Incident investigation·October 19, 2023

On October 19, 2023 at 1:00PM Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Andrew Alemoh arrived at the above facility for the purpose of conducting a Case Management Inspection for an Incident that was reported on 09/25/23. LPA met with Director Thalia Valdovinos who inform LPA that staff #1 is currently on vacation, and will return on October 24 th . As for the child #1 involved LPA Alemoh attempted to conduct an interview the child however began to scream and cry before the interview started. Per director statements child #1 has anxiety and is afraid of “strangers” and or new people thus the reason for the child to start screaming and crying. LPA Alemoh, staff, and facility director attempted to calm the child down, however child #1 was not willing to calm down and or stop crying/screaming. A staff member came to grab the child and brought them back to the classroom area. LPA Alemoh did observe the child injury and notice the injury is healing. An exit interview was conducted and a copy of this report was provided to director along with appeal rights.