Little Thinkers of West Oaks, LLC

Diploma was missing on file for one out of four staff files checked.

Date of admission was missing on one one file out of four files checked. This was corrected during inspection.

First aid and CPR training was missing on file for one staff. This was corrected during inspection.

There was no health statement on file for one out of three files check.

The operation has not received their annual fire inspection. Last dated inspection was 12/26/2023.

A caregiver did not wash the hands of two infants after a diaper change.

Crinbs in the infant room were not observed to have snug fitted sheets.

6 infants between 8mo-11mo were observed with 1 caregiver. The caregiver was over ratio by 2.

A 2yr old was observed to be sleeping with a training cup.

Multiple shelves were observed to be used to create a separate area for your youngest infants. The shelves blocked to only path to the door.

An 11 month old infant was observed to be sleep in a ctib with a pacificer clipped to them. A 12 month old was observed to be sleeping with a stuffed animal.

A caregiver was observed changing 2 diapers. The caregiver wore a glove one one hand. The caregiver did not remove the glove after either diaper change and did not wash their hands in between the diaper changes.

The operation has not received their annual fire inspection. Last dated inspection was 12/26/2023.

A group of 2yrs old was observed to be watching Frozen during nap time.

A 7yr old child was observed to be unservised in a kitchen/cafeteria area. The child was observed climbing on a sink to plug something into an outlet located behind the refrigerator.

A group of children was observed to be watching Paw Patrol on tv. The show was not related to an activity.

Upon arrival, an 11 month old was observed to be sleep with several toys in the cdrib. NOTE: The child was asleep for the duration of the inspection. The toys were observed in the crib for 15 mintues before being removed by the caregiver.

Based on DFPS investigation there is enough evidence to validate that a six-year-old child was placed in a highchair as a form of discipline.

Based on DFPS investigation there is enough evidence to validate that a caregiver humiliated a child when a six-year-old child was not treated with respect due to being placed in a highchair for discipline.

Based on DFPS investigation there is enough evidence to validate that a caregiver did not intervene to keep one child from hitting another child.

All Licensed childcare centers must annually report to CCR the number of employees who left employment the previous year by January 15. The deadline for entering the number of employees who left employment in 2023 is 1/15/2024. If you have not already you must log in to your childcare regulation account and report the number of employee that left your employment in 2023

Based on the investigation conducted by DFPS and the follow up conducted by Licensing representative nothing was posted to notify parent of the field trip to director's home and the operation did not receive any signed permission from parents who went on this field trip.

Notification of field trip was not posted in a prominent place were parents and others may view it. This notice must remain posted until all children on the field trip have returned to the daycare.

Notarized affidavit was missing on file for two out of four files checked.

Date of employment was missing on file for one out of four staff files checked.

There was no Emergency medical authorization on file for one out of four files checked.

Proof of education was missing on file for one out of four staff files checked.

Release information was missing on one out of five files checked.

Emergency medical authorization information was missing on file for one out of five files checked.

Three children seated at the highchair table did not have their safety straps on. This was corrected when director replaced all the safety straps for proper use and convinience.

Director was missing first aid and Cpr training. She said she has it but could not find at the moment.

One child did not wash his hands after toileting. This was corrected when caregiver washed his hands.

A copy of immunization for one child was not on record.

Three out of four staff files checked did not have any notarized affidavit. Two were corrected during inspection.

Date of admission was missing on one out of five files checked. This was corrected during inspection.

Health statement was missing on file for one out of six records checked.

Four infant feeding sheet were not up dated.

I did not observe any current liability insurance.

Immunization record was missing on file for one out of six records checked.

There is no acknowledgement that one caregiver received orientation or preservice training.

I did not observe any transportation training for the director of this operation.

There was no documentation of monthly fire drill for the month of November, the last fire drill documented was in October and we are now in December.

One caregiver did not have the acknowledgement that she received any center policies on file.

Physician information and Emergency medical authorization information was missing on file for one out of six records checked.

First and CPR training was missing on file for one out of four staff files checked.

One caregiver was missing photo identification on file.

I did not observe any current annual sanitation inspection. The one on file had expired since 8/13/2022.

One caregiver had two out of twenty four hours of annually training. This caregiver was hired 6/28/2021. Another caregiver hired 3/1/21 also did not have any training hours for the period of 3/1/2021 to 3/1/2022.

One of the classrooms was not observed to have adequate lighting during naptime. The number of children present could not be seen. NOTE: Corrected at inspection. A light in the hallway was turned on to provide more lighting in the classroom.

Based on the information obtained during the investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support the allegation of a child being dragged by the arm by a caregiver.