Infant Observation

On 10/16/2015 an unannounced inspection was conducted, I was greeted by Theresa Tarantino the receptionist who contacted Linda Young, Person in charge. Ms. Young arrived about 2 minutes later, I handed Ms. Young my business card and stated my purpose of the visit and explained what documentation I would need to complete the investigation. A complete walk through of classrooms and playgrounds including the Wellness Trail where the incident occured was conducted. In the infant building there are 4 classrooms, which 3 are being occupied at this time. In the classroom 1 of infant building Sue Ann Cozart was caring for 4 infants 7month-15 months. This class had just finished breakfast and Ms. Cozart was washing the children's hands and face with

Cozart was assisting with cleaning up. The infant 2 classroom had 2 caregivers Briana Ledbetter and Ebony Woods, caring for 5 children ages 12 months-2 years old. The children were actively playing on the floor with both caregivers seated on the floor in reach of each child. The infant 3 classroom had 2 caregivers Heaven Shavers and Barbara Dodge who was caring for 6 children who were 21 months-2 years old. There were 5 infants on the rug who with Heaven while they did music; in the meantime, Barbara was changing a diaper at the changing table. The infant 4 room is unoccupied at this time. The toddler building was the next during walk through, there are only 3 rooms occupied at this time. The Toddler 1 room is unoccupied at this time. The Toddler 2 classroom, there was 1 caregiver Jamie Rounsavall who was caring for 3 children that are 2 years old, Jamie was leading music time at the time of inspection. The toddler 3 classroom had 2 caregivers Tiffany Vaughn and Kimberly North that were caring for 6 children who are 2-3 years old. The class was having music time. The Toddler 3 classroom had 2 caregivers Cherry Morris and Brittany Northcott, who were caring for 8 children ages 2-3 years

The next classroom, there was 2 caregivers Irma Richardson and Laura Cruz and a volunteer Diane Muckelrath caring for 7 children ages 2 and 3 years old. The children were seated at the table and Ms. Cruz was passing out the snack of goldfish and water for the children. The next classroom had 2 caregivers Sandy James and Ashley Plant caring for 8 children 7 months to 15 months. 6 children were in the bye bye buggy as the classroom had just returned from outside, 2 children were already seated at the table and Ms. Plant was preparing snacks for the children as Ms. James as washing the children's hands and then placing them at the table. The last classroom, there were 2 caregivers Dana Craig and Veronica Montgomery, Ms. Montgomery was assisting children with washing hands and Ms. Craig was seated with children doing finger plays and songs. There was a walk-through of the playground, no obvious hazards were noted. The last walk-through was on the Wellness Trail where the incident occurred. The Wellness trail is locked and a code must be entered on a keypad to