The Goddard School

Two children do not have medical facility or physician information on their admission forms.

One child's file does not have signed health statements.

There is sufficient evidence to support that staff did not demonstrate good judgment when arguing in front of a child in care.

A child was observed to be sleeping with a bottle.

There is sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver did not use good judgment by discussing children's behaviors in the classroom.

There is sufficient evidence to support that children, ages 18 months and older are combined for an hour during opening time.

The operation failed to call in substitute help to ensure compliance with regulations and to maintain the day-to-day smooth functioning of the operation.

It was found that the operation is using different forms of prohibited punishment for discipline.

The operation failed to share a copy of the incident reports with the children's parents within 48 hours

Caregivers were found to be withholding food and drink as a form of punishment.

The operation failed to report an incident that allegedly put a child at risk.

The operation did not self-report the incident.

The infant classroom was out of ratio. There were 5 children to 1 caregiver. Corrected: An additional caregiver stepped into the room to assist. The first steps classroom was out of ratio. There were 7 children to 1 caregiver. Corrected: Two children were transferred to a different classroom.

The operation did not have a current fire inspection. The last fire inspection was date /3/2023

The operation is not providing daily information to the parents.

The proper diaper changing steps are not being followed at the operation.

The toddler classroom does not have the same caregiver on a consistent basis.

The operation does not follow the special request of the parents for the care of their children.

The operations classrooms are out of ratio at times.

The operations classrooms are out of ratio at times.

A caregiver disciplined children by use of corporal punishment. A caregiver threatened to withhold active play, use of hand, and other objects to address discipline.

The operation is not notifying parents of less serious injuries.

The proper level of supervision was not maintained. The caregivers were unaware of how the child incurred the injury.

The caregiver did not demonstrate good judgement with the inappropriate joke of stating she bit a child in care.

The proper diaper changing steps were not followed when a child's diaper was only changed once after being in care for over 8 hours.

During the review of children's records 3 out of the 10 records evaluated was found to be missing required information for the emergency contact person.

During the review of children records 2 out of the10 records evaluated was found to be missing the food allergy emergency plans.

During the walkthrough I obseved 1 caregiver caring for 12 children with a SAG of 2 years. The cargiver was over ratio by 1. This was corrected when the director divided the children into two classrooms.

Caregiver is completing janitorial duties in the bathrooms during naptime and while counted in ratio. Caregiver failing to intervene to stop and prevent inappropriate child to child touching.

During the walkthrough a caregiver stated they were caring for 12 children, I counted 14 children in the classroom.

Although the operation conducted a fire drill for the month of September there was no documentation. This was corrected when the director completed the documention.

During review of Fire Safety the operation was found to not have a current fire inspection as required by minumum standards.

During revview of the centers operational policies, the policies were found to not have included promotion of physical activities.

During the walkthrough I observed a 6 month old asleep in a restrictive device for approximately 15 minutes. This was corrected when the caregiver removed the child and placed the child in the crib.

The operation did not have current feeding instructions for 1 infant not yet eating table food.

During review of personnel 2 out of 10 records evaluated did not completed all 24 hours of required annual training.

During review of records 1 out of 10 records evaluated did not have an allergy plan for a diagnosed allergy listed.