591-1-1-.11(2) · Rule 591-1-1-.11(2) requires that personnel shall not: physically or sexually abuse a child or engage or permit others to engage in sexually overt conduct in the presence of any child enrolled in the center; inflict corporal/physical punishment upon a child; shake, jerk, pinch or handle a child roughly; verbally abuse or humiliate a child which includes, but is not limited to, the use of threats, profanity or belittling remarks about a child or his family; isolate a child in a dark room, closet or unsupervised area; use mechanical or physical restraints or devices to discipline children; use medication to discipline or control children's behavior without written medical authorization issued by a licensed professional and given with the parent's written consent; restrict unreasonably a child from going to the bathroom; punish toileting accidents; force-feed a child or withhold feeding a child regularly scheduled meals and/or snacks; force or withhold naps; allow children to discipline or humiliate other children; or confine a child for disciplinary purposes to a swing, highchair, infant carrier, walker or jump seat.

During an investigation, it was determined that on November 10, 2025, inappropriate discipline was used when a staff member grabbed a 4-year-old child and pulled them forcibly out of a chair. During a transition after lunch, the 4-year-old child was sitting at a table and threw a toothbrush. A staff member that was standing behind the child’s chair grabbed the back of the child’s neck, then grabbed the child’s right wrist and left arm and pulled them out of the chair to a standing position. The staff member then pushed the child by their upper arm to the rug to pick up the toothbrush and led the child back to the table where the staff member forcibly sat the child back in their chair. The child sustained a scratch on the left side of their neck.

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