Incident investigation·December 13, 2024

An unannounced case management inspection was conducted today 12/13/2024 at 03:21pm by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Kayla Danielson. LPA met with facility representative Director Lisa O'Neal. In response to an Unusual Incident Report that was reported by the director on 12/05/2024. Director reported that it was brought to their attention that on 11/08/2024 a staff member (S2) needed assistance on the play ground due to another staff member (S1) being aggressive with a child (C1) by grabbing their wrist and holding their hand down. The facility representative was interviewed on 12/13/2024 at 3:26pm and stated that on 11/08/2024 they were informed by S2 that at approximately 8:30am S1 was being aggressive to C1 by grabbing them by the wrist and holding their hand down after they were having an outburst. S2 was requesting assistance outside due to not knowing how to handle what they had witnessed with C1 and feeling overwhelmed with the rest of the children while S1 attempted to handle C1's outbursts. There were 12 children outside during the incident and 2 staff members. During today’s inspection, the facility was toured 3:21pm . LPA observed 8 children in care and 2 staff. Based on information reported and interviews performed during visit further investigation is needed to complete report. There were no deficiencies cited during today’s inspection. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the facility representative Lisa O'Neal .