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Tutor Time ChildCare Center
33055 Hayes Road, Sterling Heights MI 48312 · License #DC500250277 · Center
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- Licensed for 141 children
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Violations per inspection, 3-yrInspection history & violations
Source: Michigan MiLEAP, Child Care Licensing Bureau- Violation
R 400.8335(8)(a) · R 400.8335(8)(a) Food services and nutrition; provided by center (a) Containers must be labeled with the date opened.
At the time of the onsite inspection, a half-gallon carton of milk was observed in the Toddler 2 room fridge that was not labeled and did not have a cap.
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At the time of the onsite inspection, a single-serve container of milk was observed in the Toddler 1 room fridge with no cap on it.
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The center has implemented and maintained a pest management policy and program.
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R 400.8161(2) · R 400.8161(2) Maintenance of premises. (2) The premises must be maintained so as to e liminate and prevent rodent and insect harborage.
The premises has been maintained in a manner to prevent rodent and insect harborage.
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On October 18, 2022, I interviewed Child A's Mother. On 10/17/2022 the staff failed to give Child A lunch and had her sitting at a table alone and isolated from the other group of children. She was only given a sippy cup, while other children were given food at lunch time. Child A was sitting at the table alone. After she called to complain to the director, she observed a child care staff member (ccsm) on the video feed giving Child A food. Child A is always starving at pick up time. This has been an ongoing issue of Child A not wanting to eat the food provided by the center. The center continuously reports that she will not eat the food. Child A's Mother denied any issues at home with Child A not eating. When she asked the program director Christi Willson if she could bring provide her own food for Child A, she was told no. I inquired what accommodations were requested of the center to meet Child A's dietary needs on days when she does not eat. Child A's Mother reported that the center gave her paperwork for the physician to complete but she did not have the forms completed and did not return them to the center. Child A has some developmental issues that were concerning to the parent. On October 17,2022, she received confirmation from test results of Child A's medical diagnosis. She denied that the medical diagnosis would pose issues with Child A not wanting to eat. However, upon this consultant's review of WedMd for the diagnosis it revealed that the medical condition can cause unusual eating patterns resulting from sensitivity to the taste, smell, textures, and color of the food which can cause a food aversion. Due to sensory issues common with the disorder it can cause children to avoid foods that are slippery and soft. Child A's Mother reported to this consultant that she had proof of the center isolating Child A at a table alone. Child A's Mother sent this consultant two photos of a 1st screen shot from the center's video app of Child A during lunch time. The picture shows children at one full table with children and Child A sitting alone at a table with a toy. The second picture shows Child A, another child, and a child care staff member (ccsm) seated at the table together and the other table still had six children seated at the table. On October 26, 2022, I made an onsite investigation to watch the video from the incident on October 17, 2022. I met with licensee designee April Cole and Christi Willson, licensee designee /program director. There is no audio on the video. I watched the video and observed children washing their hands then going to the table to sit and wait to be served lunch. There were two different tables. Child A went to sit at the second table and was playing with a toy. The other children began sitting at the first table. The children were allowed to seat at either table and were not directed by either ccsm. There was another child that came to sit at the table 3 with Child A and ccsm Miriam Kafee-Almout. The first table had six children seated and there were no additional spaces for children to sit. They began serving this table their lunch first. Child A was given a sippy cup while they were waiting on their table to get served. The other child was given his food and within a minute, Child A was given a bowl of food. Child A slid the bowl of food away from her and it almost slid off of the table. Ms. Kafee-Almout was able to stop the bowl from sliding off of the table. Ms. Willson was observed walking into the room and speaking with the staff. The staff began looking over at Child A and they showed her Child A's bowl of food. Ms. Miriam put the bowl back in front of Child A again. Child A slid the bowl away a second time and stood up and walked away from the table. It does not appear from the video that the ccsm attempted to give food to Child A only after Ms. Willson walked in the room to discuss the food as reported by Child A's Mother. An attempt to give Child A food was made before Ms. Willson
