Pro 22:6 Children'S Center

“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, children that are 1-2 years old have been placed in timeout for at up to 5 minutes. The brief supervised separation (timeout) is limited to no more than one minute per year of the child's age.”

“A caregiver did not use good judgment when the caregiver purposefully tipped over a seat in which a child was seated and strapped in, and when the caregiver's hand slipped it caused the child to fall forward.”

“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, infants have been placed in highchairs, which are restrictive devices, for timeout.”

“A child under 12 months of age was observed sleeping in a crib with a blanket covering their lower body.”

“During the walk-through, one caregiver was not aware of the ages of the children responsible for. Additionally, there was no information available to review that had information showing each child's age when requested for the children present in the classroom.”

“The only caregiver in the classroom left a classroom of five infants unsupervised when they entered a different classroom and lost visual awareness of the infants.”

“The three classes that care for infants did not have adequate lighting during nap time. The children were not visible without your eyes adjusting due to the low level of lighting available.”

“The two infant classrooms did not have adequate lighting during nap time. The children were not visible without your eyes adjusting due to the low level of lighting available.”

“Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, infants have been placed in high-chairs, which is a restrictive device, for timeout.”

“Two infants in care were not strapped into an equipment, rocker, that has safety straps. **This was corrected at inspection when the staff strapped the children in to the equipment.”

“Two classrooms were observed with fans and a television not mounted.”

“Staff were observed washing their hands after diaper changes, but the older infants were not having their hands washed in the hand washing sink after diapering or before eating lunch.”

“Gloves were not able to be disposed of immediately use it's use and a child was able to pick it up and place it in their mouth.”

“Diapers that were disposed of in a shared bathroom for older children, were in a trash receptacle that does not have a lid and is accessible to children in care.”

“Diaper changes were conducted in the older infant classroom. Various diaper changes were observed and the infants and the staff did not wash their hands after any of the diaper changes. Additionally, the infants hands were not washed prior to eating. Staff were observed cleaning children's noses and also did not wash their hands.”

“Multiple toddlers were upset due to various reasons and instead of comforting the toddlers, the caregiver instructed the children to "stop that" and "do you see anyone else crying" when they were crying. Additionally in the older infant classroom when an infant was upset and required comforting, the caregivers dismissed the child's crying and told them to "stop that".”

“Multiple diaper changes were observed and the sanitizing surface was not cleaned after the diaper changes surface. The surface is a hard surface that did not have wax paper utilized.”