Kindercare - Carlsbad

Personal Rights — Based on interviews and documentation reviewed records between October 2022 through February 2024 show child C1 received multiple incident reports documenting harm to other children. Behavioral interventions did not adequately reduce harmful behaviors. Staff Interviews confirmed incident reports, C1’s behaviors, and lack of consistent effectiveness of interventions.

(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as a staff member was observed yelling and firmly holding a child which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — Based on staff interviews, staff S1 did not have visual supervision of child C1 for about 10 minute before staff S2 observed C1 alone in a classroom which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to child in care.

Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision — Based on information gather during investigation interviews it is determined that the Director and Assistant Director (AD) have worked on their laptop computers and used the center phone when they are in the classrooms covering breaks or filling in for absent staff.

Reporting Requirements — Based on interviews and record review facility did not comply with the requirement above as staff failed to verbally report injury requiring medical care within 24 hours as required which posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.