State Reporting on Physical Holds and Involuntary Seclusion

Senate Bill 710 was passed in the regular 2021 legislative session and outlines new provisions for what is prohibited and permissible relating to physical holds and involuntary seclusion of children receiving services from licensed child-caring agencies. It is important to note mechanical or chemical restraints are never used in our programs.  Trillium Family Services has successfully implemented these changes in the way that we utilize physical interventions with the youth that we serve.

Trillium utilizes Nonviolent Crisis Intervention to help maintain the safety and wellbeing of youth in situations that pose potential harm to themselves or others. This evidence-based intervention training equips our staff to focus on recognizing problems before they become unsafe behaviors, while using verbal de-escalation skills, least restrictive intervention and debriefing practices to build skills and avoid further incidents. We continue to lean into trauma-informed practices that help youth build skills around safety for themselves in their process of healing and personal growth.

SB710 added new reporting requirements anytime physical holds and involuntary seclusion are used with a child in care. Trillium has five sites where physical interventions are utilized to help maintain safety when all other options have been exhausted. A report of required information will be provided to the state each quarter for oversight – the previous quarter’s reports are included below for your reference.

In addition to the required state reporting, Trillium’s Quarterly Physical Interventions Report provides summary data of how holds and seclusions were utilized in these programs over the previous quarter.

Click each location for its associated state reporting

Two (2) Residential Campuses – both providing subacute, PRTS and secure inpatient services

• The Corvallis Campus

• The Portland Campus

Three (4) Day Treatment/Partial Hospitalization Programs

• North Point in Corvallis

• Edwards in Portland

• Sagebrush in Bend

• Larkspur in The Dalles

Trillium also has a voluntary Young Adult Program (Sender House in Albany) that does not utilize any physical interventions in services.

Trillium uses ongoing internal structures to make sure that all use of physical holds and seclusions are evaluated so that we can take steps to minimize physical intervention and help build skills of safety for our youth and the staff working with them. Our teams are committed to transparency of the interventions we utilize. We, also recognize that this data does not always tell the full story of how youth grow and heal on their journey toward discharge to their home community. We encourage families or community members to reach out with any concerns or questions to Quality@TrilliumFamily.org.