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North Billerica MA 01862 · License #P-182910 · Home-based · Family Child Care
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Ongoing Professional Development
Children's Records
The licensor observed that the educator has completed 22 hours of training. Training requirements were reviewed with the educator. Family childcare educators working more than 10 hours per week must complete at least 10 hours of professional development annually, with one-third focused on diverse learners. The educator has completed a variety of professional development courses.
The licensor reviewed the children’s records and noted that the annual update forms and yearly physicals were missing.
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The licensor discussed with the educator the need to barricade the dining room to prevent children from accessing the area.
Space (indoor / outdoor hazards) - R Apr 2025
The licensor randomly reviewed children's records. Of these, two were missing medical information (physical and immunizations).
Children's Records - R Apr 2025
There was an unapproved caregiver in the program feeding a toddler in the living room with no supervision.
The educator did not have records for the assistant who was present at the time of the visit. CA6 Monica Esteve de Arias.
The educator was not appropriately supervising the child who was being fed by the unapproved caregiver in the living room upon the licensor's arrival.
BRC
Supervision
Interactions with Children
EEC Assistant
Staff Records
The educator did not submit an EEC BRC Consent Form for a person who is regularly on the premises. The unapproved person was present at the time of the visit. ( educator's mother)
There was an unapproved person on the premises at the time of the visit.
The educator was not attentive or engaged with the child whom the unapproved caregiver was feeding in the living room.
The pack-and-play where the infant sleeps had a fitted sheet that was soiled.
Interactions among adults and children
The educator was not aware of one child care child's activities at all times. The child was in a room on the third floor level while the educator was on the first floor with the other six children.
The educator failed to notify EEC of a person regularly on the premises. The person was present at the time of the visit and hiding in a room on the third floor of the home.
Supervision - Floor Levels
False and Misleading Information
EEC Assistant
Program Capacity
The educator was not attentive or engaged with the child whom the licensor found crying on the third floor level of the home during the visit.
The educator failed to be positioned to maximize her ability to see and/or hear one child care child in her care. The child was in a room on the third floor level while the educator was on the first floor with the other six children.
Staff Attendance
The educator was not on the same floor level with the child who was found on the third floor while the educator was on the first floor with six children.
Licensed Space
Persons on Premises
Space (health risks) - R Apr 2025
There was an unapproved person on the premises at the time of the visit.
Interactions with Children
Supervision
Supervision - Close
Interactions
Adult-Child Ratios
Notifications to EEC:
Napping Materials
BRC
Progress Reports
The educator was not operating within her licensed capacity. Licensed capacity is eight with a condition that two of the children are school age. There were seven children under the age of five present at the time of the visit. According to records reviewed, the educator has been operating above her capacity on Mondays and Wednesdays since 9/12/23.
The educator did not submit an EEC BRC Consent Form for a person who is regularly on the premises and was present at the time of the visit ( educator's mother).
No recent progress reports on file.
The educator provided false and misleading information to the licensor when the licensor specifically asked if there was a child crying on the second or third floor of the home. The licensee replied that there were no additional children in the home besides the six that were on the first-floor level upon the licensor's arrival. The licensor later found the crying child hidden in a room on the third-floor level. There was an unapproved person with the child in the unlicensed room.
The educator was not responsive to one child's individual needs while the child was crying during the visit. The child was crying and screaming on the third floor of the home while the educator was on the first floor.
The educator did not recognize the signs of stress in the child's behavior and did not respond with appropriate stress-reducing activities while the child was crying on the third-floor level of the home.
There was an unapproved caregiver in the program .
The educator was not appropriately supervising the child whom the licensor found on the third floor of the home while the educator was on the first floor with six children.
The educator failed to keep the required adult-child ratio when she was the only educator in the program providing child care to seven children, including five children under the age of two years old ( two of them were infants).
The educator does not keep attendance for her assistants.
The educator failed to exercise appropriate supervision of one child in her care in order to ensure their health and safety at all times. The child was in a room on the third floor level while the educator was on the first floor with the other six children.
The educator failed to be in sufficient proximity to one childcare child at all times in order to be able to intervene quickly when necessary as required per regulations.
The educator placed one child in an unlicensed room on the third floor/attic of the home. The space is not approved by EEC.
Missing emergency card information for four children in the first aid kit.
Ongoing Professional Development
7.5 hours of professional development. Please complete additional 22.5 hours.
First Aid Kit (FCC)
Missing CPR mouth guard in the first aid kit.
Childrens Records - R Apr 2025
Refrigerator Temperature
Water Temperature
Children's records were incomplete. Five of the children's enrollment packets were incomplete and 6 children have expired medical notes.
Refrigerator temperature was 20 degrees.
Water temperature was 140 degrees.
Progress Reports
License/Certificates/Approvals Posted
Ongoing Professional Development
Children's Records - R Apr 2025
Three of the children's records were incomplete and did not contain recent physicals and progress reports.
Educators license was not posted it was in a binder.
Professional development hours were not completed.
Progress reports for each child were incomplete.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Napping Materials
First aid kit has some of the emergency cards out of date and it is missing bandages.
Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
Diapering area on the first floor is missing the diaper mat. Supplies are disorganized on top of a side table.
Evacuation Logs
Diapering & Toileting - R Apr 2025
First Aid Kit (FCC)
Indoor Hazards
Required Postings - Child Specific - R Apr 2025
Educator did not have an entry for the month of September in her evacuation log.
Educator is piling up the napping materials in the bathroom shower. All the nap materials are touching each other.
At the time of the visit there was a strong smell coming out from the basement and downstairs bathroom. Licensor could not tell what the foul odor was. Bathroom cabinet locker is not working and the cleaning supplies stored inside are accessible to children
Educator does not have emergency list of allergies posted.
The educator is missing an individual health plan for a child with an allergy.