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25 | On March 11, 2020 at 08:45 a.m., Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Blanca Ruiz-Silva and Destinee Hogue arrived at the facility on a Case Management inspection to follow-up on an Unusual Incident Report ( UIR) submitted to the Department. The incident occurred on 03/06/2020 and a written report was submitted by the facility on 03/09/2020. During this inspection, LPAs toured the inside and outside of the facility (specifically were the reported incident took place), took census and captured pictures of the outdoor play area. LPAs met with Director Brenda Mason and Site Supervisor, Adriana Melgoza and discussed the following:
Written UIR submitted to the department, documents an incident involving a child who was playing on the playground and stayed on the playground while the class went inside. Interviews were conducted with relevant parties and facility records were reviewed. The investigation process revealed that the child was forgotten outside the playground while children were transitioning from the outside playground to the inside classroom. Per information received during the investigation, the transition period took approximately 15-20 minutes. When staff went outside to look for the child, witness stated that the child was outside the classroom door, and child did not express to be scare or harm. Child was assess by staff and child was integrated to the regular class activity. Parents of the child involved are aware of the incident.
Staff admitted that they did not understand how or at what point the child was able to stay behind in the playground without being noticed by anyone for approximately 5 minutes. Although multiple staff were present during the day of the incident, staff failed to adequately met the child's needs by providing care and supervision.
Based on all the information obtained from pertinent parties, records review and observations conducted during inspection, there is a violation of Title 22 regulation, pertaining to the reported incident.
SEE LIC 809D for the deficiencies cited |