La Petite Academy #7143

22.1-289.035-B-4 · The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. The criminal background check for a state Staff #1 resided in the preceding five years was requested after hire.

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22.1-289.035-B-3 · The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.

Staff #1 did not have a central registry search requested prior to the their first day of employment. The staff member's central registry search was requested one week after their first day.

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22.1-289.035-B-3 · The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.

The central registry search for Staff #1 (employed for one month) was requested after the employee's first day of employment.

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8VAC20-780-60-A · Repeat Violation

Based on record review the center did not ensure that children?s records contain all the required information. Evidence: 1. The record for Child #1 and Child #4 was missing the work phone number for one parent. 2.The record for Child #2 was missing names of persons authorized to pick up the child. 3.The record for Child #3 was missing the work phone numbers for both parents.

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8VAC20-770-60-B · Based on record review and interview the center did not ensure that all staff have a sworn statement or affirmation completed prior to the 1st day of employment.

Evidence: 1.The record for Staff #1 did not contain a sworn statement or affirmation. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that there was no sworn statement or affirmation in their record.

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8VAC20-780-40-E · Based on interviews, video footage and a review of the center?s policies, the center failed to ensure that the center?s services are maintained in compliance with the center?s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards.

Evidence: The center failed to follow their written procedures for inappropriate redirection as demonstrated by the following incident: 1. The center?s written procedure regarding inappropriate redirection states ?The use of physical, mental, or emotional punishment on or demeaning behavior toward any child is prohibited. No staff member is permitted to utilize the following means of punishment or redirection on any child, including his/her own or a relative?s child, while on company property: Hitting, shaking, biting, pinching, pulling, pushing, physical force or inflicting any other form of corporal punishment to hurt a child?restricting a child?s movement by binding, tying or any other type of physical restrain or timeout, including lifting or carrying a child.? a. On 8/10/23, staff 1 pulled multiple children by their arm and sat them down on the floor, lifted a child up in the air by his arm to move him and grabbed a child on both sides of his mouth with her hand. On that same date, staff 2 pulled a child by his arm, hit him on his back after he fell to the floor and then pulled him by his arm again to sit him down on the floor. 2. Center management confirmed that staff 1 and staff 2 did not follow the center?s written procedures regarding inappropriate redirection.

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8VAC20-780-580-C · Based on staff interviews and a review of center documents, it was determined that the center did not ensure that Virginia state statutes about safety belts are followed as required by ?46.2-1095 through ?46.2-1100 of the Code of Virginia and that stated maximum number of passengers in a vehicle is not exceeded during transportation of children.

Evidence: 1. Two staff members stated that on 7/14/23, they took 17 school-aged children on one of the centers? two vehicles for a field trip. The staff members stated that the center vehicles only have enough seats and seat belts for a maximum of 14 children. 2. Staff stated that because there were not enough seats for the number of children on the field trip, they had to sit several of the children three to a seat and some children did not have seat belts to wear. One staff member stated that she had to sit on the floor of the vehicle due to there being no seat for her to sit in. 3. The licensing inspector observed a total of 14 seat belts available on the center vehicle used to transport children. 4. There are 17 children listed on the field trip Face-to-Name sheet for 7/14/23. The staff supervising the field trip that day confirmed that the face-to-name sheet was correct and that the 17 children listed were transported on the center vehicle to and from the field trip. 5. The center director confirmed that the center vehicle used to transport children holds two children per seat for a maximum of 14 children.

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8VAC20-780-140-A · Based on record review and interview the facility failed to ensure that each child has documentation of a physical examination on file within the required time frame.

Evidence: 1 - The records for children #3 and #4 did not contain documentation of any physical examination. a. Child #3 has a documented first date of attendance as April 10, 2023. b. Child #4 has a documented first date of attendance as April 3, 2023. 2 - Staff #1 confirmed that there was not any documentation of physical examinations in the records of Child #3 or #4.

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8VAC20-780-60-A · Based on record review and interview, the center did not ensure that children's records contain all the required items.

Evidence: 1. The record for child 1 (date of enrollment: 11/21/22) contains only one name, address and phone number of a designated person to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached, where two are required. 2. The center director confirmed that the record for child 1 is lacking one of the required two emergency contacts.

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8VAC20-780-40-E · Based on interviews, video footage and a review of the center?s policies, the center failed to ensure that the operational responsibilities of the licensee shall ensure that the center?s services are maintained in compliance with the center?s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards.

Evidence: The center failed to follow their written policy for positive guidance and redirection as demonstrated by the following incident: 1. The center?s policy for positive guidance and redirection states ?No staff member is permitted to utilize the following means of punishment or redirection on any child: Hitting, shaking, biting, pinching, pulling, pushing, physical force or inflicting any other form of corporal punishment to hurt a child?restricting a child?s movement by binding, tying or any other type of physical restrain or timeout, including lifting or carrying a child.? a. On 12/8/22, child 1 (age 1 year) and child 2 (age 1 year) were pulled by their arm and sat down on the floor multiple times by staff 1. Staff 1 also took a toy out of child 1?s hands on two occasions and threw a soft foam rocker chair over the heads of the children onto the area rug where the children were standing. 2. Center management confirmed that staff 1 did not follow the center?s policy for positive guidance and redirection.

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22.1-289.035-B-4 · Based on record review and interview, the center did not ensure that a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry is obtained from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

Evidence: 1. Staff 1 has a hire date of 3/31/22. Staff 1 indicated on her sworn statement or affirmation that she has resided in the state of New York within the past five years. The results of a central registry search from the state of New York was not available for staff 1. 2. Staff 2 has a hire date of 4/26/22. Staff 2 indicated on her sworn statement or affirmation that she has resided in the state of Nevada within the past five years. The results of a criminal history record information check and central registry search from the state of Nevada were not available for staff 2. 3. The center director confirmed that the out-of-state background checks for staff 1 and staff 2 have not been completed.

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8VAC20-790-600-D-1 · Based on record review and interview, the vendor did not ensure that all staff who work directly with children shall have within 90 days of the date of employment current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care.

Evidence: 1. The record for staff 1 (date of hire: 4/26/22) does not contain documentation of current CPR certification. 2. The center director confirmed that the record for staff 1 is lacking documentation of current CPR certification.

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