International Preschool LLC dba Little Academy

Ten children's records were evaluated and the following information was mising: 1. One lacked the date of admission 2. Two lacked the address of the emergency contact 3. Four lacked the updated information regarding water activities 4. Four lacked the updated information regarding special needs 5. One was behind with immunizations 6. Two lacked an immunization record 7. One lacked the parents' address 8. One lacked the name, address and phone number of the child's doctor 9. One lacked authorization for emergency medical care

The permit holder is not ensuring the center is operating in compliance with Minimum Standards, rules and laws. This is based on the number of deficiencies the center has received during today's monitoring and the recent investigations.

The foreign education documents for two staff has not been translated into English to verify the education received is the equivalent to a United States high school diploma.

The Consumer Product Certification form is not being completed annually.

Caregivers are not washing their hands after wiping children's noses.

Caregivers are not washing their hands after the removal of disposable gloves.

The full name of the employee administering meducation is not being documented,

Of the seven personnel records evaluated the following information was missing: 1. Three lacked a hire date 2. One lacked a notarized affidavit

Three children who have been enrolled for over a year do not have a health statement from a health care professional on file.

One caregiver completed CPR training online. The on-line course does not include the use of a CPR manikin and hands-on skill-based instruction, practice, and testing.

Letters from the most recent investigations were not posted.

Children's hands are not being washed after diaper changes.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being recited. The center is not keeping accurate sign in and out documentation for each child attending the center. There are no initials of the person signing the child in and out daily.

Children are not washing their hands before eating meals.

The personnel file and training certificates of the director were not available for review and training certificates for one caregiver were not available for review.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. The center has not developed written activity plans for each age group of children.

A caregiver's purse that contained medications was sitting on the desk, accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection.

Three staff have not completed the required pre-service training hours within the required time frames. Staff A completed 17 clock hours of pre-service training. Staff B completed 20 clock hours of pre-service training. Staff C completed 11 clock hours of pre-service training.

Active play is being withheld from children who misbehave in the classroom.

Two staff have not completed an orientation to the child care center.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. The center has not developed written activity plans for each age group of children.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance wad not met. This deficiency is being recited. One child's food allergy plan has not been signed by the parent.

A follow-up inspection was conducted and compliance was not met. This deficiency is being recited. Children were not directed by staff to wash their hands prior to eating snack.

A bottle of bleach/water solution was accesibble to children.

Documentation of safety drills was not available for review.

There were 6 children ages 13 months to 2 years old with one caregiver. The specified age group was 12-17 months old. With this specified age group, one caregiver can care for 5 children.

The center has not developed written activity plans for each age group of children being cared for.

One child's food allergy plan has not been signed by the parent.

Caregivers did not wash their hands prior to serving children breakfast.

Children were not directed by staff to wash their hands prior to eating breakfast.

A child was told they would not recieve ice cream if they continued to misbehave.

The diaper changing surface in one classroom has tear; therefore, it is no longer non-absorbent and needs to be replaced.

This standard was evaluated and compliance was not met. Expired food was found in the pantry. This was corrected at inspection.

The center is not keeping accurate sign in and out documentation for each child attending the center. There are no initials of the person signing the child in and out daily.

The center did not notify that Child Care Regulation that it is now offering water activities.

Staff are using the same towels throughout the day to clean the diaper changing table, tables and high chairs and are not being washed until the end of the week.

The parent handbook does not include an open door policy.

Of the 10 children's records evaluated, one lacked a health statement from a health care professional.

A current list of employees was not posted. This was corrected at inspection.

Of the 10 children records evaluated, the following information was missing: 1. All 10 records lacked the required information regarding special needs. 2. All 10 records lacked information regarding water activities. 3. One lacked the address of the emergency contact. 4. One lacked the name, address and phone number of the child's doctor or an emergency care facility. 5. One was behind with required immunizations.

The First Aid Kits on the buses were missing thermometers.

A record of attendance is not being kept for all staff.

A sign in/out log showing the arrival and departure of school-age children throughout the day is not being kept. Also, the parent or caregiver's initial is not being documented when children are being signed in and out on the hand-written logs.

During the inspection it was observed than an infant was sleeping in a swing which is considered a restrictive device.

During the inspection it was observed that the daily schedule stated that the children eat at 8:30am and they were not served food until 9:40am.

During the follow-up it was observed that in one of the toddler classrooms there were no toys on low shelving to allow the children access without adult supervision and in the other toddler classroom there were some toys on low shelves, however the caregiver was deciding what toys they would be playing with as a group rather than allowing the children a choice.

During the inspection it was observed that 18 children were present with 1 caregiver in a classroom that had a specified age of 3 years old. This classroom was over ratio by 3 children.

Based upon information gathered during the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support a caregiver physically abused a child by grabbing the child several times by the arm causing bruises.

Based on the information gathered during the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to show that a caregiver grabbed a child by the arm several times.

Based on the information gathered during the DFPS investigation, there was sufficient evidence to show that a caregiver did not wash a child's hands after a diaper change.

Based on the information received during the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to show that a caregiver did not use soap and water to wash their hands after a diaper change.

746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

2 out of 6 children with a diagnosed food allergy did not have their food allergy emergency plan available for review. 2 out of 6 children had a allergy form on file but it was documented on the admission form they did not have a food allergy.

2 out of 6 children files did not have the required physician health statement.

The director did not have transportation training available for review.

The operation has not had a Director in over 30 days.

There was infant with a bottle near their mouth during nap.

There is evidence to suggest that supervision is deficient.

There was a diaper station that had diaper wipes within reach of children on the equipment. There was a diaper changing station that had various materials covering the surface. Note: corrected when sttaff cleared thhe station.

There were 4 children files that did not have the Special Needs section filled out.

The center did have mats that were torn during the inspection.

The CPR available for the director was completed via an online course International CPR Institute Inc.

Based upon the information gathered during an investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support a caregiver failed to demonstrate competency and good judgment by taking a picture of a child deemed to be inappropriate and sending the picture to a co-worker's phone.

Based upon information gathered during the investigation, there was sufficient evidence to support a caregiver yells, grabs children inappropriately, threatened to punch them in the face, and would tell them to shut up resulting in the child crying.