello, AR

Population Served: Youth ages 5-17

# of residents per unit: 8 Residents per room: 1 Capacity: 26

Contact with family (Calls and visit schedule): Daily calls, Visits Tuesday and Thursday in the evening and Saturday and Sunday during the day. Additional times available when set up with therapist.

Restraint utilized? Yes Chemical Restraint utilized? Yes Seclusion utilized? No

Treatment Components

Clinical Director – LCSW

Therapists: 2 full-time therapists (1 LAC & 1 LMFT, LPC)

Treatment modalities offered: CBT, TF-CBT, Sand tray

# of individual therapy sessions/week: 1x/week

# of group therapy sessions led by a licensed mental health professional/week: 1-2x/week

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Police Report

Disturbance

Caller stated that one of the clients were acting out; Caller advised they needed police for a little while until individual was removed.

Police Report

Other

Caller advised that a Juvenile locked himself in a vehicle and will not get out; Caller wants Officer to drive through parking lot to scare him to get out.

PRLU or OLTC

Licensing Compliance Record

  • 915.5, 105.5, 915.5, 105.5 – Reviewed 10 personnel files with 4 deficiencies found.

Police Report

Battery Third Degree, Criminal Mischief First Degree

Juvenile was in therapist’s office for intake evaluation; At the end of evaluation, Juvenile was told she would not be leaving the building. Juvenile began punching window in the office, damaging the window blinds. Therapist attempted to place Juvenile in an ESI twice, but Juvenile got loose and began punching Therapist in the head several times. Other staff then assisted with the ESI.

PRLU or OLTC

Licensing Compliance Record

  • Viewed all areas of building and grounds used by children, reviewed medication logs, and fire/emergency drills logs with no safety concerns noted at visit.

Police Report

Fire Alarm

Fire alarm contacted fire department; Canceled by alarm company.

PRLU or OLTC

Licensing Compliance Record

• Completed a walkthrough of the facility, did not review medication, no violations noted.
• Reviewed 1 personnel record – “training and background” noted but no standard cited.