Description: The Learning Experience is a Regular Child Care Center in Bloomfield NJ, with a maximum capacity of 163 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| 2023-06-27 | 2023-08-15 | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) |
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As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Violation Observed: Ensure that 2 staff complete a CHRI background check as required. |
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| 2023-06-09 | 2023-06-27 | 3A:52-6.1(g)(1) |
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For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: the center shall provide daily outdoor activities at an outdoor play area, park or playground, or on a walk, weather permitting. Violation Observed: Ensure that the children go outdoors daily, weather permitting in Infant A room. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-10 | 3A:52-4.3(a) |
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The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named staff was changing diapers and failed to intervene when a named child attempted to climb a chair. The child then fell from the chair. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-10 | 3A:52-4.3(c) |
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The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. On 12/13/22, there were 7 infants with 1 staff. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-28 | 3A:52-5.3(r) |
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The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. Violation Observed: Ensure staff clean children’s faces when they have nasal secretions in Toddlers A classroom. At the time of the inspection there were several children’s faces with nasal secretions in the Toddlers A classroom. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-10 | 3A:52-6.7(a) |
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Staff members shall not use hitting, shaking or any other form of corporal punishment of children. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline at all times throughout the center. A named staff reportedly forcefully pushed a named child and the named child hit the back of his head against the wall. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-28 | 3A:52-6.7(b) |
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Staff members shall not use abusive language, ridicule, harsh, humiliating or frightening treatment or any other form of emotional punishment of children. Violation Observed: Ensure that the staff do not utilize any form of emotional punishment at any time in the center. At the time of the inspection a named staff was observed yelling "You have to hold still" at a named child during a diaper change in Toddlers B room. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-10 | 3A:52-7.6(a)(2) |
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The center shall take immediate necessary action to protect the child from further harm and shall immediately notify the child's parent(s) when a child sustains a head or facial injury, including when a child bumps his or her head. Violation Observed: Based on information, ensure that parents and administration are notified of incidents occurring at the center, as per center policy. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-05-01 | 3A:52-7.6(b)(6) |
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The center shall maintain on file a written record of each incident resulting in an injury as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.6(a). These records shall include the following: a written description of Violation Observed: Complete accident / unusual incident reports as required, |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-28 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(1)(iii) |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. Violation Observed: Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after coming into contact with nasal secretions in Toddlers A room. At the time of the inspection a named child wiped their nose. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-28 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(iii) |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after assisting a child in toileting. Violation Observed: Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately after assisting a child in toileting in Toddlers B room. At the time of the inspection a named staff was changing a named child diaper and proceeded to wipe a child nose and finish the diaper change in Toddlers B room. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-28 | 3A:52-7.8(a)(4)(vi) |
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Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. Violation Observed: Ensure that staff wash their hands after coming into contact with nasal excretions in Toddlers B room. At the time of the inspection a named staff was changing a named child diaper and proceeded to wipe the child nose in between the diaper change. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-04-17 | 3A:52-4.6(a) |
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The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). Violation Observed: Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL. Update and submit to OOL |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-05-03 | 3A:52-4.8(a)(7) |
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Topics of orientation training shall include implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's discipline policy (Abated 4/12/2023) and 2. The center's policies and procedures for incidents occurring at the center. |
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| 2023-04-10 | 2023-05-03 | 3A:52-4.8(g)(2) |
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The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by another source, the center shall maintain on file documentation of the name of the person or organization that provided the staff development. Violation Observed: Based on information, retrain from an outside source on 1. Adequate supervision, 2. Maintaining staff/child ratios, and 3. Notifying parents and administration of incidents as required. |
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