Brilliant Starts Learning Academy

During this investigation, it was noted that a caregiver had a CPR, First-aid card that expired in November of 2021. This was corrected when the caregiver received training on April 25, 2022.

A caregiver/operation did not use good judgment when they did not notify a parent until the end of the day (around 3:30 pm) that their child had fallen outside around 10:52am hitting his head on a bench resulting in a bump/bruise on the forehead.

There were a few bottles in the infant rooms that were not labeled correctly with the first name and last initial. This was CORRECTED when the caregiver labeled the bottles.

There were several feeding schedules that need to be updated.

There was one child observed in the 3 year old room blocking the exit door during naptime. This was CORRECTED when the child was moved to a different area.

A diaper changing pad had a rip and also a few nap mats. They both were exposing the interior padding which prevents from properly sanitizing. This was CORRECTED when the director replaced the mats.

Based on the interviews conducted, a parent was not notified of the incident about a child at pick-up due to a caregiver not communicating with the closing caregiver about the incident.

Based on the video footage observed on the date of the incident, the caregiver lacked self control when they removed the child from the shelf in an aggressive manner and sat the child down on the floor.

Video footage observed on the day of the incident shows that the caregiver was unaware that an infant had crawled into the shelf. During this time the caregiver was diaper changing and had their back to the classroom.

Upon review of the video footage observed on the day of the incident, the caregiver did not wash their hands after diaper changing.

Upon review of the video footage on the date of the incident, the infant's hands were not washed after their diaper change.

A caregiver turned her head to answer another caregiver while standing at a diaper changing table with an infant on the table. This resulted in the 14 -month -old falling approximately 3 feet to the ground due to the caregiver not having her hand on the infant while the infant was on the table. The infant was immediately picked up by the caregiver. The infant did not sustain a concussion, swelling or bruising to the head, just a red mark on the forehead.

An infant was observed to be sleeping in a swing. Note: This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver moved the child to the crib upon request.

An infant was observed to be waking from nap and pulling up to stand in the stacked crib. The top of the infants head was able to hit the bottom of the above crib.

Staff did not use good judgement when failing to intervene in two separate incidents in which the safety of children was risked.