Peake Childhood Center

2025

1. Medium riskStandard 83/25/2025

   8VAC20-780-400-B

   Behavioral guidance must be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and must be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts. Staff #1 utilized behavior guidance which was neither constructive in nature, age appropriate, nor intended to redirect the child to an appropriate behavior when she placed and repeatedly returned child #1 (two years old) to sit, on a bench and on the ground in front of a storage shed area, away from the other children on the outdoor play area with no available activities or opportunities to redirect her behavior appropriately. Child #1was returned repeatedly to sit down over a period of approximately 9 minutes. After one attempt by child #1 to leave, staff #1 placed her foot on the bench between the child?s thighs in a manner that prevented child #1 from being able to slide down from the bench to a standing position.

   Not corrected
2. Medium riskStandard 83/25/2025

   8VAC20-780-410-1

   The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: roughly handling a child. On 3/3/2025 staff #1 lifted and roughly sat a two-year-old child (Child #1) onto the picnic table bench 5 separate times, over an approximate 3-minute time span. Staff #1 Grasped and lifted child #1 by her forearm swinging her up off of her feet and onto the ground where she landed on her bottom, then, minutes later, grasped child #1?s wrist pulling her back onto the ground a second time where she toppled over onto her back when she landed.

   Not corrected
3. High riskStandard 83/25/2025

   8VAC20-780-40-E

   The operational responsibilities of the licensee did not ensure that the center?s activities were in compliance with the program?s own policies. The center?s written policies state: ? Redirection will be used by staff to stop an undesirable behavior. Staff will direct the child to a desirable activity? and ?Children ??are given a short time away from the group, in order to calm down and gain self-control?. Staff #1 repeatedly returned a two-year-old child (child #1) to sit at the picnic table or on the ground, over a period of approximately 9 minutes before leading child #1 off the playground and back into the building. Child #1 was not calmed by being separated from the group of children but continued to cry and repeatedly attempted to move away from the areas where she had been placed. Child #1 was not redirected to another desired behavior or activity.

   Not corrected