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The center often isolates Child A from the other children and do not include her in activities. Whenever she called the center and spoke with Ms. Willson, she is always dismissive in her responses. There was an incident in August of 2022 and September 22, 2022, when they excluded Child A from a painting project. Child A's Mother sent this consultant a screen shot of her reaching out to staff on September 22, 2022, inquiring why Child A was not painting. They did not respond on September 22, 2022, but responded the following day by sending her a picture of Child A painting. There was also a message from ccsm Ms. Kafee-Almout apologizing for not seeing the message the day prior and also making a comment that there are some days when Child A does not like to participate and they would work harder getting her to try to participate. Child A's Mother reported that she had several pictures of Child A being isolated from activities and would forward them to this consultant. I made subsequent requests to Child A's Mother to forward any additional pictures or documents that she reported showed examples of Child A being isolated from the group. To date, these have not been received. The only picture she forwarded was the one of Child A painting at a table next to a ccsm. During the onsite inspection, I interviewed Ms. Wilson. Once Child A was transitioned to the older toddler group, Child A's developmental delays became more apparent. She provided Child A's Mother with accommodations paperwork so an assessment could be completed to determine what kinds of inclusive services or special accommodations could be made for Child A at the center. According to Ms. Willson, Child A really required 1:1 interaction, which were not possible at the center. She was hopeful that with the completion of the forms the center could set up additional resources for Child A based on her needs. Child A's Mother did not return the completed packet by her physician, so accommodations could not be made for Child A without a confirmed diagnosis. 5 I reviewed the video and observed both ccsm's trying to engage with Child A. There was a small group activity and Child A would only sit for one minute then would get up and walk away and would play on her own. She began climbing on furniture and Ms. Shaffer was observed redirecting her back to the group and she would jump up and down almost like a tantrum. Ms. Schaffer was observed in the video removing her from climbing on the furniture or redirecting her away from playing at the hand washing sink. As soon as she was redirected from the area she would immediately return to the area. I provided consultation to Ms. Willson and Ms. Cole to work with staff on how they redirect. Instead of removing the child from the area and then immediately walking away they should guide them to another area and interact with the child. There was a moment in the video when Child A walked past a shelving unit and pushed it over without warning/provocation. During free play time, I observed Child A playing alone, there were two other children who went into the area with Child A at different times. There were small interactions between Child A and the other children and this went well. I observed circle time on the rug during story time. Child A was brought over to the rug and she sat in Ms. Kafee-Almout's lap during story time. She sat for a few minutes with the group then got up. This was the longest time she was observed being engaged with the group. During the onsite investigation, I interviewed Ms. Shaffer and Ms. Kafee-Almout regarding the allegation that they isolate Child A from the group and do not allow her to participate. They both reported that attempts are made to get Child A to participate in various activities throughout the day. Ms. Shaffer reported that she will only sit for a few minutes then gets up and roams around the classroom. Ms. Shaffer indicated that it was safer to allow her to play on her own because it would prev
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Child A's Mother reported that she arrived at the center on October 14, 2022 and observed an injury on Child A's face that they reported happened during outdoor play. They gave her an incident report on the day of the injury; however, she feels that the staff are not appropriately supervising Child A. Child A did not have to receive medical treatment as a result of the injury. During the onsite investigation, I interviewed Ms. Kafee-Almout and Ms. Shaffer. Ms. Kafee-Almout reported that she did not recall any injuries to Child A's face occurring during outdoor play and was unable to provide any additional information regarding this injury. I interviewed Ms. Shaffer and she confirmed that she was caring for Child A during this injury. Child A was standing near the bottom of the slide and was trying to climb up the slide the wrong way. She redirected Child A away from the bottom of the slide. She walked over a few feet to watch as another child was sliding down the slide. When she looked over toward the bottom of the slide, Child A was again trying to climb up the slide the wrong way as a child was coming down the slide. She could not get to Child A fast enough and they collided. Child A had a woodchip in her hand and believes it was the wood chip that scraped her face. There was no blood or broken skin, and the injury looked more like a scrape or abrasion. She cleaned the area and Child A appeared fine the rest of the day. She completed and signed an incident report that was given to Child A's Mother the same day at pick up time. Consultation was provided to Ms. Willson regarding staff also giving parents a verbal call when there is an injury to the face so that parents are not shocked at pick up time to see an injury on the face of their child. 7
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On June 28, 2022, Child A was deprived of drinking water throughout the day by Child Care Staff Members Miriam Kafee Almont and Melissa Vandeneede.
