Description: Learning Ladders Child Development Center is a Licensed Child Care Center in Prince Frederick MD, with a maximum capacity of 40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.03.03B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Discussed the importance of having a clear method of ascertaining the whereabouts of each child all day. The center stopped using a paper method and is now using bright wheel app. The app didn't have the children assigned per room and it seems confusing as to which staff is responsible for which children. This was discussed at length with the director. For example the panda room had no children listed on bright wheel and all of the children who were actually in the Panda room were listed on the app in the baby bee hive room. This system needs adjusted to be accurate at all times, or the staff need to use a more accurate method to keep accurate track of each child while in care. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: There are 2 emergency forms for OB and AB that are incomplete. Please immediately ask parent to add the missing information and forward written corrective action within 30 days. The director has a copy of the HRR which Lic Spec. completed on site. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.03.04D(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: There are 4 children missing the doctor portion of the health inventory. Please immediately follow up with parents and request the information. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. The director has a copy of the HRR to refer to in order to follow up with each parent and address all issues. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.03.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: There were 8 children who appeared to be missing their required lead testing. The director started following up with parents about the missing lead tests. The director has a copy of the HRR to refer to and to be sure she addresses all issues. Forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.03.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: There are 6 children who appear to be behind on their required immunizations. The director started following up with parents on site. The director has a copy of the HRR form of which to refer. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.05.08I | Corrected |
| Findings: There were no paper towels in the children's bathrooms at any of the 4 sinks or at the hand washing sink used by children and staff outside of the kitchen or at the older infant/toddler room hand washing sink or in the staff bathroom. Children were observed to wash hands but had no paper towels for drying hands. Lic. Spec. located a large box of changing table covers in a storage closet that were cut for use and distributed to the hand washing sinks on site. The director didn't realize the paper towels were so low. There was a partial roll of paper towels in the 1 infant room only. The director ordered paper towels during the inspection. Please be sure that there children and staff have adequate supplies at all times. Note: the director has been out on maternity leave and only returned this week, her new baby was born 10/8/21. There were disposable paper hand drying items made available during the inspection and paper towels are expected to be delivered by Monday. Non-compliance corrected on site. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.05.11A | Corrected |
| Findings: The center needs to be cleaned thoroughly. Lic. Spec. observed rugs that need to be vacuumed, and walls, floors, counter tops, cabinets, and the kitchen and hallway refrigerators that need cleaned immediately. The staff state that they are cleaning toys and materials in the classroom daily. The director explained that she was doing most of the cleaning but she just returned to work on Monday after being off on maternity leave. The director plans to clean. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.05.11D(4) | Corrected |
| Findings: Observed a couple of large bags of trash in the classroom upon arrival. The staff have to take the trash to the dump. The center cancelled the trash service. The trash didn't get taken last night. The trash needs to be emptied and removed from the building daily. Please forward written corrective action as to how this will be avoided in the future. The large bags of trash were removed from the building and taken to the dump by 4:30 pm thereby correcting this non-compliance. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.06.05C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The director was unable to locate training she believes she completed between 2/20 and 2/2021. Please immediately either locate the training or retake training for the past training year. Please forward copies of training certificates within 30 days. The director understands that she also needs an additional 12 hours by 2/2022. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.06.05C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: There was no evidence located on site that the director completed the basic health and safety update- child care and covid-19. The director states she took the course but was unable to find the certificate. It was recommended that the director review her emails for her certificate and if not located she should completed the training again, and then forward a copy of the certificate to the OCC within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.06.09B | Corrected |
| Findings: This regulation should require 12 hours of training for each training year based on the year of hire. There are teachers-JF, SF, AH and SV with no evidence on file that they completed the required training timely. Please forward evidence of each of these staff persons training within 30 days. The director has a copy of a training tracking and knows which staff needs training. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.06.12B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Aides MG and AM and CW had no evidence on site that they completed the required 6 hours of training within their training year. Please immediately advise staff to complete the training needed. The director has the training list to refer to as to which aides needs what. Please forward copies of training certificates that indicated the training was completed within 30 days. | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.08.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Upon walking into the infant room at about 1:38 pm there were 4 infants present and 2 staff but 1 staff person was laying on the floor next to a 1 year old child. The staff had a blanket on her legs and was asleep. The Lic Spec. said something to the teacher in the room, the sleeping staff wasn't facing the other staff person. The Lic. Spec. was standing right beside the sleeping staff and Lic. Spec. wasn't quiet, the staff didn't wake up for a few minutes. It is unclear how long she was asleep. The staff can't check on sleeping children to be sure they are breathing correctly and safe while sleeping. The staff was unable to provide attention as needed to each child when sleeping. When Lic. Spec. walked into the Panda room after 2pm both staff were laying on the floor, but didn't appear to be asleep and 1 staff immediately sat up. It is unacceptable for staff to rest like this. It is expected that staff are constantly providing adequate supervision at all times. Discussed this with the director and she plans to remind the staff about their responsibility. The director did immediately speak to the staff. The director states she can't fire staff as she has no...See Remarks for more | |||
| 2021-12-02 | Full | 13A.16.08.03C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: This morning, upon arrival at the center 1 staff was alone with as many as 2 infants, 1 toddler, 2 school agers, and 3 preschoolers in a classroom. This group size is incorrect due the infants in the group. The group size and staffing was incorrect for at least 15 minutes. There was no other staff available until about 7:30 am. The director was running late this morning. Discussed the importance of maintaining the correct staff child ratios at all times. Maintaining proper staff child ratios is one way to help be sure that all of the children's needs are properly met and to help avoid accidents and injuries. While the staffing was corrected on site, it seems likely that this situation could happen again. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days as to how the staffing will be maintained correctly at all times. | |||
| 2020-11-24 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.08.03D(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Observed a group of 7 children resting of which 2 children were older infants but not toddlers. There were 2 staff present. The director wasn't present when the inspection started, she had an appointment. She explained that she had the 2 infants go to the preschool room from the infant room. That left 1 infant in the infant room with 1 staff person. When the director had to leave the infant room the director reports that the youngest infant was awake and the 2 older infants were ready to rest, so the director thought it would be better to move the infants for rest time to the preschool room. Both the director and SV had an appointment today and they were both gone for about an hour. The infants should NOT have been combined with the preschoolers. There was a staff substituting in the infant room while the director and SV were out. The group size would have been correct if the 2 infants were left in their room. The director also stated that when she moved the 2 infants the group size was 6, but then her own 5 year old son came from the school age room to the preschool room to rest. Discussed that it is not wise to mix groups due of germs and not maintaining separate groups. | |||
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