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The Department received a complaint on 03/03/22 alleging Licensee hits children on the head, throws children to the floor, and pulls children’s ears. The reporting party (RP) stated their children told RP that licensee is abusive to the children in care by hitting the children on the head and throwing them to the floor.
During the investigation LPA Odom attempted multiple times to interview reporting party. LPA left voicemail messages with the RP requesting a call back and sent several emails requesting the RP to contact the LPA. LPA didn’t receive any responses back from the voicemail messages or via email. LPA interviewed Licensee, 1 staff, 1 adult, 5 parent, and reviewed the Children’s Roster. LPA did not interview children due to roster being the same (no new children) and the children were previously interviewed on 12/14/22 and 1/26/22 for similar allegations of personal rights.
During an interview on 03/09/22, Licensee (S1) stated on 12/08/21 at 3:30pm, S1 and Adult #1 (A1) had a disagreement at the childcare facility, S1 told A1 to do their chores upstairs, while A1 was upstairs A1 recorded a video of a child crying in the childcare which is located on the first floor, and then sent the video to RP. Later, that day S1 received phone calls from family members and parents informing S1 that RP had posted the recorded video of a child crying on social media with negative comments that S1 is abusing the children in care. LPA Odom viewed the video. There is no image of any child on the video, but LPA was able to hear a child crying. S1 stated on 12/08/21 during the argument with A1, S1 observed that Child #1 (C1) push Child #2 (C2) in the hallway of the childcare area causing for C2 to cry. While S1 was attending to C2, A1 was video recording C2 cry from the second floor of the facility. S1 denies hitting C2 or any other children in care and denies they have ever thrown children to the floor.
During an interview on 5/13/22, 1 staff member was interviewed. Staff #2 (S2) stated they deny hitting children on the head, throwing children on the floor or pulling children’s ears. S2 stated if a child is not listening staff will talk to the child and redirect the child to a different activity. S2 stated if a child does not behave, they will be placed on time out for 1-2 minutes. S2 stated they have never observed S1 hit a child on the head, throw a child on the floor or pull their ears.
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