Findings cited on visits tied to this case
These are line items from OEC's compliance checklist — most centers accrue several per routine visit. Category labels are ours; the statute code and language are verbatim from the state record.
[19a-79-3a(b)]PaperworkNov 10, 2016
06-Administration- Responsibility of overall management & operation
The operator shall be responsible for the overall management and operation of the child day care center or group day care home in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations. The operator shall develop and implement a written organizational chart and require orientation/training of new and current staff. The operator shall document that the techniques used to manage child behaviors in the facility have been discussed with the child's parent(s) prior to enrollment and reviewed as needed during the period of the child's enrollment.
[19a-79-3a(b)(8)(A)]OtherNov 10, 2016
07-Administration- Discipline
The operator and staff shall manage child behavior using techniques based on developmentally appropriate practice, including positive guidance, redirection and setting clear limits that encourage children to develop self-control, self-discipline and positive self-esteem.
[19a-79-3a(b)(8)(C)]OtherNov 10, 2016
08-Administration- Child protection
While children are in attendance at the program the operator and staff shall not engage in, nor allow, abusive, neglectful, physical, corporal, humiliating or frightening treatment or punishment, and shall not tie nor bind children and shall not physically restrain children except for the protection and safety of the child or others, using least restrictive methods, as appropriate.
[19a-79-4a(c)]FacilityNov 10, 2016
21-Staffing- Adequate staff
The operator shall maintain a staff adequate for the number, ages and developmental
needs of the children to be accommodated. A designated head teacher shall be on site for sixty percent (60%) of the time the child care center or group child care home is in operation on a weekly basis. There shall be at least two (2) staff eighteen (18) years of age or older on the premises when one (1) or more children are in attendance. The staff shall be available to care for the children. All staff in the child care center and group child care home shall have the personal qualities necessary to care for and work with children, relate to adults, and relate to the parent(s).
[19a-79-3a(d)]RatioNov 10, 2016
11-Administration-Policies, plans and procedures
The operator shall implement and annually review specific written policies, plans and procedures that include, but not necessarily be limited to discipline, when a child is not picked up as planned, emergencies, supervision of children, general operating policies, and personnel policies. The operator shall notify the parent(s), staff and the Office of Early Childhood within five (5) days of changes in these policies, plans and procedures.
[DCF Finding]OtherNov 10, 2016
01-Abuse- DCF: On Registry
[DCF Finding]OtherNov 10, 2016
02-Neglect- DCF: On Registry