June 2, 2021
What Happened
Complaint investigation was substantiated for physical discipline against daycare children. The licensee admitted to using discipline that included striking children in the past, and disclosures from witnesses aligned with those allegations.
Observations
- Licensee admitted to using a plastic ruler to tap a child on the hand years ago.
- Licensee admitted to hitting children on the open hand with a flip flop in the past.
- The reporting party and an adult witness disclosed that children were hit on the head and that babies were slapped.
Citations Issued
Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee regardless of consent or authorization from the child's authorized representative. These rights include, but are not limited to, the following: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule.. -This requirement is not met as evidenced by: based upon licensee's own admission, as recently as five years ago, licensee uses corporal punishment, including hitting children with a sandal, as a form of discipline. This poses an immediate health, safety or Personal Rights risk to the children in care.
What does this citation mean? →Data sourced from California Department of Social Services (CDSS) public records. Updated weekly. If you believe any information is inaccurate, report it here.