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Billerica MA 01862 · License #P-252686 · Center · Center-Based Care
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Administration
Toxic Substances
At the time of the visit the program did not have a child's life-saving medication with them in the classroom.
At the time of the visit a couple of staff records were missing references.
At the time of the visit several areas in the program had chipping paint.
Indoor Space
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At the time of the visit the attendance in the infant classroom showed the classroom was over ratio by one child for a little bit.
EEC Essentials Training completion
Children's Records
Staff First Aid Training
Staff Records
Supervision of Children
Staff Schedule/Qualifications
Child Guidance & Interactions
Food prepared/served in safe/sanitary manner
Building Inspection and Fire Inspection
Medication
At the time of the visit (2) educators did not complete the initial EEC Strong Start Essential trainings.
At the time of the visit several of the children's records and children record checklist are expired.
At the time of the visit (1) educator had an expired First Aide certification.
At the time of the visit during the health and safety walk through a couple of the educators were not supervising the children as their attention was diverted to other task.
At the time of the visit the educator schedule was posted however it was not current.
At the time of the visit EEC observed the following: an educator had an older infant in their crib for an extended period of time not interacting with them and when the educator went to place the older infant in the crib they were not as gentle with placing the child on their back.
At the time of the visit the program was not handling the school's lunch in a sanitary manner as the carrots were in a strainer in the sink and the meat was in a container in the sink.
At the time of the visit the Building Inspection is expired.
At the time of the visit the program had the following hazards within reach of the children: a couple of educator purses, wires longer than 6 inches long, and a roll of plastic bags in the bathroom.
This follow-up visit inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Medication
Child Guidance & Interactions
At the time of the visit the program had several children with challenging behaviors and the program did not create a behavior intervention plan between home and school.
At the time of the visit the program did not have all of the required EEC documentation in all of the educators file. The following documentation was missing: interviews, orientation, (2) references, orientation, evidence of qualifications, work verification, and EEC training. The program did not have a current Staff Record Checklist.
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
Referral Policy
At the time of the visit the program did have a current children's record checklist.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Child Guidance & Interactions
Emergency Evacuation - R Apr 2025
Children's Records - R Apr 2025
At the time of the visit the program did not have the children's record checklist availabe for EEC to review and most of the children's records were not complete.
Toxic Substances
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
Staff Records - R Apr 2025
Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Bottles/utensils/dishes/preparation utensils washed/sanitized2
Child Guidance & Interactions
At the time of the visit the {REDACTED} classroom had (6) {REDACTED} as the educator did not sign out one of the child leaving (7) on the attendance until 35 minutes after the transition leaving the attendance not accurate.
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Supervision of Children
Opportunities to foster independence and self help skills
Indoor Space
Equipment
An {REDACTED} child was chewing on a foam block and the educator did not place the foam block aside as they gave the same foam block to another {REDACTED} to chew on.
Child Guidance & Interactions
Supervision of Children
Opportunities to foster independence and self help skills
Health and Safety
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
It was observed on the playground during the visit a {REDACTED} educator become frustrated with a child when they pointed their finger in the child's face then proceeded to move the child by their arms to a time out on the bench. It was noted during the visit that several of the educators do not interact with the children while in the classroom and/or on the playground.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This follow-up visit inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
At the time of the visit two classrooms did not have accurate attendance as one child in each classroom was not signed in on the attendance.
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Staff Records
Child Guidance & Interactions
Opportunities to foster independence and self help skills
At the time of the visit EEC observed an educator not being positive when telling the children to open their ears and close their mouths.
At the time of the visit there was two classrooms without a curriculum for the daily activities.
Supervision of Children
Toxic Substances
At the time of the visit the educators were not interacting with the children in the classroom as they were standing and/or talking to eachother. One educator did not use positive guidance practices when interacting with a child as the educator abruptly placed a child on the blue couch.
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
At the time of the visit the {REDACTED} classroom had {REDACTED} from 8am-8:30am not following the ratio requirement of 2:7.
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
The Director can relate the procedures however the staff orientation for (5) of the new educators was not completed as the form was blank.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Staff Schedule/Qualifications - R Sep 2025
Toxic Substances
At the time of the visit the program was not in ratio in the {REDACTED} classroom as there were 3 educators (1 teacher qualified and 2 assistants) with 14 children and the EEC ratio is 2 educators with 9 children.
At the time of the visit the children were not assigned to a specific group with consistent staffing as there were several educators who called out.
Due to the educator call outs and the program was over ratio and there was no evidence of curriculum happening within the two operating classrooms.
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Child Guidance & Interactions
Staff Records
The program is not following the group size and ratio for the {REDACTED} and {REDACTED} groupings per the attendance. There is a pattern of the classrooms being over ratio with a variety of time ranging from 10 minutes to several hours. The ratio is 2:7 for {REDACTED} with the program having 2:10 {REDACTED} and the ratio for {REDACTED} is 2:9 with the program having a max of 2:15 on occasion for 10- 15 minutes. This was citied on previous visits 9/29/22 and 11/3/22.
