Incident investigation·October 14, 2022

Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Patricia Duron and Licensing Program Manager (LPM) Thuy Ho conducted a case management investigation for the incident that the facility self reported to licensing office on 10/11/2022. According to the incident report, the incident occurred on 10/05/22 at 5:00 PM. A staff member disclosed to the director observing a staff member forcefully grabbed a child by the arm and took the child outside. LPA and LPM toured the facility inside and outside and a census was taken as follow: 7 preschool staff including director with 36 preschool children. A review of staff criminal clearance records on this date indicates that all facility staff or other individuals who require caregiver background checks have received criminal record and child abuse index clearances or exemptions. During the investigation, It was disclosed Staff #1(S1) was observed grabbing C1's arm forcefully and pulled C1 outside. During today's inspection LPA Duron reviewed files and interviewed 5 staff members. LPA was unable to interview the children due to the children being non-verbal. Per director, Child #1 (C1) is non-verbal and also on vacation this week so no interview was conducted with C1. Director disclosed an internal investigation was conducted regarding this incident and there was no disclosure from other staff members; thus the investigation was closed with no further action taken. During today's staff's interview, there was no disclosure from the staff members. Based on the interviews conducted during the investigation and the information obtained, there is no collaborating evidence to support the staff's disclosure. The director stated she will review discipline policy and children's personal rights with all the staff next week by 10/21/2022. Agenda and staff sign-in will be sent to LPA by 10/21/2022. In the areas that were evaluated, no deficiencies were observed of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 12 at the time of the visit. An exit interview was completed. Appeal Rights and deficiencies were discussed. A copy of the Appeal Rights was given to the facility representative. All appeals must be in writing and received by the Licensing office within 15 days. THE FACILITY REPRESENTATIVE WAS INFORMED THAT THE 'NOTICE OF SITE VISIT' MUST BE POSTED FOR 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. FAILURE TO POST WILL RESULT IN CIVIL PENALTIES OF $100.00. THE 'NOTICE OF SITE VISIT' WAS POSTED ON THE DOOR.