St Thomas Aquinas Child Development Center

It was found that a caregiver does not physically handle the children in care appropriately.

It was found that a caregiver left a child on the playground alone.

The operational policy was missing a section regarding infant safe sleep.

The loose fill under a play structure did not meet the 6 inch requirement.

A health statedment from a medical professional was missing from a child's file.

The medication authorization form was not properly documented using the full name of the employee who administered the medication.

The operation failed to obtain authorization from a parent prior to administering medication.

The operation failed to update the medication authorization forms before administering medication to a child in care.

The 2A classroom with a specified age of two-years had fifteen children and one caregiver. A second caregiver came into the room to meet ratio requirements.

A caregiver failed to use good judgement and self control to properly communicate with children in care.

A staff was heard yelling at a child during the inspection. This was corrected at inspection when the staff was reprimanded and received verbal redirection for the behavior.