75-03-09-23 · (10)-A staff member, household member, or any other adult in or at the group child care may not kick, punch, spank, shake, pinch, bite, roughly handle, strike, mechanically restrain, or physically maltreat a child.

While watching the video surveillance, it was witnessed that staff member physically maltreated a child. * Dining camera on 5/2024 at 9:35am staff member pulls out chair with male child and proceeds to grab the male child out of his chair by the hood of his shirt * Dining camera 5/20/24 9:35am, staff member pulls female child from the table, grabs child by left arm and throws her out of the doorway into the room next to the dining area. *Dining camera 5/21/24 at 10:56am staff member grabs child by the sides, lifted male child up and forcefully sat him down in the chair *Dining camera 5/21/24 10:59am staff member dragged another kid outside the dining room *Dining camera 10:59;56am staff member forcefully grabbed male child again out of the chair into the other room to wash his hands and get him changed * Dining camera 5/21/24 11:00:57am staff member forcefully grabbed female child, lifted on staff members right side only holding child by staff members right hand while the child was in horizontal position * Dining camera 5/21/24 10:58am staff member slapped a child on the hand. Around the same time, the owner took a child from dining to get him changed and aggressively lay him down on the mat * Main room camera 5/21/24 9:01am staff member forcefully twisted a little girls head to braid her hair * Main room camera 5/21/24 9:06:41am staff member grabbed a child's hand while he was playing with a toy *Main room camera 5/21/24 9:07am staff member repeated the same act to child *Main room area camera 5/21/24 9:12:32 am staff member aggressively picked up a kid from the floor to another position.

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75-03-09-12 · (2)-Be individuals of good physical, cognitive, social, and emotional health and shall use mature judgment when making decisions impacting the quality of child care;

While watching the video surveillance, staff member did not use mature judgement when making decisions of how to discipline child.

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75-03-09-08 · (n)-Report, as a mandatory reporter, any suspected child abuse or neglect as required by North Dakota Century Code section 50-25.1-03;

During interview with the owner Karen "Kay" Schempp, i asked her what forms of discipline they use in the facility and she stated quiet time or a break from the situation. I then asked if she has ever had any concerns about staff members mishandling/mistreating children and her response was "Seen staff roughly mishandling children".

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