At the time of the visit the program was not soundly administered
Children Record
Evidence of plan of program activities1
Administration
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
At the time of the visit the program was not following the grouping and ratio size for the {REDACTED} and {REDACTED} classroom. The {REDACTED} classroom had 2 educators with (9) {REDACTED} not meeting the 2:7 ratio and the {REDACTED} classroom had 2 educators with (11) children not meeting the 2:9 ratio.
At the time of the visit the educator did not wash their hands after wiping the child's nose and did not wash several of the children's hands after changing their diaper.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This monitoring visit inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This investigation inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This provisional license renewal visit inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Child Checklist
Transitioning Children
Behavior Management
Staff Record
Qualified Educators
Emergency Evacuation - R Apr 2025
At the time of the visit the program is not discussing behavior management techniques among the staff to promote consistency with child guidance and interactions.
At the time of the visit the program was transitioning the children to other classrooms without parental permission.
At the time of the visit the program is not following their Referral Policy to ensure the children are being referred for the appropriate assistance to be successful in the program.
At the time of the visit the program was utilizing several educators as qualified teachers when they do not have the specific requirements to be in this role.
At the time of the visit the program did not have evidence of conducting and documenting the month of February.
At the time of the visit the program had (1) expired Epi pen.
At the time of the visit the program did not following their handwashing policy as two children did not wash their hands after using the bathroom.
At the time of the visit several of the staff files did not have the required documents and several staff files were not available for EEC to review.
At the time of the visit it was observed an educator used a harsh tone when interacting with a child on the playground.
At the time of the visit the practice fire drill did not have the route and effectiveness listed on the log.
At the time of the visit it was oberserved an educator not washing the children's hands prior to eating lunch.
At the time of the visit several of the IHCP were expired and not complete with all the required information.
At the time of the visit the educator was spraying cleaner on the table while the children were sitting at the table.
Toxic Substances
Medication
At the time of the visit one educator was not able to supervise all of the children in the classroom as they were assisting a couple of children in the bathroom.
In the {REDACTED}, {REDACTED}, and {REDACTED} classroom the educators are grabbing the children by the arm to move them and no interactions in the {REDACTED} classroom.
In the {REDACTED} classroom the educators did not have a routine or curriculum to implement with the children.
At the time of the visit the following was not secured: several of the radios and (1) drying rack were on the classroom shelves not secured and able to tip over on the children.
At the time of the visit the {REDACTED} classroom had diaper cream accessible and within reach of the children in the bathroom.
The program did not have (1) medication with a box or the prescription adhered.
In the {REDACTED} classroom a child drank from both water bottles without the educator noticing and the educator gave another child one of the water bottles to drink.
At the time of the visit the children were not being supervised by the educators as two of the {REDACTED} children were eating things off of the playground ground, an {REDACTED} child was eating paper from the floor in the {REDACTED} classroom, and a {REDACTED} child was crawling on the classroom tables licking the crack between the two tables.
The program classrooms are not consistently implementing curriculum and engaging activities with the children.
One of the cribs in the {REDACTED} classroom was not being used as it is intended as the program was storing a mat, bouncy seat, and another type of bouncy for the children in the crib.
The {REDACTED} educator did not wash an infant's hands prior to the {REDACTED} eating their finger food.
At the time of the visit EEC reviewed the Staff Record and Staff Record checklist noting several of the EEC required documents are missing from the file.
Staff orientation, training and meetings
Child Guidance & Interactions
Opportunities to foster independence and self help skills
EEC observed a child throwing toys and the educator did not intervene or redirect the child.
At the time of the visit the program did not have evidence of curriculum as cited at the previous visit.
In the {REDACTED} classroom the hook for the first aid bag was not secured as the three screws were sticking out and one of the cabinets had a broken door.
At the time of the visit the educators did not wash their hands or the children's hands prior to eating snack, the educator did not wash their hands in between changing the children's diapers, and after wiping a child's nose as cited at the previous visit. One educator used the floor broom to sweep up the toys not ensuring the toys are cleaned as the broom is used to clean the floors.
Opportunities to foster independence and self help skills
Building Inspection and Fire Inspection - R Apr 2025
Group Assignment
Medication
Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
The educators in the {REDACTED} classroom did not have an understanding of the individual needs and development of the children as they were not familiar with the children and schedule in the classroom.
At the time of the visit the educator schedule was not current.
At the time of the visit the Building Inspection was expired.
The {REDACTED} for a child with a life saving medication was not in the classroom with the child, (1) {REDACTED} did not have the box or prescription, and the program did not have the {REDACTED} that is required per the IHCP.
There was an educators purse accessible and within reach of the children.
The educators in the {REDACTED} classroom did not know if any of the children in the classroom had allergies.
Infection Control/Hand Washing - R Apr 2025
The toddler {REDACTED} classroom is not following the curriculum within the classroom as there is no routine and/or curriculum. The educator took 30 minutes to clean the table and sweep the floor while the other educator changed diapers. This was cited on previous visit 9/29/22.
At the time of the visit the program did not have a child's record available for EEC to review.
At the time of the visit the program did not have a staff record for a new hire.
At the time of the visit the educator did not wash the children's hands after their diaper change. This was cited at the last visit on 9/29/22 and 11/3/22.