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Location: Conway, AR Population Served: Non-Arkansas residents ages 6-21. Deaf and hard of hearing unit.
| # of residents per unit: up to 8 | Residents per room: 1-2 | Capacity: 64 |
Contact with family (Calls and visit schedule): Weekly to Bi-weekly calls. Visits with families are scheduled (no additional details were provided).
| Restraint utilized? Yes | Chemical Restraint utilized? Yes | Seclusion utilized? No |
Clinical Director: LPC-S Therapists:4 full-time therapists (2 LMSW, 1 LCSW, 1 LAC)
Treatment modalities offered: “Trauma-informed Care, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and Reality Therapy, Person-Centered and Deaf Mental Health.”*
# of individual therapy sessions/week: 1-2
# of group therapy sessions led by a licensed mental health professional/week: 2-3
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Police Report
Assault and Battery Third Degree
Staff reported resident left the class room and attacked staff that was trying to redirect resident; Second staff member came to assist by pulling resident off of first staff; officer reviewed video footage.
Police Report
Battery Third Degree
Staff reporting resident struck staff member multiple times in the head and pulled staff to the ground by her hair.
Police Report
Fire Alarm
Operator advised accidental activation.
Police Report
Assault and Battery Third Degree
Staff reported resident1 hit her in the back of the head while trying to break up an argument between resident1 and resident2; staff reported resident2 destroyed two computer monitors($250 a piece) and a printer ($5000).
Police Report
Fire Alarm
Cancel for false alarm
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Compliance Record
PRLU or OLTC
Incident Report
“Staff brought patient into new unit. Staff inappropriately pushed pt into floor. Based on witness statement and interviews of staff. The staff was terminated…redacted.” Type of Incident listed as “patient attacked other patients.”
Police Report
Battery Third Degree
Staff reported residents beating up staff and taking over facility; officer made contact with staff and residents, whom stated resident 1 had been “messing” with staff; residents 2-6 stated that they did not like resident 1 so they “jumped him and beat him up”; staff reported resident had kicked her in stomach during fight, resident also kicked and spit on trooper; all residents involved had minor injuries, MEMS responded to assess residents.
Police Report
Battery Third Degree
Facility informed complainant that resident was having x-rays completed “but everything was okay”; complainant made more inquiries about the situation and decided to take resident out of facility; requesting officers accompany complainant to pick resident up from facility; officers advised complainant that they would “attempt” to get her reports required and requested; advised complainant to contact Prosecuting Attorney about situation.
Police Report
Battery Second Degree
Staff reporting resident had gotten away from his caregiver, ran across the room and attacked him; staff stated that resident hit, kicked and kneed him multiple times; officers noted staff had cut on face/nose, red areas/bruising on his face and neck, and a knot on the back of his head; resident transported to Juvenile Detention Center.
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Compliance Record, New Hire
Police Report
Welfare Check
Resident mother calling from Ohio requesting welfare check; mother stated that resident sounds over medicated, does not talk much, complains of being injured daily, and complaining about burning his tongue on food; mother stated she has been trying to contact residents case worker for two weeks and “nothing has been done”; officers arrived at facility, stated questions answered and referred mother to governing body over facility;
Police Report
Medical
Resident dislocated finger during altercation, no COVID-19 concerns, requesting medical transport.
Police Report
Runaway
Officers responded to resident running into the woods, notified that resident has violent tendencies/homicidal idealations; officers searched the area for resident, officers located resident and are chasing them; resident in police custody, making suicidal comments; MEMS transporting resident to Baptist in Conway.
Police Report
Medical
Staff reporting resident seizing but still breathing, resident seizing stopped but breathing is labored; resident has been in contact with COVID-19.
Police Report
Sexual Misconduct.Offense
Arkansas State Police Crimes Against Children filing report of sexual assault; resident stated that he woke up to peer inserting his penis into his buttocks; peer stated that he woke up to resident putting his penis in his face; has not yet interviewed resident or peer; investigation ongoing.
Police Report
Suicide Attempt
Staff reported that they found resident unresponsive on bathroom floor with clothing tied around her neck; staff removed clothing from residents neck, resident was still breathing but not responding; resident taken to Baptist Hospital via MEMS;
Police Report
Unknown Trouble
Officers responded to location due to residents answering facility phone giggling and hanging up, someone different answered each time; upon arrival staff notified officer that two residents were “out of control” and trying to break things at nurses station, fire alarm pulled by nurses station; officers cleared the scene and reported staff no longer needed assistance.
Police Report
Battery 3rd Degree, Medical
Staff reported resident had kicked a staff member in the head and staff is having trouble breathing, staff taken to Conway Baptist Hospital; when officers arrived on scene they were advised that five residents were missing; officers assisted residents back to facility; unspecified laceration to arm requesting another ambulance; officers requesting assistance with residents rioting in the dining room; resident 1 has been charged with Battery Third Degree and transported to Faulkner County Juvenile Detention Center.
Police Report
Medical
Staff reported resident was at Children’s Hospital a few days ago; APN on scene advised to call for ambulance; resident is still breathing.
Police Report
Behavioral Sexual Offense
ASP crimes against children called to report that a resident at the facility reported that a staff member rubbed her vagina; not enough information was reported to hotline to locate offender.
Police Report
Behavioral Fire Alarm
Smoke in wing room 216; handled by fire department
Police Report
Behavioral Hang Up Call
Police Report
Disturbance, Terroristic Threatening Second Degree
Resident barricaded self in room and being destructive; resident has been physical with others in the past week and has been threatening physical harm to others.; resident charged with terroristic threatening second degree.
PRLU or OLTC
Licensing Compliance Record