Discovery Childrens Academy

Employee present with unsupervised access to children did not have the required documentation of elligibility. This was corrected during the inspection, the employee

Child under 12 months was observed with a blanket in the crib. Pictures taken.

Three children observed in the table chair equiped with straps were did not have the straps fastened.

A Child was able to get out of the facility. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.

Caregivers at the operation did not use good judgment when they saw a bruise on a child but did not report it to the director. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.

Director failed to call in an allegation of a child being bruised. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.

Person related to the operation, during the investigation influenced the investigation. The deficiency is related to a DFPS Abuse/Neglect investigation.

Staff did not change a child's diaper in the approximate hour they were at the center.

The operation did not indicate the time of departure for a child that left the operation to go to school.

Through an investigation it was found that a child was able to reach hand sanitizer. Child put hand sanitizer in their eyes and had to seek medical attention.

Caregiver's supervising did not use good judgement when a child was allowed to play on the shelf of the changing table which resulted in the child knocking over a trashcan and bottle warmer (on to them selves). Operation did not use good judgment in contacting a parent from a personal phone instead of the operation's phone.

Incident report used did not contain at least the same information as form 7239.

There were infants sleeping in restrictive equipment.

The caregiver in the 3-4 year old classroom during nap time was laying down, covered up, and not supervising the children during nap time. She was the only caregiver in the room.

The climbing structure and swing set are made of wood. There are places on both that are weather and are now creating a hazard. The swing set has some sharp pieces of wood that need to be trimmed and the structure has rope that is starting to rot.

There was a 2 month old infant observed to be swaddled and asleep on a blanket on the floor.

There was a classroom that had 16 children with one caregiver and the specified age group was 18-23 months old and there were two infants in the classroom.

The loose fill material was less than the required 6 inches under the swings and climbing structure.

There was cleaning supplies on a table accessible to the children.