Description: Gindele, Deborah is a Group Family Day Care in North Merrick NY, with a maximum capacity of 16 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Total Capacity: 12 children, ages 6 weeks to 12 years AND 4 additional school-aged children . The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-13 | Violation | 416.5(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance. | |||
| 2022-01-13 | Violation | 416.5(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance. | |||
| 2019-06-25 | Violation | 416.5(u)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A safety strap must be fastened around children who are seated in high chairs. | |||
| 2019-06-25 | Violation | 416.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a caregiver's range of vision except as provided in section 416.8(b) of this Part and that the caregiver be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age, emotional, physical and cognitive development. | |||
| 2019-06-25 | Violation | 416.9(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The group family day care licensee must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the Office. This plan must include how the program will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems, and encourage acceptable behaviors. | |||
| 2019-06-25 | Violation | 416.9(b) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems | |||
| 2019-06-25 | Violation | 416.9(h) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Physical restraint is prohibited. Physical restraint is the act of using force to extremely limit a child's body movements for a lengthy period of time. It involves holding a child against his/her will and putting pressure on the child's chest and/or extremities in an effort to significantly restrict his/her movement, thereby making it extremely difficult for a child to move. It may also involve holding a child flat on the ground and restricting his/her body from movement. | |||
| 2019-06-25 | Violation | 416.9(j) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Part, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, hot spices, irritants or the like. | |||
| 2019-06-25 | Violation | 416.15(b)(4) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The caregivers, employees, volunteers and all members of the household must be in good health and be of good character and habits. | |||
| 2019-01-24 | Violation | 416.5(u)(2) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: A safety strap must be fastened around children who are seated in high chairs. | |||
| 2018-09-13 | 416.4(i) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored in the furnace room, or in rooms or outdoor areas adjacent to the home that are ordinarily occupied by or accessible to children. If there is not a separate, enclosed furnace room, trash, garbage and combustible materials must not be stored within four feet of the furnace | |||
| 2018-02-08 | 416.11(a)(1) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Other than children who are enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade, no child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child day care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. | |||
| 2018-02-08 | 416.5(b)(4) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance | |||
| 2018-02-08 | 416.7(l) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Other than for school age children, sleeping and napping arrangements must be made in writing between the parent and the program. Such arrangements shall include: the area of the home where the child will nap; whether the child will nap on a cot, mat, bed or a crib; and how the napping child will be supervised, consistent with the requirements of section 416.8 of this Part. | |||
| 2017-08-21 | 416.4(h)(4) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: All paths of egress on the interior and exterior of the home, including corridors, aisles and approaches must be kept free of obstructions, impediments and debris at all times. | |||
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