Date |
Rule Number |
Rule Summary |
Description |
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12/19/2023 |
251.05(3)(cm) |
Child Abuse & Neglect - Biennial Training |
Documentation of current Child Abuse and Neglect training was not on file for Staff C. |
12/19/2023 |
251.06(2)(d) |
Access To Materials Potentially Harmful To Children |
Several items including sunscreen, insect repellant, and children's acetaminophen were stored in areas accessible to children. |
12/19/2023 |
251.07(2)(e)1. |
Prohibited Actions - Corporal Punishment |
Based on a complaint investigation, Staff A grabbed two children roughly by the arm. |
12/19/2023 |
251.07(2)(e)2. |
Prohibited Actions - Verbal |
Based on a complaint investigation, Staff A said to a child, "Go to sleep or I will come sit by you and you're not going to like it."
Staff A told children to stop talking during nap or their "stuffies" would be taken.
Staff A stood over a child who was laying on their cot and said in a harsh tone, "Lay down now!"
Staff B told a child to come to the table or they would eat their lunch. |
12/19/2023 |
251.07(2)(e)3. |
Prohibited Actions - Physical Restraint, Restriction, Enclosure |
Based on a complaint investigation, Staff A trapped a child between their lowed legs while standing to prevent the child from going to the carpeted area of the classroom. Staff A sat on the adult sized chair in the classroom and placed a child between their lower legs and restricted the child's movement. Staff A sat behind a child at the table and forced the child to sit at the table. |
12/19/2023 |
251.07(6)(dm)3.c |
Medical Log - Medication Administration |
Administration of medication was not logged in medical log books. |
12/19/2023 |
251.07(6)(f)1.a. |
Medication Administration - Parent Authorization |
Several medications, such as children's acetaminophen and ibuprofen were stored at the center without a current parent authorization.
Parent authorizations that were on file for medications did not list specific times to administer medications. |
12/19/2023 |
251.07(6)(f)1.b. |
Medication Administration - Containers & Labeling |
A zip-type bag labeled YMCA contained three bottles of medications that were not labeled with a child's name. |
12/19/2023 |
251.09(4)(a)3. |
Infant & Toddler - Diaper Changing Surface Disinfection |
Each classroom used different products to clean and disinfect the diapering surface. Some products used were not an EPA registered disinfectant. Staff in several rooms did not know the proper disinfecting wait time for the product in their room. |
6/26/2023 |
251.04(2)(a) |
Compliance With Laws |
A background check request form was not submitted, and a caregiver background check was not completed for Staff D prior to Staff D working with children. |
6/26/2023 |
251.04(2)(h)6. |
Policy Submitted & Implemented - Education |
The center's education policy was not implemented in the Junior Preschool room when the curriculum activities did not occur, no storytime was observed and staff did not interact with children for the majority of the day, other than to reprimand them. |
6/26/2023 |
251.04(3)(jm) |
Report - Prohibited Actions |
Center administration was made aware of the use of inappropriate child guidance on 06/13/2023. The incidents were not reported to the department. |
6/26/2023 |
251.04(4)(a)2.e. |
Parent Notification - Inappropriate Child Guidance |
Parents were not notified when their child was subject to prohibited child guidance on 06/13/2023. Parents were notified after center administration was instructed to do so by DCF licensing staff. |
6/26/2023 |
251.05(3)(k)2. |
Contact With Person - Behavior |
Based on a complaint investigation completed 07/26/23, Staff A's behavior and consistent use of prohibited child guidance techniques gives concern for the safety of children in care. |
6/26/2023 |
251.055(1)(a) |
Supervision Of Children |
Staff in the Junior Preschool room are not providing sight and sound supervision of children to guide behavior and activities, prevent harm and ensure safety, when children are sent to the bathroom. Staff are not supervising the bathroom area any time a child is using the bathroom. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(1)(f) |
Individual Attention |
Staff are not providing children individual attention. Based on a complaint investigation, staff routinely sit in chairs away from the children, watching children play, but they don't engage with the children other than to reprimand them. Staff do not respond to crying children, and in at least one instance, staff were observed chastising and making fun of a crying child. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(b) |
Policy - Child Guidance |
Staff A and Staff B did not implement the center's child guidance policy. Timeout is routinely used as the sole method of guidance, and methods of positive guidance as outlined in center policy are not used. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(c)2. |
Time Out - Nonhumiliating |
Based on a complaint investigation, Staff A routinely yelled at children when sending them to a timeout area and made sarcastic comments toward or about the child. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(c)3. |
Time Out - Time |
On 06/13/2023, several instances occurred where Staff A and Staff B put children in timeout for 5 minutes or more, and in one instance a child was in a timeout for 23 minutes. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(c)4. |
Time Out - Not Isolated |
Based on a complaint investigation, children in the Junior Preschool room were regularly sent to a timeout area alone, either in front of a closet door, or at a table, with no explanation or interaction with staff. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(e)1. |
Prohibited Actions - Corporal Punishment |
Based on a complaint investigation, it was observed that on 06/13/23, Staff A hit Child 2 once on the forehead and twice in the face with the back of Staff A's hand. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(e)2. |
Prohibited Actions - Verbal |
*On 6/13/23, on two separate occasions, Staff A threatened children with either being sent to the office, or with having the director come into the classroom.
