Every day, every hour, the calls come in from
Parents, Grandparents, Foster Parents, and others adults in the lives of
children, ages 17 and under, who are suffering from mental health issues that
impact their ability to stay safe. It is sometimes hard to believe the pain
that children, teens, and their families bear each day. So often, the families
and youth feel alone and without help or hope.
A dad calls. In the background there is
terrible yelling and screaming from his 10 year old son with Autism. It’s been
going on for 45 minutes. A mother calls after finding that her 13 year old
daughter has been cutting her forearm with a razor. During an IEP meeting at
school, parents find out that their son has been telling his friends that he
wants to die. A six year old boy has become so anxious about going to school,
he becomes aggressive when his mom tries to get him to the bus.
There is help. There is hope. The Child and Adolescent
Crisis Response Program, serving Lane County, OR for the last 10 years, has
expanded to cover Reedsport, OR! The
Crisis Response Program is dedicated to providing support and help parents,
foster parents, adoptive parents, and other caregivers when their child is
experiencing a mental health crisis. We provide crisis intervention services to
families, children, and adolescents 24 hours a day, 365 days per year at no
cost to families. The program can be accessed directly by youth, family member,
or community partners.
The program, funded in Reedsport by Trillium and run by the
Child and Adolescent Network, can be reached by calling 888-989-9990 at any
hour.
When you place a
call (What to expect)
q Telephone
support is available in all areas served.
q A
call to the Crisis Response Program will connect you with a Crisis Worker.
q If
all Crisis Workers busy with other callers, you may need to leave a message for
a call back.
q If
your child is currently in counseling, the Crisis Worker will encourage and
help you access crisis services provided through the child’s counselor.
q Our
Crisis Response Worker will talk with you and work toward resolving the crisis
situation over the phone. The goal is to
provide assistance to you which will help you stabilize the situation, restore
safety in the environment, help you create a short-term plan, and provide
appropriate referrals to the community.
Calls may last between 15 minutes and 1.5 hours or more.
q Crisis
Response workers can, if you would like, follow up by phone on the situation
and referrals provided within the next day or two.
What
if talking on the phone is not enough?
(Services below are under evaluation for
Reedsport, but not yet available outside Lane County)
q Most
crisis situations can be resolved over the phone. Sometimes, however, a crisis might need a
different, or more intensive intervention.
q If
the Crisis Worker handling your call believes that an on-site intervention is
warranted and the situation is safe, we may, with your permission, send a
Crisis Response Team.
q Crisis
Response Teams of two or more Crisis Response Workers provide crisis
intervention services on-site at a home/placement, in a public place such as a
hospital, or in conjunction with police or emergency services involvement.
q Crisis
Response Teams generally arrive within an hour.
The Team will contact you by phone and let you know approximately when
they will arrive. In outlying
communities, the travel time will increase the response time.
q Team
members are easily identified by “Crisis Response Team” identification cards.
q In
situations where a crisis situation cannot be safely resolved after other
avenues of Crisis Intervention have been exhausted, a voluntary Crisis Care
Placement may be authorized by the Crisis Response Team. All placements must be requested and
permitted by the parent. A Crisis Care
Placement usually lasts 24 hours but may last longer if needed.
For information about the program,
to request flyers or cards, to let us know about community resources, or to
receive updates about services in your area: Contact Mark Beach at 541-726-1465
x207
Take Me Back to Collaborative Parent
The Child and Adolescent Network is a collaborative effort of:
The Child
Center, Looking Glass, and Jasper Mountain.
Take Me Back to Collaborative Parent
