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Report incidents to the Trumbull County Board of Developmental Disabilities Help Hotline at:
1-800-427-3606 or 330-747-2696

In addition to reporting, you are required to ensure that the individual(s) served are safe.

The following are Major Unusual Incidents that must be reported to the Trumbull County Board of Developmental Disabilities Help Hotline or Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities:

Physical Abuse — Physical force that can be expected to cause reasonable harm/serious harm; as defined in section 2901.01 of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC). Report immediately; however, within four hours.

Sexual Abuse — Unlawful sexual conduct/contact such as inappropriate, unwanted, or forcible touching for purpose of arousal; as defined in section 2907.01 ORC. Report immediately; however, within four hours.

Verbal Abuse — Purposefully using gestures/words that coerce, intimidate, or humiliate. Report immediately; however, within four hours.

Misappropriation — Defrauding and taking of a person’s property and/or money, as defined in Chapters 2911 and 2913 ORC. Report immediately; however, within four hours.

Exploitation — Unlawful or improper art of using an individual or individual’s resources for monetary or personal benefit, profit, or gain. Report immediately; however, within four hours.

Neglect — Not providing care, treatment, supervision, etc. to individual(s) with Developmental Disabilities when there is a duty to do so. Report immediately; however, within four hours.

Law Enforcement — A person with Developmental Disabilities is charged, arrested, or incarcerated.

Prohibited Sexual Relations — Means an developmental disabled employee engaging in consensual sexual conduct or having consensual or non-consensual sexual contact with an individual who is not the employee’s spouse, and for whom the developmentally disabled employee was employed or under contract to provide care at the time of the incident and includes person within the employee’s supervisory chain of command.

Death — Natural, Suicide, Suspicious, Accidents, etc. Report suspicious or accidental deaths immediately; however, within four hours.

Missing Individual — The person with Developmental Disabilities cannot be located for a period of time longer then the individual service plan specifies, circumstances indicate the individual may be in jeopardy or law enforcement is called to assist with a search.

Attempted Suicide — Any actual attempt to harm oneself resulting in emergency room treatment, in-patient observation, or hospitalization.

Medical Emergency — When emergency medical intervention is required to save a person’s life.

Unscheduled Hospitalization — Admission to a hospital that is unscheduled/unexpected.

Injury — An unknown suspicious injury requiring medical intervention by a physician, nurse practitioner, physician’s assistant or a known injury having sufficient impact on a person’s health, such as broken bones, etc.

Unapproved Behavior Support — Use of any aversive strategy or intervention in an approved manner or without obtaining consent, approval, or oversight are prohibited by state and federal regulations/rules.

Rights Violation — Any violation of rights enumerated in 5123.62 ORC that creates a reasonable risk of harm to the health and safety of a person.

Failure to Report — Where a required reporter does not immediately report believing that an individual has suffered or found substantial risk of suffering any wound, injury, disability or condition of such a nature to reasonably indicate abuse, neglect, or misappropriation.

Peer to Peer — Acts committed by one individual against another when there is physical abuse with intent to harm, verbal abuse with intent to intimidate, harass, humiliate, any sexual abuse, any exploitation or intentional misappropriation of significant value.

The board, leadership, and employees of the Trumbull County Board of Developmental Disabilities are steadfast in maintaining and creating programs and services that meet the unique needs of individuals and their families.