Description: Kiddie Academy of Hanover is a Licensed Child Care Center in Hanover MD, with a maximum capacity of 173 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-22 | Monitoring | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2024-02-29 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: A child was able to bring in a liquid medication inside a backpack without staff noticing. The child proceeded to open the medication and drink an unknown amount before a staff member saw the child with the medication. | |||
| 2024-02-29 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(2)(b) | Corrected |
| Findings: A child was able to access and consume a liquid medication before a staff member noticed. | |||
| 2024-02-29 | Complaint | 13A.16.10.04A | Corrected |
| Findings: A child was able to bring in a liquid medication inside a backpack without staff noticing. The child proceeded to open the medication and drink an unknown amount before a staff member saw the child with the medication. | |||
| 2024-02-29 | Monitoring | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.03.02E | Corrected |
| Findings: lead documentation | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.01 | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff reported that they observed another staff member pinch a child. Video footage observed by LS showed staff mishandling, grabbing, slapping and yanking of children. Children are aggressively pulled up by their arms, dropped to their cots, pushed away to the floor, and shaking the children. | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.02A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff remember reported they were told to not report to CPS. Staff member reported to director that another staff member was pinching children. Director did not report to CPS or OCC. | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff member reported to director that another staff member was pinching children. Director did not report to CPS or OCC. | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff reported in interview that they observed a staff use pinching as a means of discipline.Video footage observed by LS showed staff mishandling, grabbing, slapping and yanking of children. Children are aggressively pulled up by their arms, dropped to their cots, pushed away to the floor, and shaking the children. Staff in the footage in many case do this as a form of discipline after a child has hit or bit another child. Children in the footage are 18months to 24 months and are put in time out for several minutes. Many children are dragged to timeout by their wrist and feet dragging and place roughly into a chair. | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03B(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff reported in interview that they observed another staff member pinch at child. Video footage from 12/4/2023 shows a staff member slapping a child. 43 snip videos of the footage over 3 days shows multiple staff pulling children by their arms, picking children up by their wrist off the ground, yanking children by their clothing, shaking children, dragging children by arms and legs, yanking children less than an inch to their face saying something and then pushing them away. | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.03C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Staff reported in interview that they observed another staff member pinching at child. Video footage from 12/4/2023 shows a staff member slapping a child. 43 snip videos of the footage over 3 days shows multiple staff pulling children by their arms, picking children up by their wrist off the ground, yanking children by their clothing, shaking children, dragging children by arms and legs, yanking children less than an inch to their face saying something and then pushing them away. All actions go against Kiddie Academy discipline. A similar matter was discussed with he director and owner on a August compliant about same allegations. | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.07.06A | Corrected |
| Findings: Video footage observed by LS showed staff mishandling, grabbing, slapping and yanking of children. Children are aggressively pulled up by their arms, dropped to their cots, pushed away to the floor, and shaking the children. | |||
| 2023-12-06 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Video footage from 12/4,12/5, and 12/6 shows children not being supervised adequately. Even after a child in the classroom that has been stablished as a biter, teachers make no changes to the classroom to accommodate the child and closely supervise to prevent him from biting. Staff sit in teachers chairs the majority of the day away from the children. Rarely are activities done or interaction with the children, unless to discipline them. | |||
| 2021-07-27 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
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