*Staff A threatened to take away a child's stuffed animal at naptime because the child was being silly while washing his hands after lunch.
*Staff A asked a child if he washed hands after using the potty. When another staff told her he did, she said to the child, "I'm watching you."
*Staff A yelled to a child who was crying to stop crying or the child would get sent home. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(e)4. |
Prohibited Actions - Withholding / Forcing Food Or Sleep |
Staff A routinely forced children to eat and forced children to nap.
*Staff A required children to eat certain foods before they could eat their fruit during lunch;
*On 6/13/23, Staff A withheld food from a child after repeatedly making the child ask for it;
*After badgering the child to try it, Staff A forced jello into Child 1's mouth
*Staff A made a child stay on his cot until all the other children had gotten up because the child didn't sleep at naptime. Staff A further denied the child a toy telling another staff the child didn't get to have it because he didn't sleep that day. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(2)(e)5. |
Prohibited Actions - Cruel, Aversive, Frightening, Humiliating Actions |
Based on a complaint investigation, the following occurred on 6/13/23:
*Staff A grabbed a child by the top/back of the head and yelled at the child;
*During lunch Staff A repeatedly yelled a children to fix their chairs and at one point, she kicked a child's chair.
*Child 3 was in a timeout and was seated at the table, crying. Staff C walked into the room, stood in front of Child 3 and growled/yelled loudly at Child 3.
*Staff C came into the classroom during lunch and took food off 2 different children's plates and ate it while the children were still eating their lunch. |
6/26/2023 |
251.07(4)(b) |
Naps Or Rest Periods - Awake Children |
Based on a complaint investigation, children who do not sleep at rest time and children who awaken, are not allowed to get up and engage in quiet activities. Children are required to stay on their cots until staff permit them to get up at the end of the designated nap time. |
6/9/2022 |
251.09(1)(c) |
Infant & Toddler - Documenting Changes In Development |
Changes in development are not documented every 3 months in the Toddler 1 classroom. |
1/13/2022 |
251.05(2)(a)2. |
Staff Record - Completed Background Check |
FBI fingerprint background check missing for 1 employee |
10/19/2021 |
251.055(1)(a) |
Supervision Of Children |
Based on staff statement and closed-circuit video, Staff A removed the tray and unbuckled the harness of a child sitting in a low high chair and then walked away from the child, at which time the child fell out of the chair. |
5/19/2021 |
251.04(2)(a) |
Compliance With Laws |
Based on record review, it was determined the licensee did not submit caregiver background check request form information for Staff A or Staff B to the department prior to the individuals working at the center, per s.48.686(2)(ab), Wis. Stats. |
5/19/2021 |
251.055(2)(c) |
Mixed-Age Group - Staff-To-Child Ratio |
Per staff statement and review of attendance records, on 4/19/21 one staff member was providing supervision in the Jr. Preschool room for 12 children aged 2.5 to 3 years for approximately 30 minutes, when the second staff person working in the room left for an appointment.
Subsequently, the room was combined with the Toddler 2 room. The combined group of 18 children aged 2 to 3 years was supervised by one staff member from the Toddler 2 room when the staff member from the Jr. Preschool room left the group for approximately 20 minutes to deliver snack to the other classrooms. |
5/19/2021 |
251.055(2)(e) |
Mixed Age Group Of Children Over Age 2 - Group Size |
Per attendance record review and staff statement, on 4/19/21 the Toddler 2 and Jr. Preschool rooms combined and the numerical weight of the resulting group of 18 children exceeded that which could be cared for by 2 child care workers. |