• Violation

  R 400.1911 · 1 R 400.1911 Care; supervision; children. (1) A licensee shall ensure appropriate care and supervision of children at all times.

  M and I made an unannounced onsite inspection to the child care home on arc24, 2021. We interviewed Nicole Elliott, licensee. Ms. Elliott stated that Child A always had a coat with never went outside without one. Ms. Elliott said there were a couple occasions w en Child A came to child care that did not have snow pants and the children and staff members went outside for 0-15 minutes. The weather was mild on these occasions and Child A's pants did not get wet. During our interview with Phoebe Walter, staff member, said she never witnessed Child A outside without a coat, but did forget snow pants at least once. Al ssa Oates, staff member, stated that Child A always had a winter coat on when went outside during bad weather, but mother forgot to send snow pants a ew times. Madison Largen, staff member, could not remember ever seeing Child A without a coat during the winter but did state that went outside without snow pants at least a few times. ■ played on dry ground and did not get wet. Kearah Johnson, staff member, said there was one time in the late fall that Child A did not have a winter coat. It was not very cold, so ■ just had a light jacket. I interviewed Child B and C's Mother, Child D and E's Mother, Child F's Mother and Child G's Mother. None of them are present during outside play, and have not witnessed children outside without proper clothing. They did not express any additional concerns regarding outside play. I left a voicemail message for Child A's Mother. She did not return my call.

  Open Not marked corrected in the state record

  Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

• Violation

  R 400.1913 · R 400.1913 Discipline; child handling. (3) Personnel shall not do any of the following: (a) Hit, spank, shake, bite, pinch, or inflict other forms of corporal punishment.

Child A was taken outside without a coat in December 2020. Child A is yelled at and spanked If does not go to the bathroom during bathroom time. During and my interview with Nicole Elliott, she stated that she does not use physical punishment or yelling as discipline and she would not tolerate it from any of her staff. All of them have discipline training and she has an appropriate discipline plan. The main inside child care area is the large child care room in the basement. Ms. Elliott has a video camera set up and she can observe the room from her telephone. She states she has never seen or heard any of her staff being inappropriate with the children. Ms. Elliott also informed me that Child A is very well- behaved and was almost fully potty trained when ■ started child care. Phoebe Walter said there were no issues with Child A using the bathroom. - CI could usually go by , but sometimes needed help with pulling up leggings or hooking pants. Ms. Walter stated she has never heard anyone at the child care yell at the c ildren or call them names. Ms. Walter said she was unaware of any use of physical discipline and knew that she was a mandated reporter. Alyssa Oates stated that she is not aware of anyone yelling or spanking children at the child care. She was able to describe mandated reporting to me. Ms. Oates said, "[Child A] was the best-behaved child here. I don't think ■ ever even went to time out." Madison Largen said that Child A could do most everything in the bathroom without assistance. Sometimes ■ might get a little distracted and need to be reminded to "finish up." Ms. Largen never heard anyone yell or threaten Child A or any of the children. Ms. Largen stated that no one used physical discipline with the children. 0 Kearah Johnson said that Child A needed assistance in the bathroom on first day at child care. Then after that ■ would sometimes need help with getting ■ pants pulled up. The children were not spanked for any reason, and Ms. Johnson also did not hear anyone yell at the children. Ms. Johnson knew she was a mandated reporter and would report anyone spanking the children. Child B and C's Mother said her would report to her if any child was spanked. Both of her children are happy an the staff are always great. Child D and E's Mother did not believe the staff or Ms. Elliott would use ph sical discipline. She believes her would tell her if someone spanked . Both of her children appear happy when she picks them up. Child F's Mother said the child care staff use time-outs and re-direction. No one would yell at the children or spank them. Child G's Mother said her is always excited to go to child care. She has no concerns and does not believe Ms. Elliott or her staff would hurt a child in any way. APPLICABLE RULE R 400.1913 Discipline; child handling. (3) Personnel shall not do any of the following: (a) Hit, spank, shake, bite, pinch, or inflict other forms of corporal punishment. ANALYSIS: Nicole Elliott and her staff do not use physical discipline or yelling as forms of discipline. CONCLUSION: VIOLATION NOT ESTABLISHED Child A tripped over the child care dog. ■ was sent to the dark basement alone to take a nap. The children nap in the basement and there is no egress window. The fire escape is blocked by a wood fort. PRow