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Staff members did not have children wash their hands prior to eating lunch on June 28, 2022.
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On July 1, 2022, I interviewed the complainant over the phone. The complainant stated I should speak with Child A's Mother for any further information and provided contact details for Child A's Mother. On July 1, 2022, I interviewed Child A's Mother over the phone. She stated that she too witnessed Child Care Staff Members Melissa Vandeneede and Miriam Kafee Almont restricting Child A's liquid intake and repeatedly taking away his sippy cup as he was trying to drink out of it. Child A's Mother had provided written documentation from a doctor that Child A had a food sensory disorder that caused severe dehydration. The instructions that Child A's Mother received and passed onto the center staff was that to help with the dehydration was to allow him to drink as much fluids as he wanted. It upset her that CCSMs, after being told this information, repeatedly taking away his sippy cup and refusing to allow him to drink. Additional to the removal of the sippy cup, she saw Ms. Vandeneede and Ms. Kafee Almont point their fingers at Child A and "yell" at him. At one point while watching the video Child A's Mother saw Child A being pushed down into his seat. Child A's Mother stated he is a sweet natured child and not a behavior problem. There was no need to push him back to his seat. Child A's Mother explained that she had an appointment on July 5, 2022, to watch the recorded video with Center administration. I agreed to accompany Child A's Mother to watch the video at the center. On July 5, 2022, I conducted an unannounced inspection at the facility. Upon arrival I first met with Child A's Mother in the parking lot. We discussed briefly what she expected to see in the video. When we entered the center, we met with Area Director April Cole and Program Director Christi Wilson. We grouped together in an empty room to watch the video from June 28, 2022. Child A's Mother had already spoken with Ms. Cole so the video clips we were going to observe were from the times that Child A's other had mentioned during their conversation. During this viewing, I was having difficulty seeing the screen, but I noted times I wanted to review. While watching the video, I observed that CCSMs Ms. Vandeneede and Ms. Kafee Almont did not have the children wash their hands prior to eating their lunch. The children went to their respective tables and sat for several minutes waiting for lunch to be served. During the lunch portion of the video, I did not see a rule violation other than the failure to wash hands and technical assistance regarding serving food. 3 Then came the portion of the video that Child A's Mother said the caregivers repeatedly took Child A's sippy cup from him while he was trying to take a drink. On the video I saw Ms. Kafee Almont help Child A with his sippy cup to drink, then she takes it away from him and puts it on the counter. Child A goes to that counter, takes the sippy cup down, and tries to drink. It was told to me that the sippy cup was empty. Again, I see Ms. Kafee Almont take the sippy cup back on the counter. During the rest of the time of the video clip this happens twice more where Child A attempts to get his cup and it is taken away. Once with Ms. Kafee Almont and the second with Ms. Vandeneede. Neither caregiver put more water in the cup for him to drink or offer him anything else. After reviewing the video with Child A's Mother present, I reviewed the clips again after she left the building. I again observe that Child A made several attempts to drink water and was denied his sippy cup. Even when Child A's sippy cup was empty there was no attempt by Ms. Kafee Almont or Ms. Vandeneede to fill it. I interviewed Ms. Kafee Almont alone in the office. She stated that she has been employed at the center since February 2022 as an assistant caregiver. I asked her to describe Child A and what happened on June 28, 2022. Ms. Kafee Almont stated that she knew Child A was new to the center and had typical 2-year- old behavior. She also knew
