May 4, 2023
What Happened
Case management follow-up on complaint investigation. Staff use verbal threats and harmful discipline practices: telling children they will get "pow pow" (hitting) if they don't correct behavior, and instructing children who hit others to hit themselves to demonstrate pain. Violation of California Code of Regulations Title 22 (Personal Rights) found.
Observations
- Staff use verbal threats as discipline telling children they will get "pow pow" (hitting) if they don't correct behavior
- Staff instruct children who hit other children to hit themselves to demonstrate how it hurts
- Violation of California Code of Regulations Title 22, Division 12, Chapter 1 (Personal Rights)
Inspector Focus
Citations Issued
(a) Each child...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...To be free from...intimidation... threat...This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Staff self disclosed that they use verbal threats to discipline children. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights to persons in care.
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