110-300-0331(1) · Non-Compliances: This section of the Inspection Report lists non-compliances found during any licensing inspection. Information from this section will be reported to Child Care Check and be can be used to determine current and future licensing and enforcement actions. An early learning provider must take steps to prevent and, once aware of, must not tolerate: (a) Profanity, obscene language, 'put downs', or cultural or racial slurs; (b) Angry or hostile interactions; (c) Threats of physical harm or inappropriate discipline such as, but not limited to spanking, biting, jerking, kicking, hitting, slapping, grabbing, shaking, pulling hair, pushing, shoving, throwing a child, or inflicting pain or humiliation as a punishment; (d) Intimidation, gestures, or verbal abuse including sarcasm, name calling, shaming, humiliation, teasing, derogatory remarks about a child or the child's family; (e) Emotional abuse including victimizing, bullying, rejecting, terrorizing, extensive ignoring, or corrupting a child; or (f) Prevent a child from or punish a child for exercising religious rights; (g) Anyone to: (i) Restrict a child's breathing; (ii) Bind or restrict a child's movement unless permitted under WAC 110-300-0335; (iii) Tape a child's nose, mouth, or other body part; (iv) Deprive a child of sleep, food, clothing, shelter, physical activity, first aid, or regular or emergency medical or dental care; (v) Force a child to ingest something as punishment such as hot sauce or soap; (vi) Interfere with a child's ability to take care of his or her own hygiene and toileting needs; (vii) Use toilet learning or training methods that punish, demean, or humiliate a child; (viii) Withhold hygiene care, toileting care, or diaper changing from any child unable to provide such care for himself or herself; (ix) Expose a child to extreme temperatures as punishment; (x) Demand excessive physical exercise or strenuous postures. Excessive physical exercise includes, but is not limited to, running laps around the yard until overly tired, an extensive number of push-ups, having a child rest more than the child's development requires, standing on one foot for an uncomfortable amount of time, or holding out one's arms until tired or painful; (xi) Place the separated child in a closet, bathroom, locked room, outside, or in an unlicensed space; and (xii) Use high chairs, car seats, or other confining space or equipment to punish a child or restrict movement.

Carol and Melissa stated the center uses highchairs to discipline children.

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110-300-0265(6)(a) · Mats, cots, and other sleep equipment used in an early learning program must be: (a) In good condition, have no tears or holes, and have no repairs with tape;

1. Sleeping mats are ripped. WAC/RCW Correction Date Disputed Date Disputed 110-300-0215(3)(c) Serious 09/12/2023

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110-300-0215(3)(c) · Non-Compliances: This section of the Inspection Report lists non-compliances found during any licensing inspection. Information from this section will be reported to Child Care Check and be can be used to determine current and future licensing and enforcement actions. Medication must be stored and maintained as directed on the packaging or prescription label, including applicable refrigeration requirements. An early learning provider must comply with the following additional medication storage requirements: (i) Medication must be inaccessible to children; (ii) Controlled substances must be locked in a container or cabinet which is inaccessible to children; (iii) Medication must be kept away from food in a separate, sealed container; and (iv) External medication (designed to be applied to the outside of the body) must be stored to provide separation from internal medication (designed to be swallowed or injected) to prevent cross contamination.

1. Medication was left on a desk in the office where a child was being taken care of by the site Director. (The office is an unlicensed child care area). WAC/RCW Correction Date Disputed Date Disputed 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) Serious 06/30/2024

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110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Playground equipment and surfacing used by an early learning provider must comply with applicable CPSC guidelines, as now and hereafter amended including, but not limited to, installing, arranging, designing, constructing, and maintaining outdoor play equipment and surfacing. (a) Climbing play equipment must not be placed on or above concrete, asphalt, packed soil, lumber, or similar hard surfaces;(b) The ground under swings and play equipment must be covered by a shock absorbing material (grass alone is not an acceptable) such as: (i) Pea gravel at least nine inches deep; (ii) Playground wood chips at least nine inches deep; (iii) Shredded recycled rubber at least six inches deep; or (iv) Any material that has a certificate of compliance, label, or documentation stating it meets ASTM standards F1292.

1. There are six toys (small teeter-totters) which are not on approved ground cover in the outside play area. 2. Ground cover (Wood Chips) in the climbing equipment areas is not nine inches deep.

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