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On March 11, 2022, I interviewed licensee designee/program director Christi Willson regarding the incident. Ms. Willson reported that she received a phone call on March 10, 2022, the day following the incident from Child A's Mother to discuss her concerns with Ms. Beatty and requested a meeting. When Child A's Mother arrived at the center for the meeting, she told Child A to report to Ms. Willson what happened. Child A reported that she hit Ms. Beatty and Ms. Beatty squeezed her arm. Ms. Willson asked Child A to demonstrate what happened. Child A grabbed Ms. Willson down by her wrist area and did a twisting motion. Child A denied that she was grabbed anywhere else on her arms. Ms. Willson looked at Child A's arms and wrists and did not observe any bruising. Child A denied any pain during the meeting. Ms. Willson interviewed Ms. Beatty who denied squeezing Child A's arm; but reported that she had to grab her by the wrist/forearm area to stop Child A from hitting her in the face. Ms. Willson interviewed the other child care staff members who were present in the room and none of them reported witnessing anything inappropriate or concerning between Ms. Beatty and Child A. Ms. Willson is a new director and does not have any prior knowledge of Ms. Beatty using inappropriate discipline with children. She denied that there is anything in Ms. Beatty's staff file that would indicate any prior concerns with Ms. Beatty and how she cares for or interacts with children. Ms. Beatty is currently working in the room with other caregivers and will not work in the room unsupervised during the investigation. Ms. Willson made an agreement with Child A's Mother that during the investigation Ms. Beatty would not work in the same room with Child A. I reviewed the Comprehensive Clearance Background Check (CCBC) fingerprint system and there was nothing indicated on the system that would indicate that Ms. Beatty was not eligible to be around children. On March 15, 2022, I made an onsite investigation and interviewed the assistant director Melanie Smith, and child care staff members Jaimie Uhl, Mary Beatty, and Dorene Dib. During my interview with Ms. Smith, she reported she received a phone call from Ms. Beatty requesting help with Child A during naptime. Ms. Smith was giving a tour to a potential parent so it took her approximately ten minutes to arrive in the room which was after the incident. When she arrived in the room Ms. Beatty was sitting near Child A's cot. Ms. Beatty reported that Child A had hit her several times. Ms. Smith took over for Ms. Beatty and began comforting Child A who was initially on her cot. Child A got off of her cot and ran to the back of the room. Ms. Smith advised Child A that she was not going to chase her and advised Child A to come back to her cot. Child A pulled off her shoes and threw them and then began to climb on the 3 table. Ms. Smith became concerned with Child A's behavior and assisted Child A off of the table. Child A put her shoes back on and then settled down on her cot and took a nap. I asked Ms. Smith if there were any other child care staff members in the room when she initially arrived. Ms. Jamie Uhl was also working in the room but was in the classroom restroom crying due to being overwhelmed when Ms. Smith entered the room. When Child A's Mother arrived Ms. Smith informed Child A's Mother about her behavior. The following day Child A's Mother arrived for drop off and reported that Ms. Beatty squeezed Child A's arm. During my interview with Ms. Uhl, she reported she is a newly hired child care staff member. She usually works as a floater to provide breaks for staff. When she entered the room, the children were already down for nap. As she was approaching Child A, she observed Child A putting cotton balls in her mouth and laughing. She advised Child A that her behavior was not funny and she could accidentally choke. She tried to get the cotton balls out of Child A's mouth and she closed her lips shut tight
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Ms. Beatty and Ms. Uhl failed to use a positive method of discipline with Child A such as offering an alternative such as quiet reading, puzzles, or redirection to another area when she did not want to nap.
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Ms. Beatty repeatedly held Child A in her lap to restrict her movement when she did not want to nap or sit on her cot.
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Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
- 1The Feb 6, 2026 inspection noted: “At the time of the onsite inspection, a half-gallon carton of milk was observed in the Toddler 2 room fridge that was not labeled and did not have a cap.” — what has changed since then?
- 2The Nov 3, 2025 inspection noted: “The center has implemented and maintained a pest management policy and program.” — what has changed since then?
- 3The Oct 18, 2022 inspection noted: “On October 18, 2022, I interviewed Child A's Mother. On 10/17/2022 the staff failed to give Child A lunch and had her sitting at a table alone and isolated from…” — what has changed since then?
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